Billy Nomates asks BBC to take down Glastonbury footage after ‘personal abuse’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You’ll always have place here Tor.” A spokesperson for the broadcaster told The Independent: “We want 6 Music to be a place where brilliant artists such as Billy Nomates are celebrated and supported, and we have respected Tor’s request to have the clip posted on our social channels removed.” Others also voiced support and admiration for Billy Nomates on social media. “Billy Nomates is one of our very best artists – someone who deserves a Mercury Prize nomination next month for CACTI,” wrote music journalist Sam Liddicott. xx” Billy Nomates at Glastonbury 2023 Musician The Anchoress wrote: “Glastonbury should have been a career highlight for the fabulous Billy Nomates but instead toxic and misogynistic online culture ruins everything and she’s asked them to remove footage of her incredible set. And we wonder why we have no female headliners…” Comedian and writer Robin Ince commented: “I hope Billy Nomates has seen all the people praising her this morning - to give your all and then see people sneer or dismiss can utterly break you – but it seems there is also a huge amount of love out there for her – deservingly so.” Critics have somtimes described Billy Nomates’s musical style as post-punk, with the artist describing herself as a “no-waver”.