Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry and others to play a pro-hunting concert

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Eric and friends think the ban on fox hunting should be lifted.

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ERIC CLAPTON has agreed to headline a controversial seven-hour concert supporting the Countryside Alliance in its fight to lift the ban on fox hunting in the UK. The TEARS IN HEAVEN hitmaker, who is a keen game shooter, will join fellow rockers BRYAN FERRY, PINK FLOYD's ROGER WATERS and NICK MASON, ROGER DALTREY of THE WHO and GENESIS guitarist MIKE RUTHERFORD at the gig at Highclere Castle in Berkshire this summer (06). Clapton's spokesperson confirmed last night (29APR06), "Eric supports the Countryside Alliance. He doesn't hunt himself, but does enjoy rural pursuits such as fishing and shooting. "He supports the Alliance's pursuit to scrap the ban on the basis that he doesn't agree with the state's interference with people's private pursuits." The ban on fox hunting was imposed by the British government in February (06), and the concert is expected to face opposition from animal rights activists.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

eric clapton in being a complete twat shockah, ha.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

hilarious

what a bunch of fannies

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

"The TEARS IN HEAVEN hitmaker, who is a keen game shooter"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I can't wait to see the backlash from this. The animal rights people will be out in full force.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:28 (twenty years ago)

baa

― whatever (boglogger), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:42 (twenty years ago)

what a bunch of fannies

this remark is otfanny

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 7 May 2006 23:34 (twenty years ago)

so this is the closest to another floyd reunion we're getting? at this shitty thing?

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 7 May 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)

No Nugent, No Credibility

― timmy tannin (pompous), Monday, 8 May 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

The Nuge would never ride around on horses chasing after foxes.

That's way too sissy for him.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Monday, 8 May 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

I approve of hunting for sport, and hunting Eric Clapton for sport.

Inexplicably, both remain illegal.

― Lunar, Monday, 8 May 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

I think we do need to control the excess aging rockstar population, it's the humane thing

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― timmy tannin (pompous), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Blah. My recent Roxy Music devotion has suddenly petered out after reading about this. Rockstars As Assholes shockah.

― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

"The 70s Rockers Have Nothing to Lose But Their Hearing...and Possibly Their Guns! Dad Rock Dads' of the World, Unite!"

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:44 (twenty years ago)

(But in all seriousness, the real joke is what would happen if this were about the right to abortions and not killing foxes. We'd encourage Live8,9,10 over that am i rite. lawl.)

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 8 May 2006 01:49 (twenty years ago)

Unless you anti-pro-foxhunting-rockstar folks are also militant vegans, I'm assuming it's the class issues that go along with the fox hunt and not the animal rights business that irks you. In America we kill, eat, and wear the hell out of animals and no one really minds (save a few bedwetters).

― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:03 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Ferry's oldest son arrested a couple of years ago for causing a public disturbacne re fox hunting?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

His son Otis was arrested for making threatening comments to Tony Blair. Bryan Ferry appeared at an awards show (NME?) a few nights laters and told the audience he was so proud of his Otis and got booed.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

The Ferrys...colliers to posh twats in only three generations! Take that, Dick Whittington.

"Otis" is a fine name for a mastiff.

― the, Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

...so clapton is a "keen game shooter" who doesn't hunt, but enjoys rural pursuits such as shooting....
what kind of shooting does he do that isn't hunting?

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

"He supports the Alliance's pursuit to scrap the ban on the basis that he doesn't agree with the state's interference with people's private pursuits."

And this is the first time ever the state interfered with people's private pursuits, right?

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm assuming the theory behind this is "we are going to start playing and we're not going to stop until we get what we want."

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

i'm pretty strongly animal rights, but i heard on NPR a few days ago that some animal rights people are in favor of lifting the foxhunting ban because the fact that socially influential people would have a renewed interest in preserving the environment would actually spare more animals than foxhunting would destroy.

― mervin heinz, Tuesday, 9 May 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

...but how does clapton go game shooting without hunting???

