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Glastonbury faces heat over failure to give female acts higher billing

Lack of women in this year’s major headline slots attracts criticism as Emily Eavis pledges 50/50 gender balance in future lineups

Festival-goers were preparing to see Kylie’s eagerly awaited performance on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury on Sunday, but her performance comes amid criticism of the lack of women in major headline slots.

When it was announced in March that Janet Jackson, who played the Pyramid stage on Saturday, was to perform at Glastonbury, she tweeted a poster for the festival to her fans, but with the order of the acts altered to make it appear that she had top billing.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2FHgzwp

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