SKUNK Anansie

2022 - 6 - 25

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Glastonbury 2022: Skunk Anansie's energetic set reviewed (Somerset County Gazette)

SKUNK Anansie played an energetic set at Glanstobury Festival this afternoon (June 25). The band played a mix of older tunes and new songs on the Other ...

It was yet another energetic and powerful set on the Other Stage after the ones played by The Libertines and The Foals. The audience was buzzing but paralysed by an anxious wait but it all broke loose as soon as the band, led by Skin, who also appeared to break an instrument on stage, started to play. The band played a mix of older tunes and new songs on the Other Stage engaging an enthusiastic crowd from start to finish.

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Skin says racism stopped Skunk Anansie's history-making ... (Contactmusic.com)

Skin believes racism was the reason Skunk Anansie's 1999 Glastonbury set wasn't a big talking point.The 54-year-old bandleader was the first black female to ...

They’re like, ‘Well, we don’t like bands with a Black lead singer.’ They said that to us in America. In England, they did this whole thing like, ‘Oh, we just don’t like her voice,’ or, ‘Oh, we just don’t like the single’. They won't actually come out and say, ‘We don't like Black people playing rock music.’ They'll just pretend that there are other reasons and it's not their problem. That’s the British way.” You make as much noise about it as possible.

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Skin says racism stopped Skunk Anansie's history-making ... (Music News)

Skin says racism stopped Skunk Anansie's history-making Glastonbury set go unnoticed - The Number One music magazine feat. band & artist news, reviews, ...

They’re like, ‘Well, we don’t like bands with a Black lead singer.’ They said that to us in America. In England, they did this whole thing like, ‘Oh, we just don’t like her voice,’ or, ‘Oh, we just don’t like the single’. They won't actually come out and say, ‘We don't like Black people playing rock music.’ They'll just pretend that there are other reasons and it's not their problem. That’s the British way.” You make as much noise about it as possible.

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