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<\/a><\/p>\nBobby Vylan, left, and Bobbie Vylan perform onstage during a concert at Vicar Street n Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 26, 2025. (Kieran Frost\/Redferns)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the CPS for any person to be prosecuted,\u201d wrote Avon and Somerset Police in a statement Tuesday. \u201cNo further action will be taken on the basis there is insufficient evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the rap duo\u2019s incendiary chant at Glastonbury, the pair were condemned Jewish leaders in the United Kingdom, and had their U.S. visas revoked by the State Department. In October, one of the band\u2019s members, Bobby Vylan, doubled down on the anti-Israel chant in an interview with documentarian Louis Theroux.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply because there is a high threshold for criminal conviction should in no way minimise the concerns raised by many sectors of society around the nature of the comments made,\u201d the police statement continued.<\/p>\n
In a post on X following the ruling, Bob Vylan argued that the criminal investigation into the chant \u201cwas never warranted in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this news inspires others in the UK and around the world to speak up, in support of the Palestinian people, without fear,\u201d the band wrote. \u201cWe have had our shows cancelled, visas revoked, our names tarnished and our lives upended, but what we have lost in peace and security we have gained tenfold in spirit and camaraderie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bob Vylan\u2019s chant at Glastonbury in June came months after the Irish rap group Kneecap kicked off a string of anti-Israel stunts by British musicians at the Coachella music festival in April. In September, terrorism charges against one of the band members, Liam O\u2019Hanna, were also dropped.<\/p>\n
The decision to drop the investigation into Bob Vylan was lambasted by Jewish groups in the United Kingdom, including the Community Security Trust, which cited the recent antisemitic terror attacks in Manchester, England and Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is deeply disappointing that vile calls for violence, repeated openly and without remorse, continue to fall on deaf ears,\u201d the Community Security Trust told The Guardian. \u201cEspecially in the wake of the terror attacks in Manchester and Bondi, when will such calls finally be recognised for what they are: a real and dangerous instigator of bloodshed?\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week, police in London and Manchester announced that they would begin to arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who chant the slogan \u201cglobalize the intifada,\u201d citing the Sydney attack on a Hanukkah event that killed 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is incredibly disappointing that the police and CPS have decided not to charge in this case, particularly when police forces in London and Manchester are adopting a stronger approach to tackling hateful rhetoric,\u201d wrote the Embassy of Israel in London in a post on X. \u201cIt sends completely the wrong message at the worst possible time.\u201d<\/p>\n