Billy Bragg on securing gender balance at festivals: “We need to reflect society”

Billy Porter responded to conservative backlash to his upcoming Sesame Street episode with a classy Instagram post.

"Our society is sexist, and that is reflected in all industries," they said on the red carpet at the NME Awards 2020

"Let her do her thing and if she ever needs me, I'm gonna be here for her," said Bieber during an interview with Zane Lowe, reports people.com. "But yeah, just protecting the moment because people take for granted encounters," the singer added as he began to cry. "Yeah, so, yeah, I just want to protect her," he continued. "I don't want her to lose it. I don't want her to go through anything I went through. I don't wish that upon anybody. If she ever needs me I'm just a call away."

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Justin Bieber started crying when asked a question about Billie Eilish on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe.Lowe asked Bieber to reflect on his time as a young person in the music industry, and how he felt watching Eilish go through the same things he had.The "Yummy" singer said, "Yeah, I definitely feel protective of her."Having grown up in the spotlight, Justin Bieber has a unique perspective on what it's like to be young person in the music industry.During an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1, the

Billie Eilish and Finneas did a beautiful cover of The Beatles' "Yesterday" at the Oscars during the in memoriam segment. But Eilish, her own worst critic, didn't see it that way. In an interview on Apple Music's New Music Daily with Zane Lowe, Eilish panned her performance.

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"We’re there now, but it’s got to happen."

"We’re there now, but it’s got to happen."

Two years on from “step up,” things in the music world seemingly have stepped back in time, from the Recording Academy’s epic diversity failures to the return to male-dominated headliners at many major festivals, including a testosterone-heavy Coachella — as called out by Variety and many others — and Britain’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, the lineups of which feature just 20 female-fronted acts out of 91.

The 1975’s Matty Healy has discussed his commitment to gender equality in festival lineups in a new interview with Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes at The Guardian. After criticism was leveled at the lineups of UK-based festivals including Leeds and Reading, Snapes called 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.” Healy responded:

Following backlash over the male-heavy lineup for the 2020 Reading and Leeds festival, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy says the band will only play gender-balanced music festivals from now on. Of the 91 artists on the Reading and Leeds bill, headlined by Rage Against the Machine, Stormzy and Liam Gallagher, only 20 are female or feature women.

"I believe this is how male artist can be true allies"

One of the Oscars' most hyped performances has finally arrived. On Sunday night, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell took the stage for a special performance.