Sticky Fingers

2023 - 3 - 2

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Australia's Bluesfest Removes Sticky Fingers From Bill After Backlash (Billboard)

In recent days, festival director Peter Noble had doubled-down on his decision to book the polarizing band, despite growing calls from within the music ...

That’s the decision we have both taken today.” We thank everyone who has contacted us and advised their support in this matter, especially those suffering from a mental illness who feel they cannot have their illness supported in a manner whereby they feel included in society. Bluesfest cannot, sadly, continue to support Sticky Fingers by having them play our 2023 edition, and we apologise to those artists, sponsors and any others we involved in this matter through our mistaken belief that forgiveness and redemption are the rock on which our society is built. The message continues, “We thank everyone who has contacted us and advised their support in this matter, especially those suffering from a mental illness who feel they cannot have their illness supported in a manner whereby they feel included in society.” Noble and Bluesfest’s statement claims “the narrative that they continue to deserve to be cancelled, as well as anyone who publicly supports them, is difficult to accept, wherein a portion of society and media passes eternal judgment toward those, in this case, a diagnosed mentally ill person whom we feel doesn’t deserve the continued public scrutiny he’s being given.” The popular, and long-running, music festival today (March 2) issued a statement in which organizers remarked, “Bluesfest cannot, sadly, continue to support Sticky Fingers by having them play our 2023 edition, and we apologise to those artists, sponsors and any others we involved in this matter through our mistaken belief that forgiveness and redemption are the rock on which our society is built.”

Festival slammed for 'redemption' farce (NEWS.com.au)

Bluesfest has dropped Sydney band Sticky Fingers from its 2023 line-up, just weeks out from the Byron Bay festival's opening.

Bluesfest has been in damage control since they announced Sticky Fingers would be appearing at the festival, losing prominent acts King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Sampa the Great in a week. “Sticky Fingers are hardly “cancelled” they do massive shows around the world,” Australian rapper Briggs said on Twitter. “The bluesfest press release to accompany dropping sticky fingers off the line up is the worst gaslit half-assed apology I’ve ever read,” artist Jaguar Jonze said on Twitter. “Bluesfest cannot, sadly, continue to support Sticky Fingers by having them play our 2023 edition,” they said in a statement. He said he would be supporting Mr Frost’s “heroic” efforts in redemption and lamented on Sticky Fingers enduring “cancel culture”. But on Thursday, Bluesfest organisers confirmed Sticky Fingers would “step off” the April line-up.

Australian Fest Dumps Sticky Fingers From Line-Up (AM800 (iHeartRadio))

Indie rock band Sticky Fingers has been dumped from the line-up of a music festival following protests from fans and artists.

(He later cited substance abuse and mental health issues and said he is “wholeheartedly against racism.”) Trans rapper Miss Blanks had also publicly accused the band of white supremacy, misogyny, sexism and transphobia. The band has nearly a dozen shows coming up throughout Europe. Indie rock band Sticky Fingers has been dumped from the line-up of a music festival following protests from fans and artists.

Bluesfest Byron Bay Drops Sticky Fingers, Defends Initial Booking ... (Live for Live Music)

Organizers for Bluesfest Byron Bay announced controversial Australian rock band Sticky Fingers will "step off" the 2023 lineup amid blacklash.

The article, which organizers claim “took the trouble to examine the facts, unlike a lot of the current published material,” is available directly on the Bluesfest Noble has been quick to defend Frost, who he says is “a diagnosed bipolar schizophrenic,” and that “he’s had years of no incidents while he’s been managing his condition.” In a statement on social media, the band wrote “we stand against misogyny, racism, transphobia and violence.” “We are deeply disappointed to be in this position but sometimes you need to be willing to make sacrifices to stand up for your values. [mounting public pressure](https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/king-gizzard-lizard-wizard-drop-off-bluesfest-lineup/), organizers for Australia’s Bluesfest Byron Bay have rescinded their invitation to controversial rock band Sticky Fingers. In a statement shared on Thursday, festival organizers announced that they had “decided that Sticky Fingers is to step off the Bluesfest 2023 line-up.” While the decision indicates that the festival has heard and acted on the dissent of its critics, the statement is less of an admission of wrong-doing than it is a passive-aggressive scolding, apologizing for organizers’ “mistaken belief that forgiveness and redemption are the rock on which our society is built.”

