It has also taken risks in the past, Pulp replaced The Stone Roses as a headliner 1995 and stole the show in and Stormzy headlined in 2019, when he wasn’t the biggest act the world. Glastonbury has always championed new music. Further down the bill, this year’s lineup features Christine and the Queens, Fever Ray, Shygirl, Adwaith, Kelis, Lana Del Rey, and Blondie, and girl band Flo. Overall, Glastonbury appears to be moving in the right direction. Kendal Calling also announced an initial line-up with 79% male performers. In 2021, The Isle Of Wight Festival’s initial line-up was reported to be 73% male, while TRNSMT’s was 61% male. Meanwhile, 24 headliners – or 12% – are bands featuring a mix of male and female musicians, with just one headline act identifying as non-binary. Other festivals including Download, Kendall Calling, Reading and Leeds, and a raft of others, have male-dominated and largely white, headline bills this year.Īccording to the BBC, a study of the UK’s biggest music festivals found that 149 headline acts – or 74.5% – are male solo acts or all-male bands. “We’re probably one of the only big shows that’s really focused on this” she claimed. This year, 46% of its initial 54 names feature unrepresented racial groups: including Wizkid who will headline the Other stage on Friday, Gabriels who is likely to be a highlight of the early evening on Friday, and Loyle Carner who tops the bill on West Holts on the Saturday. Glastonbury made an important statement when it chose Jay Z to headline the festival in 2008. It’s not just about gender, it’s about every aspect of diversity.”ĭiversity of bills is also important. But to be fair to Emily Eavis she has long been an advocate of more balanced bills, she said was “entirely focused on balancing our bill. I can shout as loud as I like but we need to get everyone on board.” Some said we are “trying” isn’t the best excuse and pointed out that 52% of the 54 names on the first lineup announcement were male. This starts way back with the record companies, radio. “ We’re trying our best so the pipeline needs to be developed. “The music industry needs to invest in more female musicians to create future headliners” explained Eavis. Fancy committing to all women on the Other Stage or Park Stage? Emily Eavis eyeballing you here. Lisa Pinky Ward tweeted: “ I love you Glastonbury but nothing says it’s nearly #IWD2023 like announcing 3 male headliners on the Pyramid. Suddi Raval tweeted “Emily Eavis says the issue is that there’s a “pipeline” problem why they have an all-white male-only line up to headline the Pyramid stage. Nadia Khan an artist manager tweeted: “ Glasto could quite easily give a headline slot away to an under-represented artist group to be part of the necessary change in the industry.” There was an online backlash to the comments, reflecting the fact that Glastonbury’s bill is always crammed with fantastic female artists who could headline and it was also anticipated the likes of Taylor Swift or Madonna were in the conversation for headlining this year’s event. “Many of the artists could, but the headline slot had already been promised to someone else.” “ She could totally headline,” said Eavis, adding that the Pyramid stage often sees bigger crowds in the afternoon than at night. Lizzo will open and has joint headline billing. When Glastonbury could have given acts like Lizzo, or Lana Del Rey who were already on the bill, a headline slot on the Pyramid stage.Īnnouncing in March that Elton John will conclude the 2023 edition, Eavis confirmed that Arctic Monkeys would headline Friday on the Pyramid stage, while Guns N’ Roses would headline the Saturday. When Emily Eavis announced a slate of all-male Glastonbury headliners for 2023’s festival back in March, she blamed the lack of a female headliner on the ‘pipeline.’ Which sounded like a poor excuse. As Glastonbury festival kicks off this weekend we ask why is there a lack of female headliners on this year’s bill and where are the next generation of festival headliners coming from.
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