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Seems a bit twattish. Depressing to see mike rutherford's name on this for some reason.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:39 (twenty years ago)

"He supports the Alliance's pursuit to scrap the ban on the basis that he doesn't agree with the state's interference with people's private pursuits."
And this is the first time ever the state interfered with people's private pursuits, right?

-- scnnr drkly (spami...), May 9th, 2006.

how do i get point?

much as i hate the countryside alliance and clapton, this doesn't bother me at all.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:44 (twenty years ago)

...but how does clapton go game shooting without hunting???
-- m0stly clean (mostl...) (webmail), Today 2:08 AM. (later) (link)

Maybe he misses every time?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:04 (twenty years ago)

he shoots birds innit -- not really 'hunting'.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:05 (twenty years ago)

In the same way that ripping a fox to shreds isn't really a private pursuit, I guess.

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:12 (twenty years ago)

he shoots birds innit -- not really 'hunting'.

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"what he said"

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:13 (twenty years ago)

ok, it would be better if it was a more generalized civil liberties-type concert, but the fox hunting ban was the most transparent piece of knucklehead class-war legislation ever enacted. i think the hunt is gross and that taking pleasure in killing is fucked up, and i don't get on with toffs. but all the same.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:17 (twenty years ago)

The class war argument doesn't really wash. After all, working class blood sports like cock fighting have long been illegal.

That said, it is undeniably amusing to hear toffs whingeing about their human rights. Like they give a shit for the working man's rights!

You don't have to be a militant animal rights type to be in favour of the ban either. As far as I'm concerned animal testing is unpleasant but necessary, but pointless cruelty is just wrong.

― Stew (stew s), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:53 (twenty years ago)

the fox hunting ban was the most transparent piece of knucklehead class-war legislation ever

enrique do i have to be british to understand what you're on about here?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:56 (twenty years ago)

maybe.

i'll break it down for you:

1979-97: tory rollback of almost all progressive gains in uk politics since the war.
1997: labour win election!
1997-2006: labour continue tory politics

BUT -- 2005: labout bans fox-hunting! hot poop! liberal middle-classes kept on board!

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

urban middle classes vs. rural middle classes - some class war!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

country-dwelling toffs have been soft target for labour AND for the thatcherite tories.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't exactly say Thatcherite Tories have been too tough on country=dwelling toffs, relatively speaking

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:02 (twenty years ago)

So how did Clapton vote last Thursday then? Did he buy a house in Barking especially for the privilege?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:03 (twenty years ago)

well, we know clapton's a dick, i'm just trying to stand up for byron here.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

"Those were different times/ all the poets they studied rules of voise etc"

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:07 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't exactly say Thatcherite Tories have been too tough on country=dwelling toffs, relatively speaking
-- Dadaismus (dadaismu...), May 10th, 2006.

yeah obv, but in the ideological uh sphere anti-wet rhetoric was v. important.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:15 (twenty years ago)

Sticks and stones may break my bones etc etc

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

sticks and stones may break my bones but by making lots of anti-toff noise i might be able to get one over on gullible voters who mistake me for a people's champion.

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:17 (twenty years ago)

True I suppose, petit bourgeois = FASCIST SCUMBAGS

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

o no u di'nt

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

If fox hunting is inhumane, and amounts to cruelty to animals, then a humane society will abolish it, yes? I don't believe it's legal in the U.S. There have been attempts to ban it in Britain for decades. Since training dogs to rip any animal to pieces for sport is patently inhumane, Why do you suppose those earlier attempts were turned back? One logical answer is, because those who engaged in it were so politically powerful as to control the law. Now they have finally lost. I find it very revealing that people like Clapton, Roger Daltry, Mike Rutherford and Gary Brooker (of Procol Harum) would make this their cause. (And I think we're missing something in the British definition of "shooting.")

― Garry Herzog, Friday, 12 May 2006 23:16 (twenty years ago)

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