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Morrissey says Glasto not animal friendly

By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 16 April 2015

Morrissey has had a little gripe at Michael Eavis. Possibly because we once referred to Eavis as King Of Glastonbury and now Morrissey thinks he’s royalty. And we all know what Moz thinks about the royal family.

No, it’s an animal rights thing. Because the one time Smiths man claims he was prevented from showing a video revealing “the evils of factory farming” during a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2011. In a recent post on the True To You site, Morrissey wrote: “I was told that Michael Eavis had stopped the screening of the film because it wasn’t indicative of how his dairy farm operated”.

He goes on: “Michael Eavis also went on to justify banning the film by saying it would ‘upset’ younger people. What Michael Eavis was saying, in effect, was, ‘It’s OK for our belly, but not for our eyes… and at all costs don’t educate anyone on animal cruelty because it might damage the financial profits of our happy Glastonbury Farm'”.

“If he had thought the film gave an incorrect view of dairy farming, he wouldn’t have cared if the film had been shown, but he banned the film because he knew the film was truth. Like most animal haters, Michael appears to be one of those people who love dead animals, yet hate live ones”.

Now in full-on Eavis bashing mode, the singer adds: “Michael Eavis was awarded a CBE by Elizabeth Battenberg – you have been ordered to address her as The Queen – in 2007”.

See, told you royalty had something to do with it. Anyway, he continues on in this vein some more in the full post here, if you’re interested.