At the center of the controversy are the Irish group Kneecap and the duo Bob Vylan, currently under investigation by the Avon and Somerset County Police.

“Officers will evaluate video evidence to determine whether any offenses have been committed that require a criminal investigation,” the British police force stated through its official account on the social media platform X.

Glastonbury is considered a legendary contemporary music festival, with more than 100,000 attendees each year and the participation of leading international artists.

This year’s edition, which concludes this Sunday, brought together figures such as Alanis Morissette, The Prodigy, Snow Patrol, Burning Spear, Rod Stewart, Olivia Rodrigo, and Neil Young, among others.

“Freedom, freedom for Palestine!” was one of the expressions chanted by rapper Bobby Vylan of the rap-punk duo Bob Vylan during his performance, along with the statement, “Death to the Israel Defense Forces!”.

Meanwhile, the Irish rap group Kneecap invited concertgoers to “riot” at the upcoming British court date for one of its members for displaying a flag of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon (Hezbollah) during a concert held in this capital in November 2024.

His bandmates argue that this is an unfair judicial process, as the young man known by the stage name Mo Chara is accused of terrorism.

Days earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had requested the cancellation of Kneecap’s concert at this festival, saying he did not consider the band “appropriate.”

Mo Chara used the performance to accuse Israel of committing war crimes and emphasized: “There’s no hiding it.”

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