Clairo announces she is working on initiatives to make live shows safer.

July 2, 2020 | by Rose Riddell

Following a number of recent sexual assault allegations within the indie music scene coming to light, Clairo has announced on her social media that she is working on new initiatives to make her live performances a safe space and prevent harassment wherever possible.

In a series of tweets, she shares that she is working on hiring people to look out for assault, harassment, and uncomfortable situations in a live show - and references Rina Sawayama's use of wristbands at shows for people going to shows alone.

Read the tweets below:

a few bands and i are working on hiring a specific group of people to look out for assault, harassment, any uncomfortable situation that happens at shows. we want this to be a new normal, and my headdline shows will be doing this from now on.

— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020

If any friends are interested in being one of these people when shows pick back up, let me know. shows need to be inclusive and i won't accept anything but that

— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020

just seeing if this would be of interest- i saw @rinasawayama did something like this before, but how would you guys feel about having wristbands available to you at the venue if you felt like you needed to be looked out for? say you felt unsafe going to shows in general

— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020

could be a way to find protection within the crowd, or find other people feeling the same way about shows

— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020

soooo .. yes and no. this could potentially work but we'd need to make sure it's not putting people in danger as well. we'll keep working on it

— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020

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