Beyoncé, Bryan Ferry, U2 and beyond the music world is riddled with past performers who might not totally comply with the festival's assumed manifesto
When Metallica's James Hetfield got the call from his agent asking if he'd like to provide the voiceover for a documentary on the History Channel, he probably didn't anticipateit would lead to thousands of animal rights activists attempting to oust his band from headlining Glastonbury. The anonymous organisers of a new campaign claim that his credentials as a big game hunter and promoter are "incompatible with the spirit" of the peace keeping, charity-fundraising festival.
The controversy was triggered after it was announced that Hetfield, a supporter of hunting and gun rights and a member of the National Rifle Association, would be narrating eight episodes of a show named The Hunt, which follows a group of hunters as they pursue the world's largest brown bears on Kodiak Island, Alaska. At the time of writing, the Remove Metallica from Glastonbury Festival for their support of Bear Hunting Facebook page has been liked by more people than populate Kodiak Island. Nevertheless, it remains unlikely the online protest will be enough to axe the globally adored metal band from the bill.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 49 minutes ago.
When Metallica's James Hetfield got the call from his agent asking if he'd like to provide the voiceover for a documentary on the History Channel, he probably didn't anticipateit would lead to thousands of animal rights activists attempting to oust his band from headlining Glastonbury. The anonymous organisers of a new campaign claim that his credentials as a big game hunter and promoter are "incompatible with the spirit" of the peace keeping, charity-fundraising festival.
The controversy was triggered after it was announced that Hetfield, a supporter of hunting and gun rights and a member of the National Rifle Association, would be narrating eight episodes of a show named The Hunt, which follows a group of hunters as they pursue the world's largest brown bears on Kodiak Island, Alaska. At the time of writing, the Remove Metallica from Glastonbury Festival for their support of Bear Hunting Facebook page has been liked by more people than populate Kodiak Island. Nevertheless, it remains unlikely the online protest will be enough to axe the globally adored metal band from the bill.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 49 minutes ago.