The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester in a letter backed by 10 MPs has urged Manchester Academy to cancel Bob Vylan’s 5th November show
The JRC said in the letter that it was “deeply concerned by Manchester Academy’s decision to host Bob Vylan”, saying the band’s “statements and actions do not provoke debate but carry a real danger”.
A number of Greater Manchester MP’s had signed the letter including Paul Waugh,Graham Stringer and Jo Platt
The band caused controversy in chanting “death, death to the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)” at the Glastonbury music festival in June, which was livestreamed by the BBC.
The JRC said the performance – by an artist it deemed as having “repeatedly engaged in rhetoric that crosses the line from legitimate political discourse into antisemitism and incitement” – must be cancelled.
