Thom Yorke on de-car-ing Radiohead concerts

Best way to get to a Radiohead concert: public transit! Thom Yorke, in his interview with David Byrne in Wired, says Radiohead is trying to to green up its tours:

We did one of those carbon footprint things recently where they assessed the last period of touring we did and tried to work out where the biggest problems were. And it was obviously everybody traveling to the shows..... Especially in the U.S. Everybody drives. So how the hell are we going to address that? The idea is that we play in municipal places with some transport system alternative to cars.

Side benefits of de-car-ing to get to concerts: You avoid the traffic crunch and exorbitant parking fees. I've found Hollywood Bowl's park-and-ride program is super convenient!

More and more bands seem to be going the green route these days, with biodiesel buses, recycling programs and of course, carbon offsets. CLIF GreenNotes is one program that's helped bands like Gomez and Guster green their gigs.

Want to calculate your own carbon footprint? Use the calculator here. Mine is 3.8 tons!

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