Members of the band Korn have banned their tour bus drivers from using British Petroleum (BP) oil and are urging other bands touring this summer to ban BP products, as well. This, of course, is a mark of protest against the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The Backstreet Boys are on board and sending out their message as well.
“I’m devastated by what I’ve seen firsthand and on the news,” says Nick Carter of BSB. “I’ve always been a marine activist and seeing pictures of oil-covered animals breaks my heart.”
“We just played Biloxi last week and I have to tell you people are really worried down there. This boycott is about making a statement, letting people know how we feel and to stand for something,” said fellow BSB’er Brian Littrell.
“The daily images are hard to watch,” says Korn frontman Jonathan Davis. “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.”
Korn is headlining the Mayhem Festival that is touring across the country this summer. And the remaining 4 members of the Backstreet Boys are set to kick off their summer tour on Friday (June 11) at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.