The 1975’s Matty Healy Steps Up, Promises to Play Only Gender-Balanced Festivals

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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:

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