Misogyny? in the music industry? nooooooooooo
now, not a great deal can yank me from my bubble of one, but when i read this little nugget i nearly swallowed my glands with rage. so Lily Allen’s pulled out of the Isle of Wight festival, using the time immemorial (for male bands anyway) excuse that she will have no record to promote. Whilst it’s OK for male groups to cancel appearances without fear of any sweeping statements being made as to the validity of their reason, and its reflection on their gendered brethren, it would appear that should a female artist choose to pull an appearance, it will immediately be presumed that it is down to her ‘excesses’ (you know, struggling with high octane fame, getting over a miscarriage, a relationship breaking up, her TV show bombing…), and not a simple desire to make sure her appearance is relevant and entertaining.
(thanks to CMU for sending me this):
IOW Promoter John Giddings told BBC 6 Music that he
wouldn’t be getting legal about Allen’s pulling out, but that he thought her
reason for not performing was not good enough, adding “I didn’t book a
record, I booked an artist”. He also questioned whether the official reason
for Allen’s decision to pull out was the truth, observing: “I read in the
tabloids a load of different reasons”.
He concluded: “Unfortunately this country has developed some great new girl
singer songwriters, but they seem to be having a few problems don’t they?”
so, apparently, Lily Allen is representative of EVERY UK FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST in this hoary old goat’s addled mind. nice one mr giddings – and im sure adele, laura marling, kate nash, duffy etc are really glad you cleared up the real reason behind any future female singer songwriter’s no shows….
sorry for harsh words, i guess it’s just that time of the month…..
