Thursday, July 05, 2007

arctic monkeys shiver at climate 'hypocrisy'

arctic monkeys shiver at climate 'hypocrisy'from afp: British rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.

"It's a bit patronising for us 21 year olds to try to start to change the world," said Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, explaining why the group is not on the bill at any of Al Gore's charity concerts.

"Especially when we're using enough power for 10 houses just for (stage) lighting. It'd be a bit hypocritical," he said in an interview before a concert in Paris.

Bass player Nick O'Malley chimes in: "And we're always jetting off on aeroplanes!"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

good perspective, good post

-c

Anonymous said...

Great post! No more concerts unless you can get to the venue in a Volt or Leaf and run the show on solar power!!!

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