The worst bit? They actually doubled the number of headliners for next year’s festival (they’re coming back “bigger and better” after 2020’s festival was cancelled because of coronavirus), but there are still no women being featured in any of those leading slots.

It’s worth noting that some women do feature further down on the line-up: stars including Doja Cat, Mabel and Beabadoobee are a welcome addition. But the lack of women in the headlining slots still doesn’t make a lot of sense – especially when Billie Eilish’s performance in 2019 drew one of the biggest crowds the festival has ever seen. And the argument that there “aren’t enough big female artists” doesn’t slide, either – according to Billboard’s top 100 artists at the end of 2019, two out of the top three artists were women.

Reading and Leeds 2021: why do festival headliner lists keep ignoring female talent?