A Guardian analysis of the UK’s live music line-ups for one day shows just how male-dominated the music industry is. Laura Marling and Emmy the Great discuss the many barriers blocking women’s progress
From the moment a woman takes an interest in music, she enters a culture that is dominated by men – whether it’s the staff in record shops, the bands in your local pub or the roadies for stadium gigs. In the UK, women make up just 5% of all sound engineers, according to industry group SoundGirls. The Music Producers Guild estimates only 6% of its members are women.
Tonight, more than two-thirds of the live music acts performing in the UK will feature no women on stage, according to a Guardian analysis. Of the 370 gigs listed for 12 October on the Ents24.com listings website, 69% of the acts (255) are made up entirely of men, while just 9% (33) are female-only (half of these are solo artists).
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