played controversial set at Glastonbury

In June 2005, Primal Scream played a controversial set at the Glastonbury Festival , throughout which Gillespie was playfully abusive to the crowd and was alleged to have made Nazi salutes during the song “Swastika Eyes,” though this is not confirmed. They were eventually forced off by officials after overrunning their allotted time; the festival organisers were at that point already annoyed at the band when, in response to their invitation to join other recording artists in signing a Make Poverty History poster which would be auctioned off for charity, lead singer Bobby Gillespie instead altered the poster so that it read “Make Israel History”. Gillespie later said that this was to show his support for the Palestinian cause.