Gilla Band by Steve Gullick
Gilla Band will be supporting Idles on their February 2022 European tour.
Girl Band will start a new era as Gilla Band when they play Dolan’s NYE Show in Limerick at the end of next month.
Explaining the change, which is also announced in time for a three-night run at Whelans in Dublin during January next year, a statement reads:
“We will no longer be performing or releasing records under the name Girl Band. We apologise for choosing a misgendered name in the first place and to anyone who has been hurt or affected by it.”
“When we were starting off it was chosen without much thought, from a place of naivety and ignorance. We had no grasp of the weight of it at the time and in the past few years have found it impossible to justify or explain this choice.”
“Regardless of our intention the effect of the name has been damaging to individuals. To try and negate any unfortunate role we’ve played in propagating a culture of non inclusivity in music or otherwise, we have decided to change it.”
“Thank you to those who spoke up about it and educated us on this, either directly or indirectly. Moving forward we will be performing and releasing records under the name Gilla Band. Gilla being a given name taken from Old Irish.”