The Pipettes have commended Lily Allen for her previously reported attack on NME over their attitude to women.
Becki Pipette, aka Rebecca Stephens, wrote on the band's MySpace blog: "Well done Lily for speaking out against crap male togetherness. It's about time women in music stop being pigeon holed for what they do and are accepted for the exciting music they make. It's difficult being an outspoken woman in today's society as unfortunately one of the hardest things to gain is respect (noticeably from men who feel threatened), people turn what you say into moaning or ranting and people stop listening to you altogether and start disregarding it with a wave of their condescending hand. If this doesn't happen then people turn what you've said around and use it out of context. This happens very often and it gets very tiring."