The organizers confirmed that Sticky Fingers will no longer perform at the festival. This win belongs to everyone who refused to stay silent and demanded better standards for our stages. Keep watching the festival updates to ensure this remains in effect.
September 25, 2018
Final supporters
Knowledge is our greatest ally.
Spurred by the #MeToo #TimesUp #BlackLivesMatter and countless other movements, the abused, oppressed and disenfranchised are finding their voice and banding together to fight for their right to better representation, visibility and inclusion but most importantly, safety.
Local
music festival, Rocking The Daisies made a groundbreaking move in
South Africa recently with the creation of a "Ladies Camp" at their forthcoming event. This is a camping area that aims to provide a safe space for
all women and women-identifying individuals to seek refuge throughout
the event.
However, this forward-thinking move has unfortunately been overshadowed by their decision to book a band from Australia called Sticky Fingers. The frontman of this band, Dylan Frost, has been involved in countless incidences of racism, aggression and abusive behaviour towards womxn. In light of these allegations, festivals around the world have cancelled their upcoming performances, the band has been blacklisted by Triple J in Australia and multiple feature articles have been written about why promoters cannot be complicit in booking and supporting this band.
This petition is a call for awareness about this band and their frontman, and to appeal to Rocking The Daisies to remove them both from the main festival and from headlining a second event in Johannesburg on the same weekend.
Please
sign the petition and share it with those who will do the same.
https://hhhhappy.com/heres-all-your-sticky-fingers-drama-in-one-place/
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/sticky-fingers-dylan-frost-statement/
Updates
August 1, 2018
The silence from the festival organizers is unacceptable given the history of the band involved. Send an email to Rocking The Daisies demanding they drop this act and post that email on your Facebook page today. We need to keep pressure on them until they decide to prioritize the safety of their attendees.
August 1, 2018
The momentum behind this campaign is undeniable and it proves that our community refuses to accept abusive behavior on our stages. Email the festival organizers today and demand they honor their commitment to safety by dropping this band immediately.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2018
32 Comments
Allowing this band to perform means we support the revolting behavior of the frontman. There has to be a consequence for people’s negative behavior or they will continue indefinitely.
Make Abusers Afraid Again. Don't let them continue to be glorified and live their best lives while their victims are left in the shadows. This is the exact reason why women don't come forward about abuse. Because even when they do, their abusers face little to no consequence and are allowed to continue as if nothing has happened
This should never have been an option in the first place especially if it has been in the news and festivals have already been banning them.
Obviously the festival organisers don't have any actual interest in ending gender based violence at the festival if they are supporting this band
Never knew about Sticky Fingers frontman having such a bad reputation. It’s only fair to prevent such negative energy into a festival as amazing as RTD.
'Finger' is life, memory and lots of happiness
South African's do not support behaviour like this, never mind PAYING small minded men to perform on our homeland with this reputation
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The organizers confirmed that Sticky Fingers will no longer perform at the festival. This win belongs to everyone who refused to stay silent and demanded better standards for our stages. Keep watching the festival updates to ensure this remains in effect.
September 25, 2018
Final supporters
Knowledge is our greatest ally.
Spurred by the #MeToo #TimesUp #BlackLivesMatter and countless other movements, the abused, oppressed and disenfranchised are finding their voice and banding together to fight for their right to better representation, visibility and inclusion but most importantly, safety.
Local
music festival, Rocking The Daisies made a groundbreaking move in
South Africa recently with the creation of a "Ladies Camp" at their forthcoming event. This is a camping area that aims to provide a safe space for
all women and women-identifying individuals to seek refuge throughout
the event.
However, this forward-thinking move has unfortunately been overshadowed by their decision to book a band from Australia called Sticky Fingers. The frontman of this band, Dylan Frost, has been involved in countless incidences of racism, aggression and abusive behaviour towards womxn. In light of these allegations, festivals around the world have cancelled their upcoming performances, the band has been blacklisted by Triple J in Australia and multiple feature articles have been written about why promoters cannot be complicit in booking and supporting this band.
This petition is a call for awareness about this band and their frontman, and to appeal to Rocking The Daisies to remove them both from the main festival and from headlining a second event in Johannesburg on the same weekend.
Please
sign the petition and share it with those who will do the same.
https://hhhhappy.com/heres-all-your-sticky-fingers-drama-in-one-place/
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/sticky-fingers-dylan-frost-statement/
Updates
August 1, 2018
The silence from the festival organizers is unacceptable given the history of the band involved. Send an email to Rocking The Daisies demanding they drop this act and post that email on your Facebook page today. We need to keep pressure on them until they decide to prioritize the safety of their attendees.
August 1, 2018
The momentum behind this campaign is undeniable and it proves that our community refuses to accept abusive behavior on our stages. Email the festival organizers today and demand they honor their commitment to safety by dropping this band immediately.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2018
32 Comments
The facts are clear. This act SHOULD NOT be allowed to play at RTD this year. Especially in a country when female violence and bigotry is so prevelent
Allowing this band to perform means we support the revolting behavior of the frontman. There has to be a consequence for people’s negative behavior or they will continue indefinitely.
Make Abusers Afraid Again. Don't let them continue to be glorified and live their best lives while their victims are left in the shadows. This is the exact reason why women don't come forward about abuse. Because even when they do, their abusers face little to no consequence and are allowed to continue as if nothing has happened
This should never have been an option in the first place especially if it has been in the news and festivals have already been banning them.
Obviously the festival organisers don't have any actual interest in ending gender based violence at the festival if they are supporting this band
Never knew about Sticky Fingers frontman having such a bad reputation. It’s only fair to prevent such negative energy into a festival as amazing as RTD.
'Finger' is life, memory and lots of happiness
South African's do not support behaviour like this, never mind PAYING small minded men to perform on our homeland with this reputation
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The facts are clear. This act SHOULD NOT be allowed to play at RTD this year. Especially in a country when female violence and bigotry is so prevelent