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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

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Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, south-west England, on June 28, 2025. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 6:34 pm
BBC to stop broadcasting ‘high-risk’ gigs after antisemitic chants at Glastonbury
UK public broadcaster says it will ‘ensure proper accountability’ for team that failed to shut down live-stream of festival set where rap duo Bob Vylan called for ‘Death to the IDF’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The flag of Palestine is waved in a crowd of festivalgoers at the hip hop trio Kneecap's performance during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
June 29, 2025, 3:44 am
‘Death to the IDF’: Palestine takes center stage at Glastonbury music festival
Irish rap group Kneecap, other performers, lead pro-Palestinian chants and deliver profanity-laden rants about ‘Zionists’ to cheering crowds at the world-renowned event
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A member of Irish band Kneecap wears a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London on November 21, 2024. (Screen grab/YouTube)
May 3, 2025, 8:34 am
Pogues, Thin Lizzy, Massive Attack among bands to defend Kneecap’s ‘freedom of expression’
Dozens of performers sign letter supporting Northern Irish rappers who projected ‘F*ck Israel’ at Coachella, appeared to cheer Hamas and Hezbollah, urged fans to ‘kill your local MP’
By Ben Sales
Screen capture from video of Irish band Kneecap displaying anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian messaging during its performance at the Coachella music festival in California, April 19, 2025. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2025, 2:45 pm
Irish band Kneecap projects ‘F*ck Israel’ on Coachella music festival stage
Group accuses US government of enabling Israel to commit ‘genocide’ in Gaza Strip, makes good on promise to repeat remarks that were cut from livestream a week earlier
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A woman is carried over the crowd at the Lollapalooza concert in Pownal, Vermont, July 9, 1996. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
April 9, 2025, 3:34 am
The surprisingly Jewish history of iconic counter-cultural music festival Lollapalooza
From its creator, to performers, promoters, and now the chroniclers of a new oral history on it, Jews have always had a hand in the traveling show that changed America
By Jordan Hoffman
The poster for Woodstock for Peace, a three-day gathering of music, art and peace, which will be held December 26-28, 2024 at Shitim in Israel's south (Courtesy)
December 12, 2024, 3:05 pm
Local ‘Woodstock’ aims to unite Israelis, Palestinians for peace
Six activists look to change the conversation and think about a shared future, with three days of music, art and discussion in the desert
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli flags flank the DJ stage at the Dragonfly trance music festival near Modiin on January 6, 2024. (Dragonfly)
January 16, 2024, 9:53 am
Commemorating Supernova victims, electronic music scene attempts a low-key comeback
One of the country’s first major rave parties after the October 7 massacre features no commercial activity and plenty of symbolism
By Canaan Lidor
(L) Ricarda Louk holds up a photo of her daughter Shani, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Photo on right is of Shani Louk. (courtesy, screen capture/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 12, 2023, 7:03 am
‘My heart broke’: Families in dark over fate of loved ones held by terrorists in Gaza
Relatives of abducted German, Thai and Colombian nationals desperately searching for news; mother of woman critically hurt urges Berlin to act
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Shye Weinstein (left) and a presumed security guard at the Kibbutz Re'im Nature Party before the gunfire began, October 7, 2023. (courtesy Shye Weinstein)
October 9, 2023, 9:52 am
Camera in hand, partygoer captures escape from rave where Hamas killed 260 Israelis
Canadian-Israeli Shye Weinstein documents how he and his friends fled from deadly party, made nail-biting flight to Tel Aviv: ‘We only slowed down for checkpoints and bodies’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
British pop star Robbie Williams arrives in Ben Gurion Airport, April 30, 2015 (photo credit: public relations/Sivan Faraj)
February 28, 2023, 11:32 am
Robbie Williams considered Judaism, put off by circumcision
British pop star, married to Turkish-American Jew Ayda Field, says he and his family mark Jewish holidays: ‘It is important that we have a tribe’
By Harry Roper
Achinoam Nini and her musical partner Gil Dor will perform at the 4th Liturgical Festival in Nazareth, December 16, 2022 (Courtesy PR)
December 7, 2022, 4:23 pm
Noa to perform Bach interpretation at Nazareth Liturgical Festival
Annual holiday season festival is a celebration of classical music and of musical education for Arab and Jewish youth from the region
By Jessica Steinberg
A member of the Spanish hip-hop band Tribade defaces an Israeli flag at the Sziget Music Festival in Hungary, August 14, 2022. (Instagram)
August 15, 2022, 4:14 pm
Spanish band defaces Israeli flag at music festival, uploads video to Instagram
Barcelona-based rap group that prides itself on social activism writes ‘Israel doesn’t exist,’ draws penis on Israeli flag at campsite after performing at Hungary’s Sziget Festival
By Tobias Siegal
Producer Michael Lang poses for a portrait in New York, August, 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
January 9, 2022, 7:04 pm
Michael Lang, who organized the 1969 Woodstock Festival, dies at 77
Concert promoter suffered from a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
By ToI Staff
Rehearsing for a performance at the Nazareth Liturgical Festival, opening December 16, 2021 (Courtesy Yoel Levy)
December 17, 2021, 6:33 pm
Classical music fest in Nazareth brings Arabs, Jews together for Christmas
Polyphony Liturgical Festival launches its annual event, drawing local patrons as well as Jewish Israelis seeking holiday spirit and a change of tempo in historic town
By Jessica Steinberg
Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on November 5, 2021, in Houston. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
November 6, 2021, 10:26 am
At least 8 killed in crowd surge at Texas music festival
Houston fire chief says deadly crush occurred during set by rapper Travis Scott at Astroworld Festival; several others injured
By AP
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