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Glastonbury infrastructure ruled out Radiohead gig
As reported earlier, Radiohead are not playing Glastonbury this year. The festival organisers stated that Radiohead had other plans around that time, but Thom Yorke told the Sun it was due to the lack of public transport to the festival site.
When it comes to Radiohead shows, Thom said: “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.”
Thom was in Brussels yesterday to campaign for The Big Ask. “I was exhausted in Brussels yesterday morning. I was really nervous and hardly slept last night. It’s not like playing a gig — that’s just normal. This is a really big deal.”
Thom Yorke: “As for Radiohead, I am trying to build a system under my house that heats it naturally from the ground. 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.”
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30 Responses to “Glastonbury infrastructure ruled out Radiohead gig”
My Small Adventure
February 28th, 2008
oh… Come on!
David
February 28th, 2008
David - agreed
jimbo
February 28th, 2008
What the heck! Thom is doing reports for the Sun newspaper? Whats next, Johnny Phil doing page 3 maodelling?
Rob
February 28th, 2008
Well done RH.
Sam
February 28th, 2008
this whole promise not to play venues without public transportation is ridiculous. i am a HUGE radiohead fan, and i live in DC. the band is playing a venue FAR out in suburbia here that has NO public transportation infrastructure.
they should have played RFK stadium in the city, which is right next to a metro station. instead, we’re going to have to drive in our individual cars 30 miles out into the hinterlands.
why the hypocrisy, lads?
IMGoph
February 28th, 2008
and the world consists of europe and america.
m
February 28th, 2008
Not really but you can take your Buses down to Latin America from, say California, and then why not, to ship the equipment to Australia from Chile, or the other way around. In any case, seems that Latin America is unavoidable… Hope they don’t skip the south this time!
Cee
February 28th, 2008
Also agree with David. I seriously doubt having public transportation to Glastonbury will have any long term effects to the environment.
Thom Yorke
February 28th, 2008
The infrastructure will collapse.
Tee-hee.
Jeremy
February 28th, 2008
Honestly, America sucks with its lack of public transportation.
melmel
February 28th, 2008
What about hundreds (or maybe even thousands) of people flying abroad to see them. There’s an ecological disasterfor you.
mincedparrot
February 28th, 2008
People, please. They’re just trying to lessen the impact. That’s all. The band cannot be accused of failing to save the world if they never claimed to be its saviors in the first place.
Jeremy
February 28th, 2008
[...] to AtEase Thom told : “What we’re trying to do now is only play in areas that have a public transport [...]
inRadioBows.com » Blog Archive » The real reason for Radiohead not playing in Glastonbury
February 28th, 2008
none of the german festival they are going to play this year has a public transport system…
dirk langen
February 28th, 2008
Just more ultra left-wing nonsense to grab headlines and publicity. Shut up and sing.
Jack
February 28th, 2008
America and public transportation does not go hand in hand. Radiohead would be better off playing more venues so people wouldn’t have to fly to one coast or the other to see them.
So how much is really cut out. Let’s say I fly to Seattle or LA from where I am in Colorado. I then have to find transportation to the gig. I’m not taking public transportation in LA. Seattle is good. But, I would be making less of a print if RH would simply play somewhere in CO so I, as well as hundreds of others, wouldn’t have to fly to see them.
I is Another
February 28th, 2008
Jack, pull your simple minded head out of your ass. They’re trying to set an example for everyone else.
imatumbler
February 29th, 2008
you guys should not understand it as “one gig with public transportation won’t save the world anyway, so piss off”.
That’s an initiative, which needs to be followed and encouraged. It’s just as “i keep my house at 25°C in winter because my neighbour does so.”
Somebody has to start. If that’s people with influence, it could churn some redneck fans into thinking green. Why not?
And about “they don’t have transportation in america or germany either”, well, that may be the only way to do festivals there, whereas in UK they can prioritize the festivals who have such systems.
They may not be 100% consistent/extremist on that, but they at least are a good 70%, as always it’s just giving a hand to the effort everybody should make.
Francois
February 29th, 2008
Wow… the band try to do a good thing and people have the nerve to criticize. That’s pretty sad. How will they know what works best until they try different approaches?
I will definitely will be riding my bike to the nearest BART station and will be taking BART to their San Francisco gig.
Stinky Beetle
February 29th, 2008
trick or treat rhetoric. plus or minus. good or bad. love or hate. critics for whatever, give up. it’s not too late. youre HeRe now or were at one time. that counts for something. beep-beep. remember to always signal before you change lanes. and check your blind spots. if your signals are not working or your wires are crossed, don’t get lost. ask for help. shhh. go easy. melt your car down for money now. ask me how.
(not) Thom Yorke or
February 29th, 2008
i’m from dc and the venue they are playing is literally an hour drive into the suburbs (with no traffic) with no option for public transportation. so hypocritical.
dc
February 29th, 2008
Err, I think people are going to go to Glasto anyway. Does he want us to boycott it or what?
Fastnet
February 29th, 2008
What a bunch of douchebaggery. Glastonbury has been on for 30 years without public transit, yet the world still has not ended and will go on and sell out regardless of whether or not Radiohead performs. So they might as well give the 150,000 people attending anyway a good headlining performance, but instead they get Kings of Leon. The same applies to Coachella in America. Because of their blind following of An Inconvenient Truth and hypocritical actions inspired by it, the attendees of Coachella are stuck with frat boy legend Jack Johnson instead.
And does Thom even take public transportation? Will we see him being jumped by gangbangers and bums on the NYC subway?
Snapdragon
February 29th, 2008
@ dirk langen
of course the german festivals (southside & hurrican) DO have a public transportation system. you can get there directly by train (hurrican) or by train and shuttle-bus (southside).
it’s good radiohead are setting an example.
Nowhere Man
February 29th, 2008
the venue in VA is only accessible by car and it is a pain to get to. Thom must have not cared about that one.
jeff
March 1st, 2008
This Idea will be implemented in America too? For example the shows over @ Florida? Will there be some kind transportation or something similiar?
FRANK
March 2nd, 2008
I mean the tampa amphitheater is a two hour drive from Orlando and the show is @ night!!! I’m not taking no bus but my car!!
FRANK
March 2nd, 2008
Oh what a surprise - a bunch of barely semi-literate whinging crap is now being spouted by moronic ateasers. So, no change there, then.
The Suburbanite
March 4th, 2008
[...] weeks ago we reported about Radiohead not playing Glastonbury due to lack of public transportation as quoted in the Sun. [...]
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