Coldplay will not go on a world tour to promote its latest album, citing environmental concerns. The British band said it won’t tour again until the shows can be done in a sustainable way.
‘We would be disappointed if it’s not carbon neutral,’ frontman Chris Martin told BBC News Thursday.
(CBS News, November 22, 2019)
Except that it would make more sense to get a few cows to stop farting. Frankly, Coldplay would do much more to combat climate change by touring and promoting a plant-based diet each leg of the way.
Not to mention the insult to fans inherent in not touring. After all, if touring ever had any socially redeeming value, surely providing that alone would more than compensate for any carbon footprint it caused.
Mind you, apropos of conservation, this is the same Coldplay who commandeered the 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremony with an interminable, CO2-emitting set of 15 songs. I remarked at the time that it reeked of indulgence. But perhaps they would’ve performed no more than 5 songs if they were as environmentally “woke” back then as they are today.
In any event, Coldplay could simply ask: What would Al Gore do? He, of course, is the Jesus of climate-change prophecy. But he atones for the sin Coldplay is so worried about by simply buying carbon indulgences to fly around on private jets.
Hell, they could even follow supermodel Bella Hadid over to One Tree Planted and donate a few thousand trees “to counterbalance the environmental impact” of their jet-setting tours.
So “Don’t Panic,” Coldplay. Never mind that, if you truly believe in “Miracles,” you’d have no environmental concerns.
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