Details Emerge About Radiohead's Green Touring Techniques

Judging from a note that surfaced Thursday on The Liars' blog, the band is loving every second of its stint opening for Radiohead on the In Rainbows tour. The experience has taught them new ways to function as a band both on and off the stage.

"In a world full of fear and ripe with insincerity its such a relief to have met Radiohead," says the post. "They are purveyors of truth, beauty and a moral responsibility to the planet. We've been welcomed with literal open ams and thoroughly schooled on how to function as a band – not just musically, but ethically too."

Radiohead's opening band mentioned some of the steps the headliners have taken to make sure tour leaves rainbows intact:

At the outset we were all given tour water flasks.
Plastic anything is like contraband.
Every bus and truck runs on bio-fuel.
There is no idling, rather some new-fangled way to deliver electricity cleanly.
They don't do air-freight either.
The list goes on...

Everything is supremely managed to reduce the 'footprint' and it'sinspiring in that its 'real' and should set the standard for other bigproductions. This all goes beyond the immediate impact of simply beingable to watch these 5 guys perform together each night.

Unlike any band we've seen they all contribute such an immenseamount to the outcome. Their extreme individual talents blending sonaturally.

So, yeah... this tour sounds like it's worth checking out, as if we didn't know that already. Here are those Radiohead dates again.

Each date has its own section on Radiohead's social network, so fans can chat online before the show and share photos afterwards.

See also:

• Radiohead Hides Several Pots of Gold 'In Rainbows'
• Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead Dominate Amazon MP3 Chart
• Radiohead Launches Social Network
• Radiohead Announces Tour Dates and Opening Bands

(Photo: beardenb; via NME)