Bob Vylan - Blood On The Tracks?

Giles Coren Has No Idea

The Times

News & Politics, Unknown, News

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Giles has been to see a Bob Vylan gig.

Bob Vylan are a punk rap duo who hit the headlines when the BBC broadcast their set live from Glastonbury, during which they led a chant of ‘death death to the IDF.’

Performing round the corner at the forum in Kentish Town Giles went to see the gig, the various protest and counter protest groups and to talk to some strangers.

If PM Sir Keir Starmer really is under threat who else could fill his shoes – Davina McCall, the artist formerly known as Prince Andrew? There is upheaval at the BBC as the DG and head of news resign on the same day…will Giles be sending in his CV for either of the roles?

Finally, ‘Flesh’ by David Szalay wins the booker prize, what’s it about?

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0:00.0	Morning, Giles.
0:01.0	Morning.
0:01.8	So this week has mostly been dominated in this household by the visit to the music venue at the bottom of our street, the O2 Kentish Town Forum, by quite the celebrity, Bob Villain.
0:18.0	The Bob Villain, who made his name at Glasbury this year, by chanting death, death to the IDF in his set.
0:26.9	And all the sort of young Corbinite crowd were very excited by that.
0:32.0	The BBC accidentally just streamed it live to the world.
0:35.6	And that was also all a big fuss.
0:37.4	The Bob villain had now come... They streamed it live to the world. and that was also all a big fuss. The Bob Villain had now come... But they streamed it live to the world. They were prepared for Neacab, who famously did these terrible anti-Israel things, and they weren't even showing that. But they just let the support act. The people that Neacab had chosen to come on before and wet your appetite for the... What was it there? So that I'll listen to all know of Bob Villas. Well, also, and just also to say, if we come to talking about that in its tangential way has led to Tim Davy of this week, which is Tim Davy and Deborah Turner leaving the BBC. Because they broadcast it. Bob Villain came to Kendishtown and you wrote a very good funny and excellent notebook
1:11.9	on uh finally read it did you mond yeah on Monday and last night you actually went to the
1:17.9	Bob villain concert and I wasn't very happy about it because I thought it would be I thought
1:22.4	it would be dangerous for you the kids weren't particularly happy about it either but then
1:27.4	off you went.
1:35.6	Well, you were not, you were worried that Bob villain was and his followers might be a dangerous, violent anti-seemite, because that is sort of how he's been
1:45.6	presented. And I sort of swallowed that. But at the same time, there's two sides to that.
1:52.0	As you will say, I'm not afraid of anybody. I don't care. I'm happy to go there.
1:56.0	It's your greatest floor. And I'm in the mosh pit with 2,000 squawking wet. Or maybe he's not that.
2:02.6	And I go down there and I thought I'd go down there.
2:05.6	I bought a ticket.
2:06.6	Yeah.
2:07.6	It was due, the protest was due to start at 630.
2:09.6	And this is a protest by anti-Bob villain people, kind of anti-hate.
2:16.6	Some people on our local email group called them pro-Israel and pro-IDF.
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