"Oh yeah. Like what if I was to go on Glastonbury again tomorrow, yes I would do it again. I'm not regretful of it. I'd do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays. He said the backlash the band had faced was minimal compared to what people in Palestine are going through. I don't want to overstate the importance of the chant, he added."
"At the start of the episode, the presenter states that it took place before the Manchester synagogue attacks on 2 October, in which two people were killed and three others injured, and before the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect on 10 October. The musician said he was taken aback by the uproar sparked by the chant, and claimed members of BBC staff at Glastonbury told him on the day that the set was fantastic."
Bobby Vylan said he is not regretful of leading chants of 'death to the IDF' at Glastonbury and stated he would repeat the chant. The chant drew condemnation from Glastonbury and UK prime minister Keir Starmer, who called it appalling hate speech. The duo was dropped by agency UTA and had US visas revoked by the State Department, forcing cancellation of a North American tour. Comments were made on The Louis Theroux Podcast in a conversation recorded on 1 October, before the Manchester synagogue attacks and a Gaza ceasefire. He compared the backlash to the suffering of people in Palestine and said BBC staff praised the set, while the BBC's executive complaints unit found the broadcast breached editorial standards.
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