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Indie Rock Musician Catching Heat for ‘Attacking’ Olivia Rodrigo Over Her Daisy Chains Fields Festival: ‘We Won’t Be There Lol Tf’

Cigarettes After Sex drummer Jacob Tomsky is being criticized after commenting on his band not playing Olivia Rodrigo’s new music festival.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Indie rock musician Jacob Tomsky has really stepped in it. The 47-year-old Cigarettes After Sex drummer is catching some major heat online after “attacking” Olivia Rodrigo over her all-female Daisy Chains Fields festival.

Metro UK reports that Tomsky posted a since-deleted comment on TikTok under a video about Rodrigo discussing the new festival. “We won’t be there lol tf,” he wrote. Some asked for clarity, and he reportedly replied, “I mean, it feels like some forced promo for a festival, right? I’m just saying our band won’t be performing there.”

While Tomsky would seem to feel that his comment was innocuous, it sparked fury among many of Rodrigo’s fans. “Always a misogynistic man attacking a woc and swifties are supporting,” one person wrote on X/Twitter. Someone else........

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