Bob Vylan have released a first new single, ‘Sick Sad World’, taking aim at Keir Starmer and the “BBC’s lies”.
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The track is the duo’s first release since last year’s album ‘Humble As The Sun’, but it’s also the first song they’ve put out since their controversial Glastonbury 2025 performance, in which vocalist Bobby Vylan lead the crowd in chants of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]”.
The upbeat punk track sees the duo zero in on the state of the nation in 2025. “Keir’s smiling on the news, as if everything is fine/There’s a major malfunction, how’s this whole thing wired?/I got some priors on my name, they said I can’t get hired/I watch the BBC’s liеs, think I’m losing my mind/Hooray, it’s 2025, get a job in the mines,” Vylan raps.
“As many of you are aware, we have been busy recently but we never forgot about the music,” the band wrote on Instagram. “You can support Bob Vylan directly by purchasing the track on Bandcamp (link in bio). Enjoy, and much love, The Bobs. And don’t forget, tour starts in 3 weeks.”
Check out ‘Sick Sad World’ below:
In response to the Glastonbury controversy, the band clarified that they are “not for the death of Jews or Arabs or any other race or group”. In a statement, Glastonbury organisers said they were “appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan”.
As well as being dropped by their agency, Bob Vylan have had their US visas revoked and are currently under criminal investigation over the performance. They were also removed from their headline spot at Manchester’s Radar Festival in July after pressure from venue owners AMG and Live Nation and more bands dropped out in solidarity.
In other Bob Vylan news, an upcoming gig in the Netherlands was cancelled earlier this month after frontman Bobby Vylan was accused of celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The band are set to head out on tour soon – check out the full list of dates here, and get tickets here. However, following the the Manchester synagogue attack last week, MPs and Jewish groups have called for their show at Manchester Academy to be cancelled.
