Yorke: 'Glasto isn't green friendly'

Thom Yorke has claimed that Radiohead aren't playing this year's Glastonbury because of a lack of local transport infrastructure around the site.

The singer said that the band now make environmental demands about where they play and as a consequence ruled out a return to the summer festival.

He told The Sun: "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."

Speaking at the launch of the Big Ask Europe campaign, Yorke added: "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."

Radiohead have headlined Glastonbury twice before in 1997 and 2003. This year's headliners have been confirmed as Jay-Z, Kings of Leon and The Verve.

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