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Radiohead Say Glasto No-Show Due To Lack Of Public Transport

28th February 2008 | by Gavin Riley

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has stated that the band won't play this year's Glastonbury Festival because he is less than impressed with the state of Glastonbury's public transport.

Speaking to the Sun ~~newspaper~~, Thom made the comments while promoting the Big Ask Europe Campaign in Brussels yesterday, ruling out the possibility of playing this year's event, but not future Glastonbury shows.

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.

"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."