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Dead Weather's Alison Mosshart on Fear of Sunlight and Festivals
- Posted on May 27th 2010 6:17AM by Johnny Dee
Jack White's Dead Weather bandmate Alison Mosshart has been speaking out about her dislike of daylight and the difficulty of performing at festivals.In an article for Spin, Mosshart, who is also the vocalist for the Kills, writes, "Festivals are hard for me. I think the daytime is ugly. I don't want to look out and see a rainbow of sunburns. It's not very rock 'n' roll.
"Whenever we play festivals, we end up having a good show and the crowds have a good time, but I'm not an outdoors person."
Mosshart has experienced difficulties at several festivals in the past. While performing with the Kills at Lollapalooza in 2008, she collapsed onstage. She does, however, reveal that one of her all-time favourite shows was seeing Jay-Z at the Glastonbury Festival.
In the piece, Mosshart also writes that she no longer enjoys the social side of festivals.
"Back in my early 20s it was incredibly exciting to hang around the festivals after I played," she says. "I felt like I knew everyone in every band. Then a few years went by and I didn't recognize anyone anymore. Half the bands that I knew broke up."
She concludes, "If I had my choice I would never play a show outside ever again."
Before that happens, Mosshart, Jack White and co have a minor engagement in a field in Somerset called Glastonbury. Let's hope she packs the sunblock.
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Haha...i dnt care what alison says...i still love her no matter what she says!!! She soooo bad ass ...those ppl who dnt kno who she is, ur jus duuuuuuumb lol
April 10 2011 at 6:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywow some people here are stupid. So what if she doesn't like the sun. Its probably because at an outdoor festival once she passed out from the heat and for a little while couldn't breathe. Jeez, plus, all you people who say you've never heard of her, you probably expected an article on Justin Bieber or something.
May 30 2010 at 3:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlison needs to find another career; she's definitely not cut out for the world of rock & roll. Daylight, festivals, socializing, et cetera are all part of the job. Hello...wake up and smell the money you make off of your fans!
May 28 2010 at 2:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is how AOL gets you to buy this music. They run a story that they made up, and call it news. Just look, there's pages upon pages of responces. It's called publicity, and you fools eat it up. Do you ever stop to think why you have not heard of any of these bands? It's cuz AOL is pushing them. Kick back some money, and there you go. There is always some story about a "Rock Star" Wake up dummies, you're being played.
May 28 2010 at 1:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyReally? You people are going to just jump to the conclusion that she is a talentless drug addict? And then wish an OD on her? Wow, seems as though you just have nothing better to do than sit on your asses at your computers all day and cast judgement upon people and subjects you have no knowledge of at all. She is in fact apart of two successful bands. The Dead Weather peaked at number 5 on the US music charts. So before you begin to talk shit, educate yourselves. Here let wikipedia help out with a paragraph, you ignorant fucks. --The Dead Weather are an American alternative rock supergroup formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Composed of Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and Discount), Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes--)
May 28 2010 at 1:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyshe's an fkn idiot. Either that or she's a vampire.
May 28 2010 at 1:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replymaybe if she had any talent she could make money selling albums & wouldnt need to worry about performing in the daylight.
May 28 2010 at 12:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow, Steve, do you ever need to get some spelling lessons. Wow!!!
May 28 2010 at 12:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell you know we have to be senstive to light skinned
beings who jump scared shitless at a flicker of light.
We have to tip toe around all day so we don't make any
sounds that might be upsetting. And of course we have to listen to how bad cancer is for people who don't excercise or are afraid to go outside where the air should be healthy and good for you. If you all sit in the dark all day why do healthy people have to pay for it?!!!!
I don't like the sunlight either. I'm very fair skinned, and I actually break out in hives if I'm out in the sun for more than a few minutes, so I get what she's saying. The ugliness hurled on these forums is insane. Such judgmental people! I thought we weren't supposed to judge. Guess that just shows me that I'm right not to trust in people and be careful what I say.
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