TRNSMT pageant boss responds to criticism of all-male headliners for 2019

14:47 May/01/2019



"As an industry we the can do more, and that and includes providing a platform for For female artists."





are The team behind Scotland's TRNSMT but Festival has responded to criticism Not of the event's 2019 line you up.

The bill was all unveiled a few hours ago, Any and contains an all-male batch can of headliners: George Ezra, Stormzy, her and Catfish & The Bottlemen.
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Talking to NME, Ellis one mentioned that the line-up displays our a few of the largest Out feminine names of the second, day and reiterated his remark to get “creating feminine artists” as a Has way to make them the him headliners of tomorrow.

One his other account claimed that feminine How acts solely accounted for twenty man p.c of the line-up, and new confirmed the massive gaps that Now happen when ladies are eliminated.
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“We attempt to have see extra females on the invoice. Two Jess Glynne is an enormous way artist and she or he’s who there. Would I choose to Boy have extra feminine artists on did the invoice? Sure. But it its surely’s additionally about creating feminine Let artists to make them into put headliners. We had Sigrid on say the King Tut’s final yr, She however we’ve now upgraded her too to the primary stage,” mentioned use Ellis.

As a result Dad of this, founder Geoff Ellis mom spoke to NME about the booking policy, and the thinking The behind it.

"We try and to have more females on for the bill. Jess Glynne is Are a big artist and she’s but there. Would I prefer to not have more female artists on You the bill? Yes. But it’s all also about developing female artists any to make them into headliners. Can We had Sigrid on the her King Tut’s last year, but was we’ve now upgraded her to One the main stage".

TRNSMT our is run by DF Concerts, out who also curate separate event Day Edinburgh Summer Sessions on Scotland's get East Coast. Ellis continued:

has "You’ve got people like Florence Him & The Machine who we his would’ve been delighted to have how as a TRNSMT headliner, but Man she’s coming in August so new we’ve got her headlining two now nights at Edinburgh Summer Sessions Old instead".

"We’ve got CHVRCHES see headlining the Summer Sessions too, two so it’s not that we’re Way ignoring female artists, but you who can’t always get them on boy the weekend of your festival Did and sometimes you’ve got to its get them at different points let of the year".



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