The frontman of the punk rap duo Bob Vylan has insisted he stands by the chant he performed at this year’s Glastonbury that landed the group at the centre of backlash.

Over the summer, the band provided Glastonbury with one of the year’s most talked-about sets , where they made headlines after leading the crowd in chants of “free Palestine” and “death to the IDF”, referring to Israel’s army.

At the time, the pair faced condemnation from Glastonbury’s organisers , the BBC – who broadcast the set live on its iPlayer service – and even the prime minister Keir Starmer .

Local police also said shortly afterwards that they were opening a criminal investigation based on both Bob Vylan and Kneecap ’s Glastonbury sets, though this has since been confirm

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