diogozsz Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said: They're clearly not going to skip out on Kendrick because they're aiming for a 50/50 split. He'd probably be top of their list of acts to book. If any male acts are missing out because of a 50/50 split it'll be ones who are less of a priority to book and instead of them they'll have female acts who are just as good. Ok but are we going to ignore the fact that Gabi said "the first time we had Kendrick.." (he played the festival only once) and he corrected himself right after to something in the lines of "ups, THE time when he played the festival"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) women are making way better music than men these days tbh. just book only women. Edited December 3, 2018 by Mash011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_contra Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, diogozsz said: Ok but are we going to ignore the fact that Gabi said "the first time we had Kendrick.." (he played the festival only once) and he corrected himself right after to something in the lines of "ups, THE time when he played the festival"? Wouldn't make much out of it tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albinoss Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, young_contra said: They play every year Yeah, yeah I know, I never miss them. I didn't hear the radio and I was wondering if they really mentioned them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogozsz Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Mash011 said: women are making way better music than men these days tbh. just book only women. I can easily see Carly Rae Jepsen (Gabi LOVES her), St. Vincent, Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queen's, Robyn, Yaeji, Rina Sawayama or Charli XCX getting booked. They're all making great music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_contra Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Just now, Albinoss said: Yeah, yeah I know, I never miss them. I didn't hear the radio and I was wondering if they really mentioned them Oh! They totally did, they played one of their songs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, Chaarlie said: TLDR - Female acts are good but there's not enough big artists in the industry right now to run a large and non-stale 50:50 festival, but we should be working towards it. This applies to 2000trees because that is a festival where there are quite few women in the type of bands that are suitable for booking there. At Primavera, a festival with 50% of the acts being or containing women could easily happen and not 'sacrifice quality' or anything. If you look at the top reviewed stuff in, say, Pitchfork or other publications that would appeal to PS goers; it's about half and half. I think that I listen to about the same stuff as a Primavera Sound goer and most of the better stuff contains women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregory Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, dentalplan said: This applies to 2000trees because that is a festival where there are quite few women in the type of bands that are suitable for booking there. At Primavera, a festival with 50% of the acts being or containing women could easily happen and not 'sacrifice quality' or anything. If you look at the top reviewed stuff in, say, Pitchfork or other publications that would appeal to PS goers; it's about half and half. I think that I listen to about the same stuff as a Primavera Sound goer and most of the better stuff contains women. I agree you could have a great year of 50/50, but is it sustainable year after year? There's just not an equal amount of women to men in the indie/rock/alt/rap/etc. scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, gregory said: I agree you could have a great year of 50/50, but is it sustainable year after year? There's just not an equal amount of women to men in the indie/rock/alt/rap/etc. scenes. Yeah the secret to it is that you just book women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregory Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mash011 said: Yeah the secret to it is that you just book women. List the 260 female acts who are touring next summer that you would book for Primavera then Edited December 3, 2018 by gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Just now, gregory said: List the 150+ female acts who are touring next summer that you would book for Primavera then How fucking bored do you think I am christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riseupandkill Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 i'm quite bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wonderwhy Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, gregory said: I agree you could have a great year of 50/50, but is it sustainable year after year? There's just not an equal amount of women to men in the indie/rock/alt/rap/etc. scenes. The idea is if you start making a point of it women get the attention* they deserve, thus making it sustainable. Its really not that hard to work out. (*theres a better word here I just can't think of it rn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaarlie Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 In an ideal world you don't care about the gender of anyone you book you just get the best music. Primavera strikes me as a very diverse festival already, if anything them doing this can prove a point to festivals like wireless in the UK to improve. 9 minutes ago, dentalplan said: This applies to 2000trees because that is a festival where there are quite few women in the type of bands that are suitable for booking there. Not sure I agree with that there seems to be a massive amount more male led bands than female, the female led ones are just as good as the male ones, there's just far fewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 surely all this reggaeton stuff isnt gonna take over the line up? I'm just expecting a few acts in high places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albinoss Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 17 minutes ago, young_contra said: Oh! They totally did, they played one of their songs too Oh, ok, cool. It wouldn't be the same festival for me without them playing ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n=Nowheretohide Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 be prepared for the worst..... this new normal politically correct gender fluid reggeaton hip hip yelling bullshit of festivalfor this year 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albinoss Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, diogozsz said: I can easily see Carly Rae Jepsen (Gabi LOVES her), St. Vincent, Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queen's, Robyn, Yaeji, Rina Sawayama or Charli XCX getting booked. They're all making great music. I would love Shannon Wright, Cocaine Piss, Motherf×cker, Uzeda, Buke and Gase, Allison Crutchfield, Downtown Boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaarlie Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 to be honest if they made it 50:50 without saying anything then I'm not sure anyone would notice so the whole argument is pretty pointless. If they can handle it in the right way, not make it a gimick, not sacrifice acts for the sake of equality and keep things fresh with the theme of the festival theres no problem. Not saying they cant do all that I'm just pointing out potential problems, hoping they tackle them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogozsz Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Albinoss said: I would love Shannon Wright, Cocaine Piss, Motherf×cker, Uzeda, Buke and Gase, Allison Crutchfield, Downtown Boys Cocaine Piss would be awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, n=Nowheretohide said: be prepared for the worst..... this new normal politically correct gender fluid reggeaton hip hip yelling bullshit of festivalfor this year Hope it makes you miserable pal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckno Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) I don't see a problem at all with +/- 50% of acts booked to '... feature a central female member... ' There are festivals doing this already. It should have been the normal for years. Edited December 3, 2018 by puckno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 17 minutes ago, n=Nowheretohide said: be prepared for the worst..... this new normal politically correct gender fluid reggeaton hip hip yelling bullshit of festivalfor this year Weird bloke aren't you 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n=Nowheretohide Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Im only here for minuses ♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
festivalguy97 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Is there any list of confirmed artists and strong rumours like last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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