The Cribs have defended the controversial comments that they made about the environment during their Glastonbury set.

Guitarist Ryan Jarman sparked outrage on Friday by suggesting that improving the attitude of his fellow indie rockers was more important than the festival's campaign to halt global warming.

Despite being urged by festival organiser Michael Eavis to support the campaign, Jarman told the crowd: "They want us to speak out about global warming, but the biggest problem is the attitude of some indie bands. Isn't that a bigger problem?"

However, Jarman insisted that he did not intend to disparage Eavis' crusade, telling the NME: "At no point was I meaning to criticise the festival's climate campaign. I was just making a flippant remark about, how in my opinion, the mainstream mindset of most indie bands these days is the real scourge we should be against.

"I completely back their climate campaign and admire the festival's ethical stance. Having integrity is an important thing, which is what I was trying to say."