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Foals’ Edwin Congreave argues that many musicians should “just stop touring” to save the environment

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Foals keyboard player Edwin Congreave has said that he has considered quitting the band due to the environmental impact of going on tour.Of course, in 2020 being in a band hasn’t really involved going on tour much.

But should musicians consider staying home more even once COVID is over? Appearing on BBC podcast ‘What Planet Are We On?’, Congreave says that “a lot of musicians and a lot of DJs and bands should just stop touring”.That said, he concedes, if he opted out of a tour on environmental grounds, someone else would go in his place, so the world wouldn’t really be any better off.

Plus, he adds, “I’m not quite ready to walk out of my job”. But, he says, he doesn’t think it is justified for artists to do “certain types of tours” –.

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