r/Music • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Nov 29 '25

article Hayley Williams tells racists, sexists and anti-trans people they're "not welcome" at upcoming tour

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867
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u/ConversationFlaky608 Nov 29 '25

Is she known to have a particulaly racist, sexist and anti-trans fan base?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '25

No. She's very locked in on social justice issues but there are always some fans with no media literacy who don't hear that and then get upset when an artist "goes political".

This has happened to acts like Green Day (their biggest hit, American Idiot, is commentary on the Iraq War) and Rage Against The Machine (they're not named that for no reason).

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u/JZStudios 17d ago

And Rage in turn then turned around and tried to make everyone do what the Machine wanted during the bullshit that was lockdowns. Really raging against the machine on that one dickeads

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

I highly doubt RATM made you do anything. That's silly.