- Music
- 05 Jul 16
Mumford & Sons condemn sexual violence incidents at Bråvalla Festival
“We’re appalled”
Bråvalla headliners Mumford & Sons have spoken out after reports of sexual violence at the festival last weekend.
Seventeen cases of sexual assault have already been reported, including five incidents of rape and twelve reports of sexual molestation.
The band says they will not play the festival again until they receive "assurances from the police and organisers that they're doing something to combat what appears to be a disgustingly high rate of reported sexual violence".
Bråvalla is not the only Swedish festival this past weekend to report high rates of sexual violence. Putti i Parken, a free festival in Karlstad, recorded 35 incidents of sexual assault, with victims as young as twelve.