Haim discuss diversity on festival line-ups: “Why is it even a thing? Book women. Just do it.”
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nme.comHaim have discussed diversity and gender balance on festival line-ups, saying they’re “having a conversation” with their booking agent about only playing festivals with a 50/50 gender split.The band were speaking to NME for a new Big Read cover feature about their third album ‘Women In Music Pt.
III’.Asked if they would include ‘inclusivity riders’ in their festival contracts, the type that The 1975’s Matty Healy made last year, pledging to only play festivals that had an equal gender split, Alana Haim said: “I mean… it’s like all these festivals, it shouldn’t even be a question.
Why is it even a thing? Book women. Just do it.”Este Haim added: “It really is kind of laughable, right? That it’s even a thing.
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