Glastonbury 2020: Taylor Swift and Diana Ross headline line-up that features 52% female acts | Life

13 Mar 2020

Taylor Swift (Photo: Getty Images)

The British music festival, Glastonbury announced the first 95 names on the line-up for this year's event on Thursday and 52% of the acts are female artists.

Taylor Swift is set to headline the festival alongside Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney and will be joined by Diana Ross, Lana Del Rey, FKA Twigs, Haim and along with many more at Worthy Farm from Wednesday, 24 June until Sunday, 28 June.

It comes after festival boss Emily Eavis said that the Glastonbury 2020 line-up will be as much of a 50/50 gender split as possible.

At the NME Awards last month, she said: "We recently put a book together. Just looking back through all the line-ups, you realise it's been so male-dominated over the years. I think it's time to address it."

Adding: "Unless you consciously do that and change the minds of the bookers, then it will just roll out in the same way that it has done for years."

SEE THE FULL LINEUP HERE:

View this post on Instagram

#repost @emily_eavis: So, after much consideration given the current circumstances, and with the best of intentions, here is the first list of musical acts for Glastonbury 2020. ? ? As things stand we are still working hard to deliver our 50th anniversary Festival in June and we are very proud of the bill that we have put together over the last year or so. No one has a crystal ball to see exactly where we will all be 15 weeks from now, but we are keeping our fingers firmly crossed that it will be here at Worthy Farm for the greatest show on Earth!? ? As always this is just a taste of what is to come, we plan to announce many more artists and attractions, area by area, over the coming weeks leading up to the full line-up in May.? ? In the meantime we post this with much love to all. ? ? (There's also a non-circular version of the line-up - and full text list - on our website now) #glastonbury #glastonbury2020
A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest) on Mar 12, 2020 at 11:59am PDT

Compiled by Alex Isaacs.

We live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred

Who we choose to trust can have a profound impact on our lives. Join thousands of devoted South Africans who look to News24 to bring them news they can trust every day. As we celebrate 25 years, become a News24 subscriber as we strive to keep you informed, inspired and empowered.

Join News24 today

Next on Life

REVIEW | Taylor Swift's sprawling new album contains moments of brilliance, but also lots of filler

24 Apr

description

username

Show Comments ()