Controversial punk rap duo Bob Vylan are due to appear at the Boardmasters Festival in Newquay on Sunday 10th August, despite a campaign to have them banned.

The band hit headlines when they led chants of “death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]” during a televised appearance at Glastonbury Festival in June this year.

The Prime Minister condemned the comments, Glastonbury organisers said they were appalled, and after complaints from the public to the BBC, it apologised and said the footage should not have been broadcast.

The band also had tour dates cancelled and their US visas were revoked.

Hundreds of people also wrote to Cornwall Council, the licensing authority for the Boardmasters Festival, asking them to stop the band from taking to the stage.

One councillor, Dulcie Tudor, said

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