Paloma Faith addresses the criticism female acts faced during Glastonbury 2024

nme.com:

Paloma Faith has hit out at critics of Glastonbury 2024’s female performers, calling the social media response “absolutely appalling”.Faith, who performed on the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 30), mentioned artists such as Little Simz, Janelle Monae, Dua Lipa and SZA in a post responding to backlash levelled at female artists over the weekend.Dua Lipa, who performed on Friday (June 28) was accused of miming, while SZA’s headline slot on Sunday was plagued by audio issues and an uncharacteristically small crowd.The day after performing her comparatively smoother set, during which she covered Amy Winehouse, Faith took to X/Twitter to say: “The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.”The way people criticise the women who performed at @glastonbury online is absolutely appalling.I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.GIVE WOMEN A BREAK pic.twitter.com/goleam3XQY— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024Personally I watched women perform my fave shows of Glastonbury @LittleSimz @JanelleMonae @sza and @DUALIPA were my faves for entertainment power and talent that I managed to catch this year and Janelle's speech about marginalised Communities got me in the heart.— Paloma Faith (@Palomafaith) July 1, 2024 “I think people need to understand that women are not on stage to be ridiculed and shamed we are there in all our boss bitch power and we stand by one another.

GIVE WOMEN A BREAK.”In a follow-up tweet, she wrote: “Personally I watched women perform my fave shows of Glastonbury @LittleSimz @JanelleMonae @sza and @DUALIPA were my faves for entertainment power.