Voice of Baceprot First Indonesian metal band with hijab at Glastonbury Festival

Carlotta Henggeler

30.6.2024

The Voice of Baceprot will be performing at the Glastonbury Festival in England in 2024. What's special about the female band from Indonesia? They are the first group to perform at the renowned festival wearing a headscarf.

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  • Coldplay, Dua Lipa and other well-known artists will perform at the Glastonbury Festival 2024 in the southwest of England.
  • Indonesian alternative metal band Voice of Baceprot, performing in hijab, will be the first Indonesian band to play the festival's main stage.
  • Voice of Baceprot began their career with cover songs and have since written their own songs and conquered stages in the USA and France.

Bands like Coldplay and big names like Dua Lipa will be performing at Glastonbury Festival 2024 in the south west of England.

These are just a few of the big names performing at the famous English open air this year.

This year, a special female group will be performing: the band Voice of Baceprot from Indonesia is an alternative metal band and will take to the main stage wearing the hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women.

Voice of Baceprot started their career with cover songs

Ten years ago, the three women of the band Voice of Baceprot started their musical adventure by covering songs by bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica.

The Voice of Baceprot at a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June 2017: singer Firda Kurnia (left) and bassist Widi Rahmawati (right). Drummer Euis Siti Aisyah is not in the picture.
The Voice of Baceprot at a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June 2017: singer Firda Kurnia (left) and bassist Widi Rahmawati (right). Drummer Euis Siti Aisyah is not in the picture.
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They now write their own songs and have already conquered stages in the USA and France.

On Friday, they will be the first Indonesian band to perform at the renowned Glastonbury Festival in the southwest of England.

The musicians are excited ahead of their biggest performance to date, as they told Reuters news agency, as they will be sharing the stage with well-known artists such as Coldplay and Shania Twain. Voice of Baceprot is unlikely to be overheard, as Baceprot means loud in Sundanese.


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