'Times up man people need to act and not chat.'
Following ample criticism of the male-dominated bills of this year's Reading and Leeds festivals,'s Laura Snapes asked Healy to"only play festivals that commit to X% acts that include women and non binary performers" — a challenge he readily took on.
"Take this as me signing this contract," Healy tweeted in response to Snapes's tweet, though he also explained that The 1975 had already agreed to some festivals that may not feature balanced line-ups."But from now I will and believe this is how male artist can be true allies.
"But times up man people need to act and not chat," he continued, before thanking Snapes for her suggestion."Point is that Reading and Leeds with more women would be honestly the best festival in the world."Healy emphasized the importance of inclusive line-ups by explaining that they help festival concertgoers"feel more included and more represented."
"It's as simple as that. All the best art for me made me feel personally addressed," he said, later adding that he'd also like to see other male musicians do what they can to bolster women, trans, and non binary acts. "When it comes to big sociopolitical issues and governments are involved, sometimes action or protest can just be ignored. But when it comes to the music industry, we can change that," Healy said."It's not a geopolitical nightmare: it's the music industry, and it's something that if everyone gets on board, we can fix.
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