Bette Midler Quits Touring to Help Save the Planet

If you want to see Bette Midler live, you’ll have to plan a trip to Las Vegas.  The singer won’t be going on the road anymore from now on, she says, because the fleet of 14 trucks needed to ship her show from city to city is having way too harmful of an impact on the environment.  Instead, she’ll be performing a $13 million dollar residency in Sin City.

From Sky News:

“Over the years, the number of trucks that I have behind me has grown exponentially and I don’t really like that, I don’t like wasting the gas,” she told me on a promotional trip to London.

“Fourteen trucks, that’s a lot of gas. So I decided I’d stay put for a while,” she added.

Surely moving equipment in trucks is unavoidable for a touring show, I ask her?

“I can avoid it,” she says, shaking her head, and going on to provide an impressive list of her green credentials that would put most celebrities to shame.

“I don’t drive much, I have a Smart car, I have a hybrid, I drive a [Toyota] Prius,” she says.

This is awesome, but thousands of people traveling to Vegas isn’t as green as can be, either.  May we suggest that, if Ms. Midler wishes to go on the road again in the future, she contact Reverb for help making her tour more green? 14 trucks definitely isn’t necessary, and I’m sure there are a thousand different ways they could green up her show.  Whether or not she ever goes back on her decision not to tour again, kudos to her for realizing that she could be doing better by the planet.  If only more people would stop to think about how much pollution they’re causing as they go about their daily business, we’d be a lot further along in our fight against global warming.

Link [Sky News]

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