Weapons N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys will be part of Elton John as headliners on the Glastonbury Pageant in June, organizers say, drawing consideration to the largely male line-up of the occasion’s largest performers this 12 months.
The competition’s official poster gave United States rapper Lizzo joint headline billing however she was the lone, high-profile feminine performer among the many foremost acts this 12 months.
Rapper Lil Nas X and British folks singer Yusuf/Cat Stevens will carry out at Worthy Farm in southern England, alongside Fatboy Slim, Blondie, Nigerian singer Wizkid and dozens of different performers, lots of whom haven’t but been introduced.
Organizer Emily Eavis, daughter of Michael Eavis who based the competition on the household farm in 1970, mentioned the music business ought to spend money on extra feminine musicians to create future headliners.
“We’re making an attempt our greatest,” she informed the Guardian newspaper.
“This begins manner again with the file firms, radio.
“I can shout as loud as I like however we have to get everybody on board.”
Amongst all of the performers because of seem on the competition this 12 months, there was an virtually 50-50 break up between female and male acts, the newspaper mentioned.
Glastonbury sometimes sells out earlier than any headliners – who carry out in the important thing time slots on the competition’s foremost stage – have been introduced given the energy of earlier line-ups which have featured stars from Beyonce and David Bowie to Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones Stones.
Tickets for the 2023 occasion have been all snapped up in somewhat greater than an hour.
Paul McCartney, 80, performed final 12 months’s Glastonbury, because the competition returned from a three-year absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
English rockers Arctic Monkeys will make their third look as headliners at Glastonbury following the discharge of a brand new album in October.
American rock greats Weapons N’ Roses, who will tour Europe in June, will play the competition for the primary time.
Elton John’s look was introduced in December.
