During the Glastonbury performance, which is aired annually on BBC, one of the group’s members, Bobby Vylan, led the crowd to chant, “Death to the IDF,” referring to the Israel Defense Forces, to the shock of organizers and onlookers.

By Sachin Ravikumar and Muvija MLONDON (Reuters) -British police on Monday launched a criminal investigation into musical duo Bob Vylan and Irish rap band Kneecap's gigs at the Glastonbury music festival after they led chanting against the Israeli military and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The State Department on Monday announced it has banned an English rapper and his rap punk duo from performing in the United States after they appeared to lead a crowd in chants supporting besieged Gaza residents and wishing "death" upon Israeli forces,