LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – Weapons N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys will be part of Elton John as headliners on the Glastonbury Pageant in June, organisers mentioned on Friday, drawing consideration to the largely male line-up of its greatest performers this yr.
The competition’s official poster gave U.S. rapper Lizzo joint headline billing however she was the lone, high-profile feminine performer among the many important acts this yr.
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, a lot of whom not but been introduced.
Organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of Michael Eavis who based the competition on the household farm in 1970, mentioned the music trade ought to put money into extra feminine musicians to create future headliners.
“We’re making an attempt our greatest,” she advised the Guardian newspaper. “This begins manner again with the document firms, radio. I can shout as loud as I like however we have to get everybody on board.”
Amongst all of the performers on account of seem on the competition this yr, there was a virtually 50/50 cut up between female and male acts, the newspaper mentioned.
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Glastonbury usually sells out earlier than any headliners – who carry out in the important thing time slots on the competition’s important stage – have been introduced given the power of earlier line-ups which have featured stars from Beyonce and David Bowie to Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones.
Tickets for the 2023 occasion had been all snapped up in simply over an hour.
Paul McCartney, 80, performed final yr’s Glastonbury, because the competition returned from a three-year absence as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
Whereas English rock act Arctic Monkeys shall be making their third look as headliners at Glastonbury following the discharge of a brand new album in October, will probably be the primary time for American rock legends Weapons N’ Roses, who shall be touring Europe in June.
Elton John’s look was introduced in December.
(This story has been corrected to indicate Arctic Monkeys making third, not second Glastonbury look in paragraph 10.)
Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar, Modifying by Paul Sandle and William Schomberg
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