Bluesfest have officially dropped Sticky Fingers from their 2023 line up following significant backlash from fans and other bands included in the festival’s line up.
Following the announcement of the band’s inclusion, a number of other bands opted to drop-out of the line-up including King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Sampa the Great.
Bluesfest organisers defended their decision to include the band in their line-up saying they don’t believe the band “deserve to be cancelled” over previous indiscretions.
"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," they said.
Organisers went on to reference lead singer Dylan Frost’s mental health diagnosis.
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