Things are heating up at Liverpool Disco Festival HQ, and not just because Jeremy Underground’s in the hotel sauna!
There may be critics who call disco ‘boring’ or 'samey’, but LDF are showing them who’s boss and keeping to disco’s Black and queer history… by booking nine white men and nobody else. Great work!
When the prime minister announced the easing of coronavirus restrictions last spring, he probably did so with the hope that somebody would book Uncle Dugs to play a brunch gig with a load of free fried chicken. In that sense, DnB Brunch are just doing what comes naturally. Unfortunately, what also comes naturally to DnB promoters seems to be trying their very best to not book any women when they could book Uncle Dugs instead.
We’ve counted one woman booked out of the five events they’ve booked for the next two months. Did we mention Uncle Dugs will be there though?
Manchester promoters Off Beat have been putting parties on for five years, have started a label with two releases, and their mix series is currently on issue 9. How many women have they booked?
One (last week, b2b with a man).
Gentle reminder that these posts are meant to be a smack on the bum and not a call to dogpile promoters. Thanks to everyone who sent this one in!
Creamfields are back for 2021 with a proper trolley problem of a lineup. Pull the lever and a festival with 89 artists only books 6 women, but leave the lever and you miss out on a live set from Scooter.
Fun Fact: Bangface once tried to book Scooter; upon emailing their agent they found out that Scooter’s fee is as much as Bangface’s entire yearly artist budget!
Tunisia’s least favourite DJ Dax J is back from the plague rave circuit to play at precisely 137.5 bpm at Manchester’s premier sausage fest!
NO GIRLS ALLOWED
We’ve received intelligence that two women were, in fact, asked to play this 36 hour party hosted by the woke king known as Hatcha. Just as well they’re not on the lineup - can’t have your allergies flare up half way through a 24 hour set!
Project 72 has possibly the most severe case we’ve seen. Booking 114 men, we’ve counted a grand total of…
seven women!
Make sure Project 72 have an epi pen to hand, having allergies this bad brings a severe risk of anaphylaxis. And if anyone was to fall ill, we can’t imagine Pontins really being the place to be.
Dubstep night HVYWGHT are showing us how it’s done with their incredible mix series - now eleven mixes in and nary a woman in sight! The allergies are strong with this one.
