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- This year's event features a 42 percent female line-up, many of them absolute queens, but no female headliners. Then again, this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise: Glastonbury has booked just three female headline acts (Beyoncé, Adele and Florence and the Machine) in its last 10 years.
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Jun 26, 2024 · This year is the first in Glastonbury’s 54-year history where there are more female-fronted headline acts than male.
- Roisin O'connor
Apr 23, 2023 · Across 104 festivals this summer, only a fifth (20%) of headline acts are fronted by women, compared with almost four-fifths (78%) by men and 2% by non-binary people. At the biggest festivals, with over 30,000 capacity, this is even lower for women at one in six (18%).
Steadily increasing the percentage of female acts on the lineup over the last 10 festivals, with an average yearly increase of around 12.9%, Glastonbury is consistently making positive steps towards gender inclusivity.
Feb 13, 2020 · So far, there have only been three female or female-fronted artists announced for Reading and Leeds' main stage (Mabel, Bloxx and Lady Leshurr), compared to 15 male acts.
As it turns out, 52% of the 54 names on this week’s partial lineup announcement – with many more acts still to come – are male. 46% of those 54 names are non-white or feature non-white members.
Feb 13, 2020 · So far, there have only been three female or female-fronted artists announced for Reading and Leeds' main stage (Mabel, Bloxx and Lady Leshurr), compared to 15 male acts.
Mar 3, 2023 · It’s 2023 and you would think a long-reigning festival like Glastonbury would be able to book a few female headliners but apparently not. Here’s what Glastonbury fans had to say.
