Infamous rap duo’s gig canceled over ‘controversial’ Charlie Kirk comments
Bob Vylan has one less show after the English punk-rap duo was accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's death .
The Poppodium 013 canceled Bob Vylan's show on Tuesday, Sept. 16 "due to controversial statements the artist made last night during a show at Paradiso in Amsterdam," the venue wrote in a translated message on its website .
The statements were captured in a video that made its rounds on social media Sunday.
During the show, Bob Vylan's frontman, Bobby Vylan, told the crowd that he wanted to dedicate the next song "to an absolute piece of (expletive) of a human being."
He continued, "The pronouns was/were. [Because] if you chat shit, you will get banged. Rest in piss, Charlie Kirk, you piece of (expletive)."
Poppodium 013 explained why it decided to cancel the duo's performance in its online message.
"Bob Vylan's statements last night at Paradiso clearly cross a line for us. We strongly reject the trivialization of political murder and the call to 'go look for people in the streets,'" the statement read.
"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," Poppodium 013 continued. "They no longer fall within the scope of what we can offer a platform."
Vylan later clarified the incident in a video he shared on Instagram Sunday with the caption, "Calm down."
"At no point during yesterday's show was Charlie Kirk's death celebrated," Vylan said. "I did call him a piece of (expletive), 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 going to find it. Because it didn't happen."
Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while at a debate at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Kirk, who was frequently viewed as a controversial figure in politics, had previously championed Israel in the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, arguing that "Palestine does not exist," NME reported .
Bob Vylan has upheld the opposite views and has routinely spoken out against Israel taking over Palestinian territories and Israel's actions in the Gaza war, which they have described as genocide.
The duo came under fire when they led a crowd in a chant of "death, death to the IDF" during their performance at Glastonbury Festival 2025. The incident resulted in the U.S. revoking their visas ahead of their upcoming tour.
"The @StateDept has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants," U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X on June 30 . "Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country."
Vylan wrote in an Instagram post after the incident clarifying that he was not "for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people."
"We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine," he wrote. "A machine whose own soldiers were told to use 'unnecessary lethal force' against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza."
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