Camp Cope Call Out Falls Festival For Lack Of Female Acts During Set

Camp Cope​ used their set at Falls Festival​ in Byron Bay to call out the lack of female talent on this year's line-up.

While performing their track, ​The Opener​ (a song about inequality in the music industry), singer ​Georgia Maq​ changed some of the lyrics to call out the annual NYE event. 

update: falls organisers respond to camp cope calling out festival for lack of females acts

"It's another man telling us we can't fill up a tent, it's another fucking festival booking only nine women," Maq sang to huge applause from the packed-out crowd. 

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The Melbourne trio shared footage from the set on their Instagram and alongside a clip of them performing Lost (Season One)​, wrote a caption that reads, "maybe they’ll never get it (putting women higher on a bill)".

​Check out the videos below. 

​The Music​ has contacted Falls Festival for comment. 

The comments come after bass player Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich wrote a guest editorial piece for The Music and discussed Camp Cope's "overall experience being non-male in the music industry".

Meanwhile the band will kick off a headline tour of Australia this March in support of their forthcoming second studio album, ​How To Socialise & Make Friends​; click on theGuide for a look at all of the dates.

 

it’s another festival saying we can’t play a main stage... ♀️ video by @embelty

A post shared by @ camp_cope on Jan 1, 2018 at 11:13pm PST

 

maybe they’ll never get it (putting women higher on a bill) @embelty

A post shared by @ camp_cope on Jan 1, 2018 at 11:18pm PST