US Revokes Visas for Bob Vylan Over 'Death to IDF' Chant

The State Department has officially revoked the visas for Bob Vylan, the British rap duo who went viral over the weekend after leading a chant at England’s annual Glastonbury Music Festival that called for the death of Israeli soldiers.

A senior State Department official confirmed to The Daily Wire that the visas were revoked on Monday, ahead of the duo’s roughly twenty-city tour through the United States, with performances planned in several major cities, including Washington, D.C.

“The @StateDept has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X.

“As a reminder, under the Trump Administration, the U.S. government will not issue visas to any foreigner who supports terrorists,” the senior official said on Sunday ahead of the revocation, signaling to The Daily Wire that action would be on the horizon on Monday..

While performing Britain’s largest summer music festival— which was live streamed on the BBC — Pascal Robinson-Foster, who uses the stage name “Bobby Vylan,” encouraged thousands of people in his audience to chant “Death, death to the IDF.”

“Free, Free Palestine,” Vylan chanted. “But have you heard this one though? Death, death to the IDF! Death, death to the IDF!”

After repeating the chant several times, Vylan referenced another genocidal slogan: “Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, inshallah, it will be free.”

Dylan’s stage name and band name are a nod to legendary Jewish singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who released the pro-Israel song ‘Neighborhood Bully’ in 1983.

On Monday, Bob Vylan was dropped by their agents at United Talent Agency (UTA), reported Deadline.

“UTA has moved swiftly to drop Bob Vylan, the punk duo at the heart of a scandal in the UK over their performance at Glastonbury Festival,” Deadline reported on Monday. “Deadline understands that UTA executives made the call over the weekend to part ways with Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan after assessing what was said on stage. … UTA insiders are thought to have shared the sentiments of Glastonbury organizers, who said that Vylan overstepped the mark with his comments on stage. UTA declined to comment, but the band’s page has been scrubbed from the agency’s website.”

As a result of their visas being canceled, the band’s U.S. tour will likely be canceled. The duo had planned to visit about two dozen venues in the United States, including major cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Nashville, Tennessee.