Emily Eavis says there are male execs in music industry who insist on speaking to her fatherThe Glastonbury festival organiser, Emily Eavis, has said some men in the music industry still refuse to deal with her despite her taking over responsibility from her father for overseeing the lineup. Speaking days before the start of this year’s event, Eavis, 40, who has been booking acts at Glastonbury for half her life, said she was often the only woman in meetings with music moguls. “The live music world has been so male-dominated,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. It’s a challenge for us and we’ve really taken it on and I’m always totally conscious everyday that the gender balance should be right.”She added: “Every day when I’m booking I’m thinking about that and cajoling stage bookers to be onboard with it. Eavis has complained about sexism in the industry since she first started booking acts at one of the world’s largest music festivals.

Source: The Guardian June 23, 2019 09:52 UTC