Bob Vylan gig cancelled in Netherlands

The punk duo Bob Vylan, who aren’t strangers to controversy after their ‘death to IDF chant’ at Glastonbury, had another gig cancelled in The Netherlands. Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week on the 10th September, was referred to as ‘an absolute piece of shit of a human being’ while performing in Amsterdam.

Consequently, the Tilburg venue 013 cancelled their performance due to take place on the 16th September. The venue commented saying the band went ‘too far’. One of the duo, Bobby Vylan, also said regarding Kirk “the pronouns was/were. Cause if you chat shit you will get banged. Rest in peace Charlie Kirk, you piece of shit.”

In a statement, organisers said: “While we understand that these statements were made in the context of punk and activism, and that the reporting on them is sometimes less nuanced than what actually happened, we still believe these new statements go too far. They no longer fall within the scope of what we can offer a platform.”

In response to the show’s cancellation and apparent celebration of Kirk’s death, Bobby Vylan said in a video: “At no point during yesterday’s show was Charlie Kirk’s death celebrated. At no point whatsoever did we celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death. I did call him a piece of shit. That much is true. But at no point was his death celebrated. If it was, go find me a quote, go find me something that proves that we were celebrating his death. You’re not gonna find it, because it didn’t happen.

“What did happen is one reporter that bought their ticket online came with the sole purpose of finding something to report and after I called [Kirk] a piece of shit and we played a song, they have written that up as a celebration. It’s not a celebration … Calm down.”