Nadine Shah says she’s not taking part in Glastonbury because it’s “too costly”
Nadine Shaw has revealed that she won’t be taking part in this 12 months’s version of Glastonbury because of it being “too costly”.
The musician took to her official X/Twitter account to share that regardless of the rumours of her allegedly taking part in the Worthy Farm competition, she won’t be performing in any respect. “The rumours are unfaithful. I’m NOT taking part in @glastonbury I might have favored to however I wasn’t provided a televised stage so I declined. It’s too costly a success for me to take in any other case,” she tweeted.
In a separate tweet, she wrote: “It’s only a actuality that taking part in reside is tremendous costly and in case you can justify the prices (like being on telly and having a wider attain) then typically you’re taking the hit. In any other case no, we’ve all payments to pay.”
It’s only a actuality that taking part in reside is tremendous costly and in case you can justify the prices (like being on telly and having a wider attain) then typically you’re taking the hit. In any other case no, we’ve all payments to pay. X
— Nadine Shah (@nadineshah) June 4, 2024
Shaw has been very vocal in regards to the struggles that smaller artists face and has beforehand criticised streaming providers for lining the pockets of “superstars and tremendous file labels” whereas smaller acts are left to rely extra on revenue from reside reveals.
In a chunk for The Guardian printed again in December, the Mercury Music Prize-nominated singer careworn that the coronavirus pandemic, which has triggered a near-total shutdown of the reside music business worldwide, has left artists comparable to herself and not using a secure revenue.
“The pandemic obliterated festivals and gigs, which means we have been compelled to outlive on streaming revenue alone,” Shah wrote. “As a cocky northern lass, I believed I’d be OK: ‘C’mon Nadine, you’ll be all proper, you’ve been nominated for a bloody Mercury prize, you’ve over 100,000 month-to-month Spotify listeners. You’ll make the hire.’”
She continued: “I used to be silly. The scenario was such that I quickly needed to transfer again in with my dad and mom over the summer time. Not the worst factor to occur, however nonetheless not a terrific search for a thirtysomething pop star. Like most of my musician pals who depend on gigs, I discovered myself in dire straits. (If solely I really have been in Dire Straits.)”
At the start of the 12 months, numerous artists revealed the largest challenges they confronted in 2023 and the issues they wish to see modified throughout the new 12 months.
Echoing the FAC’s advocacy for venues not taking a minimize of musicians’ merchandise gross sales at gigs, Simple Life frontman Murray Matravers known as for extra motion to be taken on cash touchdown within the pockets of artists in any other case “reside music simply isn’t going to be a possible factor”.
“I’m really speaking with the band and administration about our subsequent tour, and we’re having to consider it in an entire new method as a result of touring simply isn’t financially sustainable in any respect,” he stated.
When requested about what different modifications he’d prefer to see within the music business within the 12 months forward, Matravers hailed Spotify as a “great point” for locating music however stated that “the royalty price is horrible”.
“I assumed as a naive younger man that if we acquired to the place we are actually then I might be actually, actually wealthy,” he stated. “That’s simply not the case sadly. I simply need to see artists getting paid for promoting data. Wouldn’t that be good? That may be place to start out.”