Folk rocker, Cat Stevens, is also booked for the Sunday afternoon"legends" slot despite rumours Blondie was due to take it.
"It's about money at the end of the day and we still have old white men gatekeeping the industry," she adds.John Rostron, chief executive of the Association of Independent Festivals, which represents 105 UK events, says the problem stems from there being a smaller pool of female artists for promoters to pick from."There are plenty of barriers for any artist to get there, but for women there are maybe triple the number of barriers, so the talent pool at the top is smaller.
Six of the top 10 songs played on the radio so far this year are by female solo artists including Miley Cyrus's Flowers - the most popular song of 2023 so far. Asked how other festivals should improve female representation, she says more staff should be hired specifically to promote inclusion. Jungle and drum and bass artist Nia Archives is headlining two indie festivals this year - We Out Here in Dorset and Outlook in Croatia - as well as playing at Glastonbury.
With half of the worst offenders coming under rock and heavy metal, John Rostron, of AIF, which represents Bloodstock Open Air, says things are"particularly difficult" across those genres as there is a"much smaller talent pool"."There is a shortage of female-fronted bands coming through the ranks," he says, adding that headline slots are booked according to the"strongest available offering".
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