The Lottery Winners clarify comments about BRIT School and privately-educated musicians: “I love all kinds of music made by all kinds of people”

nme.com:

The Lottery Winners have clarified comments made yesterday (November 29) about BRIT School and privately educated artists.Yesterday, the band took to X to voice their concerns about artists who attended the performing arts school or private schools attempting to speak on behalf of working class musicians.“I don’t mind if you went to private school and Brit School, that’s cool, I’m happy for you.

But when did you become the spokesperson for the ‘working class musician’. No thanks mate,” they wrote.“If you want to talk about how ‘broken’ the music industry is, should we address that 8/10 best artist nominees at the Brit Awards last year went to YOUR SCHOOL.”The comments followed Kate Nash‘s recent Butts for Tour Buses campaign, which saw her join OnlyFans to protest the music industry and help raise money for her UK and European tour which began on November 21.She then took her “bum on the back of a fire truck” protest to the London offices of Live Nation and Spotify as well as the Houses of Parliament to highlight the challenges facing artists and those working in the touring industry.In a statement to NME, Nash reasserted that “the cost of presenting live music has gone up by 30.3 per cent over the past two years.