Adelaide Venue Apologises To BOAT SHOW After Sound Tech Makes Sexist Comment

The owners of renowned Adelaide live music venue The Gov have issued an apology to Perth band BOAT SHOW after it was revealed a sound technician made a sexist comment to one of its female band members. 

Sydney's Dear Seattle, who were performing at the venue on Friday alongside BOAT SHOW in support of Hockey Dad's headline show, slammed the technician in a Facebook post the next day. 

"This is a public statement to say a MASSIVE FUCK YOU to the sound guy in Adelaide who thought it would be okay to say 'How's the glass ceiling going for you?' to a female member of one of the supports tonight, leaving her in tears upon being told what it meant," the statement reads.

The statement, which BOAT SHOW also shared on their Facebook, led to The Gov owners, Melissa and Jo Tonkin, issuing an apology.

"On behalf of the Tonkin family, owners of The Gov for the last 25 years, we unreservedly apologise for the dumb comment made by our sound technician Mike on Saturday night, towards a female artist.

"There’s no excuse for comments like these in the workplace, or anywhere."

See the full response below.

BOAT SHOW vocalist Ali Flintoff has also spoken out on the incident, commenting that the sound technician has apologised for his comments.

"Mike has actually apologised to me personally and taken responsibility for his words and has seemed to have learnt from his actions," Flintoff said.

"The Gov were amazingly supportive and very quick to act and sort out the situation and i felt very looked after."

The Music has contacted The Gov for further comment.