Dead Air Spaceが更新しています。Thomによる投稿。
先日Sun誌で公表されたThomのグラストンベリー不参加についての発言に関して広まってしまっている誤解への釈明、およびグラストンベリー側が近年より調査している参加者の利用する交通機関のデータにも掲載されています。

「Sun誌のインタヴューでは二酸化炭素排出量の研究でその影響が観衆の移動によるものがとても大きいことにショックを受けて、公共の交通手段で行ける様な場所でのライヴをやろうとしている..ということを話したんだ。
グラストンベリーに参加しないでロンドンでライヴをするとも言ったけど、交通機関云々という理由だけじゃなくて、グラストンベリーに行く人達にとって僕達がまた出演するのは早過ぎるしうんざりするんじゃないかって..（観客として）ただ遊びにいけたらなぁって思ってた。
けど残念な事に、新聞にはよくあることだけど話の文脈から切り離されて交通機関に問題があるからグラストンベリーに参加しないってことになって、それが広まってしまった。
このことについてEavis（グラストンベリーの主催者）と話して、あらゆる誤解について謝罪したんだ。そしたら彼等はまったく冷静で、バスや電車での移動でどうやって車の量を最小限にするかについての資料を僕に送ってきたんだ。正直感動したよ。彼等もがんばってるんだよね。沢山の人が彼等のように一生懸命になってくれれば...政府もね。
クラストンベリーを楽しんで。僕らも2009には...？
ライヴの予定は随時知らせるよ。」（かなり意訳です...）

Glasto environmentals mentals etc etc etc

A week or so ago i helped launch a campaign in europe with Friends of the Earth to get citizens in countries throughout europe to ask for their governments to commit in law to reducing carbon emmisions.
it was a very encouraging but very full on day.. i never sleep the day before such things.

THE BIG ASK . EU

anyway,

the last thing i did was talk to a UK newspaper called the SUn, which is owned by one of my least favourite people Rupert Murdoch. In the course of the interview i mentioned that we had a carbon footprint study commisioned and the biggest shock was the significance of the all travel to the show by the audience.
as we have said before we are trying to concentrate as much as we can on playing places with some form of transport infrastructure other than cars.. and encouraging you lot as politely as we can without sounding preachy to consider car sharing if other things are not available. it is difficult to know how best to go about this. especially when we are going to have use planes to travel during the tour when there is no alternative. cue endless meetings and scratching of heads.

I also mentioned that we were not playing Glastonbury this year but were doing our own shows in London.
Not because of transport issues but because the festival goers at Glastonbury were more than likely sick of the sight of us.. it felt a little early to be doing it again, we felt as if we had only just played there.

unfortunately, as is the way with such newspapers my words were taken out of context and implied we were not playing Glastonbury because there was no public transport infrastructure. well that's bollocks.

but these things spread.

i have been talking to the Eavis's about this and apologised for any misunderstanding and they are totally cool with it.
Today Emily & Michael sent me though some stuff about how they are trying to minimise car use as much as they can.. with buses and train trips etc.
To be honest its pretty impressive. They have obviously been busting a gut about it. I wish more people were thinking as hard them.

Like the government for example.

There is a bit from the statement they sent below

All power to them. Have good Glastonbury and maybe see you there in 2009. ? maybe?

We will keep you posted about plans for our shows

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