Thom Yorke, Massive Attack, Robert Smith and Brian Eno pressure Andy Burnham over controversial oil field plan

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, members of Massive Attack, and Robert Smith of The Cure are among the 200 major artists calling on the UK government to block the proposed development of the controversial new Rosebank oil field in the North Sea. See the details first exclusively on NME below. An open letter, written by Brian Eno and addressed to Andy Burnham – himself a huge and vocal music fan – calls on the recently installed UK Prime Minister to reject the fossil-fuel project, cautioning him: “While the impacts of the climate crisis are already hurting us all, this is what you will be remembered for.” Other major artists backing the call include Paris Paloma, Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien and drummer Philip Selway, Jacob Collier, Anna Calvi, The XX‘s Romy Croft, Olly Alexander of Years & Years, and Imogen Heap. Radiohead, live in Madrid, 2025. Credit: Alex Lake Shared publicly on Monday August 17, the letter was coordinated by campaign organisation Uplift and published by Earth/Percent, the climate change and music foundation co-founded by the iconic musician and producer Brian Eno. It calls on Burnham and his government explicitly to “stop Ro...