Girl Band change name to Gilla Band and announce Whelan鈥檚 residency
Aine Cronin-McCartney
Contributor
Dublin band Girl Band today announced that with immediate effect they will be changing their group name to Gilla Band.
The band explained “We are changing our band name. 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”
Along with the news of their name change, Gilla Band also announced a special run of intimate shows in Whelans, January 2022. Kicking off on Friday, 14th January, they will also perform on Friday, 21st January, and Saturday, 29th January 2022.