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By Steve Holden
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image captionPins have played some of the UK s biggest festivals, including the main stage at Reading and Leeds
When some UK festivals recently revealed their line-ups, there were the familiar cries of where are all the women ?
One of those in the spotlight was Kendal Calling in Cumbria, whose first swathe of acts was predominantly male.
Emma Zillmann, the festival s booker, admits the criticism was completely valid . I feel the same way, she says. I have this conversation every year. It s not changing quickly enough.
image copyrightKendal Calling Instagram
image captionKendal Calling put their line-up on Instagram
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