The 1975 commit to playing only gender-balanced music festivals
(The Guardian Culture News)

Following criticism of Reading and Leeds festival for its heavily male lineup, frontman Matt Healy says `this is how male artists can be true allies´Matt Healy, frontman of Brit award-winning band the 1975, has said the group will only perform at festivals with a gender-balanced lineup.Healy was responding to a call by the Guardian´s deputy music editor Laura Snapes for the band to `add a condition to your rider that says you´ll only play festivals that commit to X% (ideally 50%!) acts that include women and non-binary performers`. He wrote: `Take this as me signing this contract - I have agreed to some festivals already that may not adhere to this and I would never let fans down who already have tickets. But from now I will, and believe this is how male artists can be true allies.` Continue reading...