Liam Gallagher has declared that he could play a solo gig at Knebworth, the site where his former band Oasis played a pair of seminal shows in 1996.
12.02.2020 - 20:36 / billboard.com
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.
Liam Gallagher has declared that he could play a solo gig at Knebworth, the site where his former band Oasis played a pair of seminal shows in 1996.
This year's festivals will be held from August 28-30
"I’ve just finished it. So it will come out as soon as it’s physically made."
She praised Matty's "very obscure" taste in memes
Their fourth album 'Notes On A Conditional Form' is coming later this year
"It wasn’t the time for me to pitch my post-rock Joni Mitchell project."
Healy has already said the band have more music ready for after 'Notes On A Conditional Form'
"I met them years later and told them the whole story and they weren't remotely interested"
They're not going anywhere just yet
Dermot Kennedy, AJ Tracey and Amy MacDonald are just some of the acts added to the line-up for TRNSMT Festival 2020.
They're all off to Glasgow Green
Dermot Kennedy, AJ Tracey and Amy MacDonald are just some of the acts added to the line-up for TRNSMT Festival 2020.
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:
The 1975’s Matthew Healy has said he will no longer play at music festivals with a lack of female acts on the line-up.
"I believe this is how male artist can be true allies"
Rage Against the Machine will join Stormzy and Liam Gallagher as headliners at this year's Reading and Leeds festival. The iconic British summer rite of passage will take place from Aug.
Stormzy is to headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England.