Billy Bragg

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Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis says to reach The Festival , a gender-balanced line-up, as soon as you can.

"Our future 50/50," says beat Radio 1 News.

"It's a challenge. Everyone is difficult - But the files are there," she says, adding that previous Glastonbury line-ups "are always male-heavy".

her comments come after them on their line-ups.

Emily was the name of God, the same genius at the Nme Awards in London , where Glastonbury is the best festival in The World was named.

"When I realised I look back on the previous Glastonbury line-ups, it has always been male-heavy.

"unless, that is, to change aware of and really meet each other, then it will remain the same, because we are always inundated with male Nudes. "

Taylor , Lana, and Diana are all performing at this year's Glastonbury

This year's Glastonbury line-up is not fully published yet, But Taylor Swift is one of the three headliners, in addition to Paul Mccartney .

Lana Del Rey and Diana Ross are other female acts have already been announced, But , on the whole, a same-sex split is unlikely this year.

"I wouldn't say that we necessarily have a clean 50/50, But we are definitely try it," Emily says.

Emily Eavis took the Godlike Genius award alongside Taylor Swift and Billy Bragg

This Week , Reading and Leeds The First line-up announcement has been criticised by some for far less female Nudes than male.

So far, there are only three female "or female-fronted artists have been announced for Reading and Leeds' main stage (Mabel, Bloxx and Lady Leshurr ), compared to 15 male acts.

The 1975 's frontman Matty Healy has, he'll only play festivals in The Future , the obligation to achieve a gender-balanced line-up.

Emily Eavis says, it is "amazing" he is and thinks that all feel to change "caught".

When Emily , the arrangement that this year's line-up, they explicitly blocked seats for female acts to fill the empty spaces with the word "female".

she says she had a "solid word" with your Booker, because "it is very easy to do the same".

"We have a long way to go, But we are working on it. "

What is the artist saying?

It's not just the people, the festivals, the like to see a change, it is what the artists want.

"The fact that it dominates so male for so many years likely to be female and less space to music artists," Sam Fender news beat tells.

But , he says, has planned The 1975 's Matty Healy, will not work for smaller artists.

"I respect Matty for what he does, But it is more difficult for the artists that come through, turn these opportunities. "

Ella Eyre says of the male-dominated festivals "the rule" in the course of their career so far.

"It's a shame, because there are so incredibly many artists, she tells the inside" us.

Rising Star -Clairo believes the representation of women is "one of The Most important things. "

"There are More Than enough female artists to go around, and should something be, what people think, if you're booking festivals," she says.

And Heloise Letissier - better known as Christine & Queens - don't want changes in the industry as a whole stages, only at The Festival .

"The Music , says The landscape needs to represent, more equality for women in A& R (artists and repertoire), women in record labels, and engineers in the studios," Heloise.

Primavera in Barcelona and Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik are among The International festivals, the

As for Reading and Leeds, its parent company, Festival Republic

Balance is an ongoing initiative, the time in the studio to emerging artists, in The Hope that they are booked for festivals in The Future .

The organization also runs wide, where Haim are headlining, and are behind The 1975 summer show in Finsbury Park , London .

Reading and Leeds' 2020 line-up has been criticised for lack of female acts

Glastonbury has a headliner to be announced, and Emily is teasing some of the "massive surprises," But not to give away something.

she also says, the ban of disposable plastic bottles at The Festival in 2019 has been done "The Most successful environmental campaign" The Festival ever.

"It was phenomenal," she says.

"When we started it, we thought it would take a few years to get going, But everyone seemed to be in The First year we have done it. "

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