Radiohead Deny Glastonbury Environmental Snub

Thom Yorke has slammed The Sun newspaper, after they suggested Radiohead would not be playing Glastonbury Festival this year over environmental concerns.

Speaking via the band's Dead Air Space, Yorke posted the following message: "In the course of the interview I mentioned that we had a carbon footprint study commisioned and the biggest shock was the significance of the all travel to the show by the audience."

"As we have said before we are trying to concentrate as much as we can on playing places with some form of transport infrastructure other than cars.. and encouraging you lot as politely as we can without sounding preachy to consider car sharing if other things are not available."

"I also mentioned that we were not playing Glastonbury this year but were doing our own shows in London. Not because of transport issues but because the festival goers at Glastonbury were more than likely sick of the sight of us."

"Unfortunately, as is the way with such newspapers my words were taken out of context and implied we were not playing Glastonbury because there was no public transport infrastructure. well that's bollocks. But these things spread."

Later in the message, which can be read in full here, Yorke says he has spoken to Michael and Emily Eavis and apologised for the matter. There is also a hint that Radiohead may play the event in 2009.