'Insidious man!' Bob Vylan scolded for Charlie Kirk remarks in blistering takedown

Bob Vylan are facing fresh controversy after frontman Bobby Vylan made comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk after being fatally shot last week.

During a gig at Amsterdam's Paradiso on Saturday evening, Mr Vylan told the crowd: "I want to dedicate this one to an absolute piece of s*** of a human being. The pronouns was/were. Because if you talk s***, you will get banged. Rest in peace Charlie Kirk you piece of s***."

In response to the incident, Poppodium 013 in Tilburg has announced they have cancelled the duo's upcoming set there, claiming Mr Vylan went "too far".

Delivering his verdict on the remarks, Mr Bleksley told GB News: "I find Mr Vylan contradicts himself continually, virtually each and every time he opens his mouth.

"I think the man's not particularly bright, he's clearly not very aware of what is within the bounds of good taste, let alone legality, and he's forever putting his foot in it, so to speak."

He added: "And of course he's had concerts cancelled in America, his visa revoked, and the suchlike. In short, he's an insidious man. I would never buy a ticket to go and see him, and I would urge anybody else to do exactly the same."

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Asked for his thoughts on the shooting on Charlie Kirk, host Tom Harwood questioned if the shooting "could have been prevented" with better security measures.

The ex-detective explained: "I think all people involved in providing close protection to prominent people, whether they be politicians or speakers or the suchlike, need to be very aware of this dangerous trend at the moment, which is of the rooftop shooter.

"The kind of close protection that is afforded to royalty in the UK and presidents in the US, for example, is eye-wateringly expensive and beyond the purse of most people, including prominent speakers like Charlie Kirk."

Making "no criticism" of the security Mr Kirk had on the day, Mr Bleksley continued: "It takes a huge amount of people, huge amount of vehicles, expertise, planning, accommodation and the costs are simply enormous. I make no criticism of those who were trying to protect Mr Kirk.

"What I would suggest, though, is that the security perhaps needed to be greater in terms of numbers, and certainly it needn't require a huge amount of expense."

As Tom suggested the use of "drones" could be helpful in scanning rooftops for potential shooters, Mr Bleksley agreed, concluding: "They could, of course, employ drone technology, and I think that's an eminently sensible thing to do.

"It will be very interesting to see when President Trump comes to the UK, the sort of security that will be afforded to him.

"You will see rooftop snipers, but they will be police officers, so these kind of things are within the experience and the bounds and the capabilities of security teams, you just have to have a large enough team, sufficiently trained and sufficiently resourced, and even then, there is actually no such thing as perfect security."

In response to the intense backlash, Mr Vylan posted a video on social media denying to have mocked Mr Kirk's death and told people to "calm down".

The performer said: “At no point during yesterday’s show was Charlie Kirk’s death celebrated. If it was, go find me a quote.

"Go find me something that proves we were celebrating his death. You're not going to find it because it didn't happen."