Womenbury
March 13, 2020

NME: Glastonbury’s gender equal line-up is the best thing to happen in 2020 so far

Glastonbury's first big line-up announcement features 52 per cent female or female-identifying acts (Taylor Swift, Diana Ross, Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney are headlining), and the NME loves it: "It is glorious, inspiring proof that the same old, tired excuses that still get trotted out by certain festival bookers don’t wash. Instead of moaning about how there aren’t 'enough female artists' or coming up with some face-saving, condescending scheme to give young female musicians 'a boost' and then seemingly forgetting all about it, Emily Eavis and her team have just surveyed the wealth of women making music right now and, you know, booked them. A novel idea!".