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Artist News
Other bands join BP boycott
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 21 June 2010
A number of other US artists have followed the lead of metal types Korn in boycotting BP on their current tours in protest at the oil giant’s handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico.
As previously reported, Korn announced earlier this month that they’d not be using BP fuel to power their vehicles as they tour with the North America-wide Mayhem festival this summer. Frontman Jonathan Davis told reporters: “We need to do our part to let BP know there are consequences for causing something like this. We want to send a message to corporations like BP so that they will take more preventative measures in the future. The more costly their punishment, the more money they will spend to make sure disasters like this don’t happen again. It’s plain and simple capitalism”.
Last week the founder of Mayhem, Kevin Lyman, announced that the rest of the tour would follow Korn’s lead and boycott BP. The Mayhem tour is already known for using biofuels where possible, but Lyman has confirmed these won’t be bought from BP or their affiliates either.
Meanwhile other bands from outside the Mayhem tour have also announced they will join the boycott. These include Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, Disturbed and Megadeth.
