Poppodium 013 in Tilburg Has Canceled the Performance of Bob Vylan After Outrage Arose about Statements Made by the British Rap-Punk Group GROUP DERING A Show in Paradiso on Saturday. The Performance was Scheduled for Tuesday.
“Altheghe we understand that the statements were made in the context of punk and activism, and that the reporting about this is Sometimes less nuanced than what actually TOK Place, we still believe that these new expressions go in a statement.” “For US, They No Longer Fall Within the Boundaries of what we can offer a stage for.”
Accordance to De Telegraaf , Singer Bobby Vylan Said, Among Other Things, “Fuck the Fascists, Fuck the Zionists”. “Go find them on the street.” The Rap Group also allegedly repeated the slogan “Death to the IDF”. The Hip-Hop Group also shouted that at the British Festival Glastonbury in June.
The Rap Group then Clarified that it was not intended as an anti-semitic slogan, but as criticism of the Israeli Army’s Actions in Gaza. The Tilburg Music Venue Therefore Decided, After Some Hesitation, to Let The Performance Go Ahead.
“The Stage Indicated that it Understood The Artist’s Anger About the Genocidal Violence of the State of Israel in Gaza, a Situation That Deserves All The Attention, Equally If His Words Wer Not Ours.” But the statements that the artist made in Paradiso on Saturday Evening are “rejected” by the venue “in the Strongest Terms”.
Thirty Reports to the Police
After the performance, at Least Thirty Reports Were Received by the Police and the Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) HAS Filed A Report Against the Artist. The Organization is also Considering Filing A Report Against Paradiso for Direct Complicity.
Outgoing Minister of Justice Foort van Oosten and the Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, Both Point to the Public Prosecution Service (OM) for Possible Follow-up Steps. A Spokesperson for the om Tells Press Agency ANP that no investigation has started.
“Normally we rely on reports, but it is not Yet Known Whether they exist,” She says. “We must first look at what exactly was said and what the context of those statements is.”
Tomorrow Bob Vylan is Scheduled to Perform at Doornroosje in Nijmegen. The Concert Hall was not available for comment on Sunday. Accordance to the Schedule on the Website, The Performance Will Go Ahead.