{"id":1960853,"date":"2025-08-14T21:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1960853"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:43:11","slug":"festivals-are-being-cancelled-due-to-extreme-weather-and-grassroots-venues-are-grappling-with-rising-energy-costs-brian-eno-and-others-urge-government-to-cancel-new-north-sea-oilfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/festivals-are-being-cancelled-due-to-extreme-weather-and-grassroots-venues-are-grappling-with-rising-energy-costs-brian-eno-and-others-urge-government-to-cancel-new-north-sea-oilfi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFestivals are being cancelled due to extreme weather, and grassroots venues are grappling with rising energy costs\u201d: Brian Eno and others urge government to cancel new North Sea oilfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"b34a2aa1-e500-4cfa-9824-d7e34178b785\"><strong>Over 100 UK-based artists, including Brian Eno, Bicep and Confidence Man, have signed an open letter calling on the government to pull the plug on the proposed Rosebank oil field development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter was penned by Eno in his role as part of Earth Per Cent, a pressure group from within the music industry that aims to address music\u2019s carbon footprint. They ask the government to \u201cassess the full climate damage from potential new developments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"b34a2aa1-e500-4cfa-9824-d7e34178b785-2\">Other signatories include Anna Calvi, Ed O\u2019Brien and Philip Selway of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/radiohead\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/radiohead\">Radiohead<\/a>, Imogen Heap, Jon Hopkins, Lola Young, Olly Alexander, Paloma Faith, Robert Smith, Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire and The Blessed Madonna.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAs musicians and artists, we know that our creativity is rooted in the world around us. But that world is under threat,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cFestivals are being cancelled due to extreme weather, and grassroots venues are grappling with rising energy costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContinued oil and gas expansion jeopardises not only our climate, but the cultural spaces where music is made and shared, the natural landscapes that inspire creativity, and the livelihoods of artists and those who support them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"cfcbfb56-bac8-4e5d-a0a0-71a42f0bd96e\">If it goes ahead, Rosebank, which lies to the west of the Shetland Isles in the North Sea, could produce 7% of UK oil from now until 2030. It is unclear though how that would fit in with the government\u2019s target of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Its operator Equinor is set to reapply for government approval to develop the field, which EarthPerCent argue will be a \u201cmegapolluter\u201d that will \u201caccelerate the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-iKee3bAhALnNKW8Cjxpgri\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-iKee3bAhALnNKW8Cjxpgri slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earthpercent.org\/news\/open-letter-from-uk-musicians-to-government-stop-rosebank\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.earthpercent.org\/news\/open-letter-from-uk-musicians-to-government-stop-rosebank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">You can read the open letter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 UK-based artists, including Brian Eno, Bicep and Confidence Man, have signed an open letter calling on the government to pull the plug on the proposed Rosebank oil field development. 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