Win Butler: “Fuck British Petroleum”

During Arcade Fire’s headlining performance at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans tonight, frontman Win Butler took a moment to address the crowd in between songs. “Whatever BP paid the state of Louisiana wasn’t a tenth of what it should have been,” he said. “Fuck British Petroleum.”

Butler’s comments were in reference to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in 2010, roughly 41 miles away from the Louisiana shore. Damage from the oil spill endangered Louisiana plant and wildlife, as well as the population; the incident has been called “the biggest public health crisis from a chemical poisoning in the history of this country.” Last year, Louisiana was awarded $5 billion in a settlement by BP to help restore the vast amounts of natural resources damaged and lost in the oil spill.

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