I believe an attempt to victimise this man and his band in the circumstances is cruel and unforgiving. They've done the work to try and make amends and took a long hiatus to fix things." "That whole situation happened 7 years ago and the lead singer of Sticky Fingers has been extremely apologetic and open about his bipolar schizophrenia and substance abuse during that time and is also Māori. I think one commentator well reflects my feelings, as previously stated: There has already been a lot of social media traffic about this decision. Recently, a band decided to cancel a forthcoming appearance at Bluesfest because Sticky Fingers, particularly its lead singer (who are booked to play at Bluesfest), was involved in an incident with another artist offstage a long time ago. In the course of doing so, Bluesfest has been proud to give prominence to indigenous artists and to promote diversity in the music industry. Over the years, Bluesfest has been the promoter of music festivals which allowed diverse artists to exercise their freedom of artistic expression and have afforded the Australian public access to their works. Read it below.Īs is well known, I am and always have been the Director of Bluesfest.
KING GIZZARD AND THE CROSSWORD WIZARD UPDATE
UPDATE 21/2:īluesfest director Peter Noble issued a statement this afternoon. It appears there have been no changes to those shows. The band are set to play theatre shows in Melbourne and Brisbane in the lead up to Bluesfest. Their 23rd album Changes was Double J Feature Album in October last year.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard were Double J Australian Artist of the Year in 2016. Sticky Fingers spoke to triple j's Hack program in 2018 about the allegations against Frost and the band members' battle with mental illness. I can be an arsehole sometimes, but I'm not that much of an arsehole."
KING GIZZARD AND THE CROSSWORD WIZARD SERIES
"It really upsets me to know that, through a series of misinterpreted accounts of events, I've now been seen as a symbol of something I detest: a racist woman-basher. "I also have to acknowledge that my alcoholic behaviour in the past has intimidated or made people feel unsafe around me, and I am truly sorry for this." "I do not condone or in any way excuse violence against women, straight up, I never have and I never will." "I am wholeheartedly against racism, and so is the band," Frost said in a statement in 2018. In 2018, Sticky Fingers withdrew from the line-up for Newcastle's This That festival after similar criticism.
Their place on the line-up, and this characterisation, was criticised on social media, following past allegations of threatening and abusive behaviour levelled at frontman Dylan Frost. Last week, five more artists were added to the Bluesfest line-up, including controversial Sydney band Sticky Fingers, who were described as the "bad boys of Australian music" in the festival's announcement. "This is, unfortunately, one of those moments". "We are deeply disappointed to be in this position but sometimes you need to be willing to make sacrifices to stand up for your values," they wrote.
The band announced the news on their Instagram page Monday afternoon. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have withdrawn from this year's Bluesfest.
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