{"id":804093,"date":"2020-02-12T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=951489"},"modified":"2020-02-12T07:05:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:05:19","slug":"1975s-matty-healy-vows-to-add-inclusion-rider-to-festival-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/1975s-matty-healy-vows-to-add-inclusion-rider-to-festival-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"1975\u2019s Matty Healy Vows to Add Inclusion Rider to Festival Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 1975<\/a>\u2019s Matty Healey has vowed that going forward the band will add an inclusion rider to any festival contract stating they\u2019ll only play if a certain percentage of the other artists on the bill are women or non-binary.<\/p>\n

The singer made the claim on Twitter Wednesday after sliding into a conversation about the overwhelmingly male lineups at this year\u2019s Reading and Leeds festivals in England (the 1975 are not set to play either show this year). While Healy praised booking a newly reunited Rage Against the Machine as a headliner, The Guardian<\/i>\u2018s deputy music editor, Laura Snapes, noted that a band of Rage\u2019s stature could\u2019ve \u201cused their leverage to demand equality on the bill,\u201d then encouraged Healy to do the same.<\/p>\n

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Take this as me signing this contract \u2013 I have agreed to some festivals already that may not adhere to this and I would never let fans down who already have tickets. But from now I will and believe this is how male artist can be true allies \u2764\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/1eaZG2hEze<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \ud83e\udd7e\ud83c\udf0d (@Truman_Black) February 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTake this as me signing this contract,\u201d Healy replied, \u201cI have agreed to some festivals already that may not adhere to this and I would never let fans down who already have tickets. But from now I will and believe this is how male artists can be true allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although a Twitter post isn\u2019t a legally binding document and Healy acknowledged there might be some specifics the band needs to work out (\u201cI\u2019m sure my agents are having kittens right now,\u201d he joked), he<\/a> continued<\/a>: \u201c[T]imes up man people need to act and not chat thanks for the kick up the arse [S]napes you\u2019re making a difference\u2026 Point is that Reading and Leeds with more women would be honestly the best festival in the world that place is vibeyyy. Let\u2019s not judge people and give the benefit of the doubt that people are going to start listening. I can feel the change!\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year at the Brit Awards, where the 1975 won Album of the Year for A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships<\/i><\/a>, Healy quoted an essay by Snapes<\/a> about misogyny in the music industry in his acceptance speech<\/a>. \u201cShe said that in music, male misogynist[ic] acts are examined for nuance and defended as traits of difficult artists,\u201d he said. \u201cWhilst women and those that call them out are treated as hysterics who don\u2019t understand art.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 1975 are prepping their new album, Notes on a Conditional Form<\/i>, which, after some delays, is expected to arrive<\/a> April 24th. The band will embark on a North American tour<\/a> in support of the LP this summer.<\/p>\n

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