I love it when a lecturing artist gets caught doing the exact opposite of what he preaches.
While in 2022 Émile Bilodeau refused to participate in a festival where no headlining female artist was performing, he will be this summer, in July, at… a festival where no headlining female artist will be performing. ‘poster.
Muhahahahahahaha!
Singing out of both sides of your mouth
Do you remember the “Bilodeau affair” in 2022?
Singer Émile Bilodeau announced that he was canceling his performance at Festi-Plage de Gaspésie, because of its “100% male” programming.
He announced this on March 8 and wrote on Instagram: “In addition, there have been too many feminicides in recent months not to shed light on injustices like these.” Um, the link with feminicides, I still haven’t understood it, but hey…
For this small festival in Gaspésie, a twelve-hour drive from Montreal, carried at arm’s length by a dozen volunteers, it had been a stab in the back, a torrent of negative publicity.
Monsieur-I-have-principles-me-Bilodeau had multiplied the moralizing declarations: “How do you think the young girls who are going to attend the Festi-Plage will perceive my industry? Oh it seems cool to make music for a living… too bad it’s just for guys.
- Listen to the Durocher-Dutrizac meeting with Sophie Durocher via QUB radio :
However, this year, Mr. I-defend-the-rights-of-women-Bilodeau will be at the “Festival St-Marc pardu dans le bois” which takes place on July 12, 13 and 14, in Colombier, on the Côte- North.
Monsieur-I-am-better-than-the-others-Bilodeau is indeed a man, I hope I’m not misgendering him.
In addition to him, we will be able to hear:
-Jérôme 50 (a guy);
-The alley dogs (five guys);
-The mass for Dédé Fortin (a guy who pays homage to a guy);
-Les Shimmeux, a group from Baie-Comeau made up of eight guys;
-La Patente, a group of four guys.
As an observer of the music industry wrote to me: “This confirms what many in the industry said at the time… that Émile Bilodeau is an opportunist just to get people talking about him! He’s headlining an all-male festival, which shows that shoes don’t necessarily walk the walk…”
“Facebook screenshot of the St-Marc Pardu Festival in the woods”
Bin bin pardu
By the way, the “Festival St-Marc pardu dans le bois” seems very nice to me. However, can someone point out their French mistakes on Facebook? :”We checked the temperature for next summer…and then it’s the most beautiful weekend of the summer! Put that in your diary right there! Are you excited to know the programming? Well, it’s Thursday, February 22 that you’re going to “wow” it on our Facebook page!
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And you, dear reader, can’t wait to see Émile Bilodeau in a festival without a female headliner?