The festival's official poster gave U.S. rapper
Lizzo joint headline billing but she was the lone, high-profile
female performer among the main acts this year.
Rapper Lil Nas X and British folk singer Yusuf/Cat Stevens will
perform at Worthy Farm in southern England, alongside Fatboy
Slim, Blondie, Nigerian singer Wizkid and dozens of other
performers, many of whom not yet been announced.
Organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of Michael Eavis who founded the
festival on the family farm in 1970, said the music industry
should invest in more female musicians to create future
headliners.
"We're trying our best," she told the Guardian newspaper. "This
starts way back with the record companies, radio. I can shout as
loud as I like but we need to get everyone on board."
Among all the performers due to appear at the festival this
year, there was a nearly 50/50 split between male and female
acts, the newspaper said.
Glastonbury typically sells out before any headliners - who
perform in the key time slots on the festival's main stage -
have been announced given the strength of previous line-ups
which have featured stars from Beyonce and David Bowie to Dolly
Parton, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones.
Tickets for the 2023 event were all snapped up in just over an
hour.
Paul McCartney, 80, played last year's Glastonbury, as the
festival returned from a three-year absence due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
While English rock act Arctic Monkeys will be making their third
appearance as headliners at Glastonbury following the release of
a new album in October, it will be the first time for American
rock legends Guns N' Roses, who will be touring Europe in June.
Elton John's appearance was announced in December.
(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar, Editing by Paul Sandle and
William Schomberg)
(Photo: Sir Elton John speaks to members of the media about the
impact of U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
over the last 20 years, in Johannesburg, South Africa, February
23, 2023. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham)
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