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Dublin rockers Girl Band have changed their name to Gilla Band citing the misgendered suggestion of the original. They've also announced a string of new shows at Dublin’s Whelans.

The band issued a statement via their Instagram announcing the change, saying: “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”.

Gilla Band have announced a residency at Dublin’s Whelans across three weekends in January, tickets for which are available 18 November at 10am.

Catch Gilla Band across Ireland:

DECEMBER

31 – Dolans NYE Show, Limerick

JANUARY

14 – Whelans, Dublin
21 – Whelans, Dublin
29 – Whelans, Dublin

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