Madonna & Gogol Bordello sitting in a tree (in order to prevent loggers from cutting it down)

this is going to be interesting.

So what is the carbon footprint of flying a big band and all their equipment back and forth to Europe as the tour schedule above suggests? Who does the planet need saving from? Enjoy your touring now, because after Peak Oil your career will be re-localized.

People who are concerned with environmental impact state that flying in a plane is the number one most destructive thing that anyone can do to the environment. It rips holes in the atmosphere and releases so much pollution. There is no such thing as an environmentally conscious event that involves airplanes. Of course, raising awareness is a big deal, and can sometimes be used to justify the means. I'm just saying, that you can't walk the talk if you fly.

But now we know what sound Madonna's going for on her next album.

As long as they are planning to offset (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset), I don't see a huge problem with them flying to raise awareness. Also as far as flying "equipment," backline drums and amps will be provided for them...it's a matter of bringing their actual instruments - guitars, horns etc.

Madonna is the one you should be criticizing...check out the news on her interesting investments....

Hill's father was a traveling preacher and went town to town, bringing his family with him. Until she was about ten years old, Hill lived in a 32-foot camper with her father, mother and two younger brothers. While traveling with her family, Hill would often explore rivers by campgrounds.[1] When Hill was six years old, she and her family were taking a hike one day and a butterfly landed on her finger and stayed with her the entire time. From that day on, her nickname became "Butterfly."[1]