Radiohead Refused To Play Glastonbury Over Environmental Issues

Thom Yorke reveals...

by Daniel Melia
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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Thom Yorke has revealed that Radiohead didn’t play Glastonbury this year because of the lack of a local transport infrastructure around the festival site.

The frontman announced the decision while promoting the Big Ask Europe campaign in Brussels yesterday.

He explained: “One of the conditions of the band carrying on touring is that we do everything we can to minimise our impact on the environment.

“That has included buying two lots of equipment and keeping one in Europe and one in America so we never have to fly our kit around the world again.

“Another big one is shipping stuff rather than flying it. We also use new technology for our lighting rig. One of the interesting things we discovered is how people get to our big shows. A lot of the time people are driving with one or two people in a car and that’s an ecological disaster.

Speaking tot the Sun, he added: “What we’re trying to do now is only play in areas that have a public transport infrastructure in place.

“So that rules out Glastonbury for this year. Maybe we can work out a plan for the future. They’re probably sick of the sight of us anyway.”

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~ by Michael Eavis 2/28/2008
I’ve got a plan for Michael Eavis. Get the government to turf up all that beautiful countryside and replace it with a massive train line. Nice!
~ by Wordsworth 2/28/2008
Thom, you’re playing in Barcelona on june 12th, a thursday. As a weekday, if the gig ends later than midnight (something quite possibe since the promoters are presenting the gig as a ”small festival” with more bands to be confirmed) Barcelona’s underground system will be closed. And the gig takes place somewhere very far from the centre, it might be almost impossible to come back home without a car.
~ by Jordi 2/28/2008
wordsworth .. dnt be daft.<p> what they should do in Glastonbury is build 2 moving walkways/escalators, going in either direction from Glastonbury to London. cos dnt forget , no where else in England exists bar London... the residents of Glastonbury are on holiday there from London. <p> that my friend is a far better idea.
~ by neil_hill_1 2/28/2008
Glasto goers should fly in by hangliders!! Or walk - the lazy bastards
~ by Spoff 2/28/2008
Thom did you make that comment from up your own arse?
~ by Window payne 2/28/2008
thank god they’re playing victoria park in the days before then, eh?!
~ by Tam 2/28/2008
There are these things called buses, people. They’re not so bad.
~ by J 2/29/2008

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