Only 13% of UK festival headliners are female

Only around one in 10 headline acts at the leading UK music festivals taking place this summer will be women, a study has found.

A BBC study focusing on 50 of the biggest UK festivals found that out of 200 headline acts only 26 (13%) were an all-female band or solo artist whereas 149 (74.5%) were either an all-male band or solo artist.

Meanwhile 24 acts (12%) had a mixed line-up of male and female performers, and one (0.05%) artist identified as non-binary.

This is despite many events previously promising to achieve a 50/50 gender balance across their line-ups by 2022.

Maggie Rogers, a singer/songwriter who will be performing at Latitude Festival this summer, said: "What I come to music for – as a fan and artist – is community and to feel part of something, and I think community functions at its best when it feels inclusive.

"When that doesn't happen – when the line-ups reiterate imbalances that exist in gender and race and class – it's not surprising, but it's certainly not ideal."