Glastonbury Festival has issued a statement saying that one of the performing acts “crossed a line” during their set by leading anti-IDF chants.

Punk duo Bob Vylan appeared on Saturday (June 28) before Kneecap on the West Holts stage. During their set, they instigated chants of “Free Palestine” and “Death to the IDF,” in reference to the Israel Defense Forces, and displayed messages criticising the BBC, the festival’s official media partner.

In the week leading up to the festival, campaigners had called for Kneecap’s set to be canceled, owing to the terror offense MC Mo Chara was recently charged with. A number of acts threw their weight behind the group leading up the festival, including Fontaines D.C. and Massive Attack.

Kneecap’s set was not televised on the iPlayer stream, but Bob Vylan’s performance was broadcast live. The BBC reports that Somerset and Avon Police are assessing the chants by Vylan. A BBC spokesperson told The Independent that “some of the comments made during Bob Vylan’s set were deeply offensive. During this live stream on iPlayer, which reflected what was happening on stage, a warning was issued on screen about the very strong and discriminatory language. We have no plans to make the performance available on demand.”

The festival has also shared an official response to the chants led by Vylan, saying it is “appalled” by his comments.

“Glastonbury Festival was created in 1970 as a place for people to come together and rejoice in music, the arts and the best of human endeavour. As a festival, we stand against all forms of war and terrorism. We will always believe in – and actively campaign for – hope, unity, peace and love,” the statement read.

“With almost 4,000 performances at Glastonbury 2025, there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share, and a performer’s presence here should never be seen as a tacit endorsement of their opinions and beliefs.

“However, we are appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday. Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the Festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.”

Wes Streeting, the government’s health secretary, said that the “BBC and Glastonbury have got questions to answer about how we saw such a spectacle on our screens,” he told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News. “But I also think it’s a pretty shameless publicity stunt, which I don’t really want to give too much indulgence to for that reason.”

During Kneecap’s set, the trio led a “F— Keir Starmer chant,” after the U.K. prime minister said it was “not appropriate” to be playing the festival amidst Mo Chara’s ongoing terror case. Read the full report from the show here. The festival concludes Sunday evening (June 29) with a headline set from Olivia Rodrigo.

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Olivia Rodrigo welcomed Ed Sheeran to her stage for a surprise duet of “The A Team” in London on Friday night (June 27). Together the two pop hitmakers, guitars in hand, strummed and sang Sheeran’s debut single for the U.K. crowd at Hyde Park’s BST (British Summer Time) concert series, where Rodrigo was performing ahead of a headlining slot at Glastonbury later this weekend.

Post-show, Sheeran shared footage of the moment on Instagram. The performance video shows the two musicians harmonizing on the chorus of “The A Team.”

“Been a fan of Olivia’s since Drivers License blew my mind back at the start of 2021,” he wrote. “Both albums are no skips for me, I’m a proper fan. We first met at the rock and roll hall of fame back in 2022, sat next to each other with her mum and my dad and went on to hang and keep in touch from there.”

Of his Friday night plans, Sheeran said, “Was gonna go watch the show anyway but she hit me and asked to sing The A Team with her, which was such a buzz. That song turns 15 this year, and I remember playing it to rooms with no one in it in 2010, so to still be playing it to new fans with one of the brightest stars of the next generation is an honour and a privilege. Rock Glasto headline Sunday @oliviarodrigo , UK loves you x.”

“you are the best ever ed!!! appreciate you so much. last night was a blast,” Rodrigo commented on the post Saturday morning.

“The A Team,” first released in 2011, was Sheeran’s first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 16 in 2012.

Sheeran previously praised Rodrigo’s 2021 breakthrough hit, “Drivers License,” as a flawless debut single, and noted both her debut and sophomore full-length albums, Sour and Guts, are “unskippable… it’s just, as a record, just a great record.”

Watch the Rodrigo-Sheeran performance clip courtesy of Ed’s Instagram below.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart (June 27) for its second non-consecutive week at the summit.

The song debuted in the top spot earlier this month (June 13) before Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” dethroned her a week later for his 13th non-consecutive week at No. 1 (June 20). “Manchild” is Carpenter’s fourth U.K. No. 1 single following “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Taste.”

Warren has been on a chart-breaking run in the U.K. with his song “Ordinary.” At 13 weeks, he became the longest running No. 1 in the 2020s so far, and the song is one place behind Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the all-time rankings (14 weeks). “Ordinary” finishes the week at No. 9.

Michigan DJ MK hits No. 2 with his Chrystal collaboration “Dior,” his highest-ever placing on the chart with original material; he previously hit the No. 1 spot in 2013 with a remix of Storm Queen’s “Look Right Through.” 

Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” places at No. 3, and Fred again.., Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax score the week’s highest new entry, with “Victory Lap” closing at No. 4. Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” completes the top five.

Following their live performance together at London Stadium, Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s “Rein Me In” vaults 80 places to close the week at No. 8.

Black Eyed Peas’ 2009 smash “Rock That Body” continues its ascent, up four to No. 31 this week. The track, lifted from the group’s The E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) album, previously peaked at No. 11 back in 2010, and recently inspired a viral dance trend.