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Roger Waters voices support for Palestine Action and declares independence from UK Government, while Campaign Against Anti-Semitism prepare legal action

Waters declared that Palestine Action “is not a terrorist organisation"

Chuck D defends Bob Vylan following Glastonbury remarks: “Bob Vylan ain’t got no tanks”

"We have to be able to fight for peace and love by any means necessary"

Disturbed’s David Draiman responds to booing from “a few Jew-hating morons” at Black Sabbath farewell show

"I am STILL UNAPOLOGETICALLY A FIERCELY PRO ISRAEL JEW, I will ALWAYS stand up for my people"

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong plays national anthem and leads chant of “Fuck Donald Trump” on Independence Day

The band's headlining set at Rock Werchter in Belgium coincided with Trump signing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana form new UK political party: “Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us...

“Poverty, inequality and war are not inevitable”

Bono joins Obama and Bush in bidding emotional farewell to USAID workers fired by Trump: “You were the best of us”

“Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama added

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the BBC have a “problem of leadership” following Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury controversy

The BBC have said they should have pulled live coverage of the group’s Glastonbury 2025 set, which saw them lead the crowd in a chant of "death to the IDF"

Amyl & The Sniffers defend Kneecap and Bob Vylan after Glasto controversy: “If you don’t want politics in music, don’t blame the musician –...

"Artists all weekend at Glastonbury from pop to rock to rap to punk to DJs spoke up onstage"

Wes Streeting condemns “death to IDF” chants at Glastonbury but says Israel “should get its own house in order”

"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously"

Glastonbury 2025: Amyl & The Sniffers speak out on Palestine, AI and J.K. Rowling in raucous Other Stage set

"I think it’s better to say anything than to say nothing at all right now"