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Bluesfest cancels controversial Sticky Fingers shows (Echonetdaily)

Sticky Fingers is the band at the centre of a Bluesfest controversy that saw other bands pull out of the festival. As we approached this year's Bluesfest, ...

This cruelty and lack of compassion are foreign to my values, as is the attempt to suppress the band’s artistic expression. ‘In the course of doing so, Bluesfest has been proud to give prominence to indigenous artists and to promote diversity in the music industry. ‘I believe an attempt to victimise this man and his band in the circumstances is cruel and unforgiving. It has been reported that Cornwall wrestled Frost to the ground and punched him 26 times in the head. We have looked for help to try to get through this and will continue to do so.’ King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announced on social media 10 days ago that they ‘stand against misogyny, racism, transphobia and violence’.

Sticky Fingers axed from Byron Bay Bluesfest lineup as Sampa the ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Director Peter Noble staunchly defended the band even as other musicians pulled out, but changed his tune on Thursday.

[likely refer to allegations of racial abuse made against Sticky Fingers frontman Dylan Frost](https://themusic.com.au/features/what-did-sticky-fingers-do-to-be-cancelled/R_BTW1pdXF8/25-02-23) in 2016. “I do not condone or excuse violence against women,” he said. [The festival director staunchly defended the indie band](https://7news.com.au/news/byron-bay), which is under fire over past allegations against its frontman, even as other acts pulled out but eventually backflipped on Thursday. [initially responded](https://www.bluesfest.com.au/sticky-fingers-and-bluesfest/) to these cancellations in a statement calling it “cruel and unforgiving” to “victimise this man and his band”. “We apologise to those artists, sponsors and any others we involved in this matter through the mistaken belief that forgiveness and redemption are the rock on which our society is built,” Bluesfest said. “I was and remain proud to give the band a chance at rehabilitation,” he said. He noted the length of time since Frost’s “ancient troubled behaviour”, Frost’s experience with bipolar schizophrenia and substance abuse at the time, and that Frost is both Māori and apologetic. [Frost made a statement](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=1765782473461494) in 2018 announcing his sobriety following rehabilitation and acknowledging his mental health issues and previous substance abuse. [said in a statement](https://www.instagram.com/p/Co3sCvXvQW3/?hl=en), adding the festival was “presenting content that is in complete opposition with these values”. [a list of the festivals](https://www.facebook.com/sampathegreat/posts/pfbid0vyHUECfZxE2gbGYT6HVNaikhkDJqCisQqMsZY8gdKX1gSaY2Z6G9Em9hKYY7JDbvl) she would be appearing at in Australia and New Zealand this year. “As a band and as human beings, we stand against misogyny, racism, transphobia and violence,” King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard “We are sad to announce that Bluesfest has decided that Sticky Fingers is to step off the Bluesfest 2023 line-up,” director Peter Noble said.

Sticky Fingers has been dropped from the Bluefest line-up (Mandurah Mail)

Controversy has surrounded the band over frontman Dylan Frost's behaviour, with Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Thelma Plum in 2016 accusing him of ...

But the six-piece rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has previously said cancelling its Bluesfest appearance was a statement of the band's values, saying it stood against misogyny, racism, transphobia and violence. "We apologise to those artists, sponsors and any others we involved in this matter through our mistaken belief that forgiveness and redemption are the rock on which our society is built," Bluesfest said in a statement released on Thursday. In February, Melbourne band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as well as rapper and songwriter Sampa The Great both cancelled their performances at Bluesfest over the band's inclusion.

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