The 1975 will headline Reading and Leeds Festival, notwithstanding Matty Healy announcing he might not carry out at gender-imbalanced fairs.
On Thursday (eleven August), it turned into introduced that Rage Against the Machine are not capable of headline the British fairs after 52-year-antique frontman Zack de l. a. Rocha turned into medically suggested to cancel their European tour. The band did now no longer offer particular fitness details.
It turned into then discovered that The 1975, who haven`t performed withinside the UK for the reason that 2020, might be their replacement.
However, frontman Healy had formerly pledged in 2020 to simplest carry out at fairs with gender-balanced line-ups.
Responding to complaint of the male-ruled line-up at that year`s Reading and Leeds Festival through journalist Laura Snapes, Healy tweeted that she turned into “so right” concerning gender imbalances at the stage (thru NME).
When Snapes recommended that Healy have to placed on his rider that he`d simplest play fairs with at the least 50 in line with cent lady and non-binary acts, Healy tweeted: “Take this as me signing this contract.”
Explaining that he might fulfil his modern-day commitments in order now no longer to permit down fans, he added: “From now I will and consider that is how male artist may be proper allies.”
Reading and Leeds is one of the fairs most usually criticised for a loss of lady and non-binary artists.
“We realize that there's a extensively mentioned gender imbalance at the performers at Reading festival,” their internet site reads.
The Independent has contacted The 1975`s representatives for comment.
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