If this is true (and
the information is contradictory but on balance sadly suggests it is) then it's damning, yet another nail in the coffin of Morrissey's credibility. What is the point of doing interviews where he says it's a pre-condition of signing a live contract that animal products will not be available to the audience, only to ignore that moral proviso when it's expedient to hoist a lucrative festival gig fee?
Why lambast the delightful Harpa in Reykjavik (who were looking at ways to meet this stipulation only for Morrissey to flounce off) yet ignore the presence of a burger chain sponsor clearly listed as a 'partner' on this festival's official website?
I personally do not see the point of this moralistic nonsense, especially when he was stuffing his gob with cheese and selling cheezy goujons to his fans just over a year ago. It would make far more sense to invite in a local Vegan food concession as an additional choice/alternative than to make a huge bluster about this issue when it's convenient then ignore it when it's convenient or lucrative to do so.
Morrissey only gave up eating Dairy because he was shamed into doing so by myself and others on this site. To now see him backsliding once again from his supposedly hard-core animal rights position is just ridiculous. Either ignore the presence of Carnism menu items at gigs, provide Vegan alternatives alongside, or refuse to play anywhere that will not stop selling meat and dairy when he plays. The final choice is the one he claims to insist upon but the evidence from Gothenburg shows he is once again being devious, truculent and unreliable. Did he really think nobody would notice? Or find it entirely valid to denounce this gaffe as yet another clownish act of idiocy after blathering about his moral indignation with regard to animals used as human food?
From perusing the festival website it's clear that some positive efforts have been made but then you see that the main rationale is human-centric environmental awareness, not animal rights.
Findus states
"When Way Out West took the decision to be a vegetarian festival we were both impressed and curious."
http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/partners/findus/
Let's be very clear: A vegetarian music festival is no different to a Carnivore music festival as far as animal rights are concerned. If there's milk, cheese or eggs, there's no difference. None. There's no menu items listed so one can only assume that 'vegetarian' means 'vegetarian including milk, cheese & eggs' otherwise they'd write 'took the decision to become a vegan festival', which they don't.
Tutti Frutti are also to be applauded:
"As everyone knows Way Out West has been completely vegetarian since 2012, so it is the perfect opportunity for us to introduce Tutti Frutti’s yummy gelatine-free sweets to those that come by and visit us in Fazer’s booth."
http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/partners/tutti-frutti/
Then we see Oatly state:
"Our collaboration with Way Out West started in 2014. Why our collaboration came about is not hard to understand: In 2012 Way Out West decided to become the most sustainable festival in the world. They stopped serving meat and immediately decreased their environmentally impact by 25%. Not bad we thought. So together we decided to take it one step further and in 2015 the festival become milk free, reducing their impact even more."
http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/partners/oatly/
This is excellent stuff but the confusion begins as it states that Way Out West 'stopped serving meat' which is fine, but did it stop serving milk, eggs and cheese? And how does that relate to the sponsor notice from Max which obscures as much as it reveals?
"It’s time again! Over 30 000 people will gather at a festival. A festival that has a stance and that actually take actions on it. We like that, and that’s why it is an honor to be a part of it. Food is one of our time biggest climate challenges, especially red meat. That is why we’ve put up the goal that, by the year 2020, 1 of 3 orders will be something other than that. And we hope that the rest of the restaurant industry will join us.
More specifically: this January we launched our Green-family, and that was our biggest success. Our next step is the worlds first all vegetarian Max, and this will be launched at Björngårdsvillan with a view over the festival, Gothenburg and a tastier world."
http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/partners/max/
How did this 'mission statement' translate into the festival environment? Did it mean that only 'vegetarian Max' was served at Way Out West, in which case, did that include cheese as an ingredient? Or does it mean that there is a goal to transition to non-meat by 2020? Again, does that mean Vegetarian or Vegan as they are polar opposites when it comes to animal rights? In the publicity photo for this sponsor Max cheese on burgers is clearly visible. Vegan cheese? I doubt it!
This may seem pedantic but it isn't. There is no gradualism with animal rights, no road-map to a less oppressive world. Either it's vegan or it's animal oppression. Morrissey made a fool of himself on 'Larry King Live' by claiming that it was 'too hard' to switch to Veganism and 'too expensive'. Total nonsense, particularly with regard to pop stars and rich festival goers.
It seems from the information available that Morrissey once again turned a blind eye to the presence of animal products at a music festival, presumably for financial reasons and also because he believes in a gradualist approach to animal rights just like Max Burgers do: In other words he is an animal welfarist not an animal liberationist. I think that is his position for the last 3 decades of singing 'Meat is Murder' whilst eating 'humanely produced' cheese: there is no such thing! Never was.
So, in conclusion:
An attendee at this festival clearly states that a sponsor of the festival, 'Max' served a Way Out West menu that 'isn't veggie at all', strongly suggesting meat burgers were indeed available & the picture used on the festival website seems to show meat burgers.. Even if there were only 'vegetarian' burgers, the issue of dairy remains to be resolved. Can anyone else who was there provide further clarification?
I have no problem with Morrissey playing at semi-demi-quasi veggie festivals that serve dairy and meat alongside alternatives but if he does so he has zero right to sing 'Meat Is Murder' whilst his audience are chowing down on 'vegetarian' burgers containing cheese, just as he had no right to sing that song whilst his gut was churning from his pre-gig back-stage rider treat of 'cheese' for all those years. A vegetarian festival is no different to one that serves roasted meat.
The only logical, coherent position is to either only play explicitly vegan festivals or not make food such a issue with his absurd Virtue Signalling: "look at me! I care about animals! you lot don't!" He has wasted over 3 decades on this nonsense, surely he's not going to try and spin that delusional rubbish yet again?
If it was a vegan festival, he deserves plaudits and kudos for walking the talk. If it was yet another 'vegetarian compromise' in his List of the Lost opportunities to walk the talk then he deserves brickbats. Can anyone provide a definitive answer? Was 'Way Out West' a 'vegetarian' or a 'vegan' festival?
I assume the menu at Manchester will be absolutely 100% Vegan? My spies will, of course, be checking both front of house and back-stage.
I await further updates on GothenburgGate from BtBB and other passionate contributors to this excellent online electronic cafe/creche. I also expect a lot of angry responses for, once again, daring to challenge the authenticity and integrity of your Cult Leader.
with every good wish
BrummieBoy
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