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You know what? If this is a genuine attempt at being more environmentally friendly then good on them! Even if doing so is a stunt it's still a positive move. 

It's almost like it's cool to lump on Coldplay at any given opportunity so I don't think there's anything they could say that would change that.

 

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Chris Martin was on Radio 4 this morning. He said they're definitely not playing Glastonbury and he's definitely not doing any cameos. The reason for the latter was he saw a tweet after the last fest taking the piss out of him always popping up on stage.

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1 hour ago, zeppelin said:

You know what? If this is a genuine attempt at being more environmentally friendly then good on them! Even if doing so is a stunt it's still a positive move. 

It's almost like it's cool to lump on Coldplay at any given opportunity so I don't think there's anything they could say that would change that.

 

i'd have thought a genuine attempt wouldn't have involved travelling to foreign shores to make the announcement.

But as I said, i'm cynical. 

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2 minutes ago, Homer said:

Chris Martin was on Radio 4 this morning. He said they're definitely not playing Glastonbury and he's definitely not doing any cameos. The reason for the latter was he saw a tweet after the last fest taking the piss out of him always popping up on stage.

Is this the first ever evidence of something positive coming out of a tweet?

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Last weekend someone (maybe BIlly Bragg or Pete Townsend?) on the radio (4 or 6?) was saying he didn't want to tour as much to keep the green costs down.  But then he mentioned the travelling public are part of the worst problem, therefore by keeping the band static, the public do more travelling.  The following graph from BBC is interesting as it puts the audience travel at 33%.

 

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I think he was genuinely hurt by it, he was doing something he loves at a place he loves. He also does a lot of positive PR for the festival with acts that might not be normally willing to pay for the money. 
 

bet most of the people moaning have never been to the festival. And if your going to get shit for doing guest appearances they then I wouldn’t be surprised if other acts are wary. 
 

it’s done the festival no favours this. 

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3 hours ago, ian the worm said:

Last weekend someone (maybe BIlly Bragg or Pete Townsend?) on the radio (4 or 6?) was saying he didn't want to tour as much to keep the green costs down.  But then he mentioned the travelling public are part of the worst problem, therefore by keeping the band static, the public do more travelling.  The following graph from BBC is interesting as it puts the audience travel at 33%.

 

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Surely that’s only applicable if, for example, a band just plays the 02 London, and many in the UK then travel to London.

But if a Coldplay responsible-style tour means they’re not going to visit the USA, Australia, Japan etc then it’s very likely overall it’s doing less harm to the environment.

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16 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

I think he was genuinely hurt by it, he was doing something he loves at a place he loves. He also does a lot of positive PR for the festival with acts that might not be normally willing to pay for the money. 
 

bet most of the people moaning have never been to the festival. And if your going to get shit for doing guest appearances they then I wouldn’t be surprised if other acts are wary. 
 

it’s done the festival no favours this. 

I can't imagine he was truly hurt by it - he's been in the limelight long enough to know that people take the piss.

Maybe one guest appearance would have been enough.

Also, I was wondering how they came about.  Do you really Stormzy and Kylie asked him?

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