Last week Sticky Fingers signed up with the 2023 line-up for Byron Bay Bluesfest along with Sampa The Great, Fools and more. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016 after diva Dylan Frost was implicated of physically threatening native vocalist Thelma Plum at a Sydney pub. He had actually likewise been implicated of racially ridiculing the metal band Dispossessed the exact same year, which he rejected. Bluesfest protected the reservation of Sticky Fingers in an Instagram remark, composing that it’s “time to forgive and let [Frost] proceed with his life.”
Earlier today on Instagram (20 February), King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard shared a declaration revealing they will no longer play the celebration. The band composed: “As a band and as humans, we stand versus misogyny, bigotry, transphobia and violence. [We are] stunned and saddened to see Bluesfest dedicate to providing material that remains in total opposition to these worths.
“Given this choice by the celebration, we have actually chosen to cancel our look at Bluesfest. We are deeply dissatisfied to be in this position however in some cases you require to be going to make sacrifices to defend your worths. This is, sadly, among those minutes.”
Sticky Fingers’ secrets gamer Freddy Crabs commented, “I don’t stand versus those worths either.”
