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In a new interview organizer Catherine Jackson-Smith shared that the festival did not want to cancel the group’s headline set.

“It was categorically one of the most horrendous professional discussions I’ve ever had,” she said. “I cannot express clearly enough that I wanted Bob Vylan to perform at our festival. But this was not our decision.”

According to Jackson-Smith, Radar was caught between behind-the-scenes conversations involving the venue, its co-owners AMG and Live Nation, and local authorities. The decision to drop Bob Vylan was presented as an ultimatum: either cancel the band’s appearance or risk losing the entire Saturday program.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

I see Live Nation is expanding in Europe. Get ready for ticket prices to skyrocket.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago

You can feel their fear. They lost the narrative for their crimes against humanity and they're trying to do whatever they can to prevent the spreading of the truth.

Bob Vylan is so based.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

co-owners AMG and Live Nation

As if I needed another reason to hate Live Nation/Ticketmaster...

[-] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago

It’s hard to have a spine

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I’ll do something…next time

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

On some hamberders, I will dine

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

the statements made by Bobby Vylan, of punk duo Bob Vylan, during their set on Saturday. The performer led crowds on the festival's West Holts Stage in chants of "death, death to the IDF."

Hear, hear!

[-] [email protected] -3 points 20 hours ago

“We are the violent punks, because sometimes you gotta get your message across with violence because that is the only language some people speak, unfortunately.” ~~- Hamas, IDF~~ - Bobby Vylan

[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago

Streisand effect. I’ve never heard of Bob Vylan before, am now a fan.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago

Same here. Their merch site was mostly sold out when I last looked so I bought all their albums on Bandcamp.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

Yeah I've listened to their music now, it's not bad at all.

Production value is a little low on tracks but could be part of the grunge sound they're going for.

Certainly will keep listening

this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2025
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