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Amsterdam venues cancel Bob Vylan show after Kirk remarks

Published 15 September 2025

Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster, performing under the name Bobby Vylan, drew renewed outrage after a Sept. 13 concert in Amsterdam in which he made profane comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and repeated anti-Israel chants that have dogged the duo since the summer. The Tilburg venue Poppodium 013 canceled a scheduled show for Sept. 16, citing comments at the Club Paradiso performance that it said "clearly cross a line."

Video posted by concertgoers and shared widely on social media shows Robinson-Foster telling the crowd, "I want to dedicate this next one to an absolute piece of shit of a human being. The pronouns was were. Because if you talk shit, you will get banged. Rest in piss Charlie Kirk, you piece of shit," before launching into a song. The performance also featured chants of "Death, death to the IDF" and, according to reports, exhortations such as "Fuck the fascists, fuck the Zionists. Go find them in the streets."

The remarks came days after Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. Authorities have arrested 22-year-old Tyler...

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