The BBC was criticised in the aftermath for showing the performance when the band chanted ‘death, death to the IDF’, with the channel having already made the decision not to broadcast Irish rap group Kneecap’s performance over fears of what they would say about Palestine and Israel.
Bob Vylan has now announced a new tour with tickets to go on pre-sale on Wednesday before general sale on Friday.
They begin in Leeds before travelling to Manchester and their third night will be at the O2 Academy in Glasgow on Thursday, November 6.
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They posted on social media to say: “After all the attempts to silence us, we’re about to be louder than ever. We won’t go quietly.”
Speaking earlier today, Mr Davie told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that the performance was ‘antisemitic’ and ‘deeply disturbing’.
He said: “I don’t think I misread it, I just got there (to Glastonbury) when I heard about it (at) about five o’clock … the performance was well done by then, and at that point I knew absolutely that it was an antisemitic broadcast.
“So, my decision was to get that off on demand, simple as that, I mean, it wasn’t too complicated in my mind, and to your point, I do think it was deeply disturbing, deeply disturbing.
“I mean, personally, I’ve talked to many people about this, I thought it was deeply disturbing what happened, I mean the BBC made a very significant mistake, very significant, in broadcasting that.
“But you know, the fact that those words were broadcast to that broad audience, it was, frankly, to your point, it was disturbing.”