The BBC has said it will no longer live broadcast “high risk” performances after the controversy over Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury gig.
It comes after it showed the punk-rap duo leading the crowd in chants of “death to the IDF”.
The BBC said it was “clear that errors were made” before and during the performance.
It admitted the band were judged “high risk” during an assessment of all the acts at Glastonbury, but deemed suitable for live streaming with “the use of language or content warnings” .
“This was clearly not the case,” the BBC said.
The broadcaster said Bob Vylan’s show was monitored as it went out and “a number of issues were escalated”.
“Warnings appeared on the stream on two occasions and the editorial team took the decision not to cut the feed. This was an error,” it said.
The BBC said director-general Tim Davie was informed and ordered that none of the show should feature in any further coverage, such as appearing on demand on iPlayer.
After a slew of criticism from politicians and others over the last week, the broadcaster said music performances it deems high risk won’t be broadcast or streamed live any more.
In a statement on Instagram on Tuesday, Bob Vylan said they were “not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people,’ rather, they were for the “dismantling of a violent military machine”.
They said they were a “distraction from the story” in Gaza and that whatever “sanctions” they received would also be a distraction.
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