Valo Slams Finnish Smoking Ban
10 August 2007
Picture: Ville Valo of HIM performing live at the Palladium Cologne, Germany - 24.02.2008
Valo Slams Finnish Smoking Ban
Rocker VILLE VALO has hit out at a smoking ban in his native Finland, branding the policy "c**ty".
The Him frontman is disappointed by the government's decision to bar smoking in public places - including the country's restaurants and bars - which came into effect on 1 June this year (07).
But chain-smoking Valo insists he will use his status as a celebrity to flout the ban - by claiming the habit "is part of his artistic licence".
He says, "I would rise to the barricades just for the fact that it's such a c**nty idea!
"I understand totally if restaurants where you eat would be totally smoke free. But imagine you can't sit at the pub, smoke a fag and meet new people? What the f**k are you going to do? Onstage it doesn't really matter because I have the artistic licence of claiming that it's part of my performance. I'll just build it my own bar at home. You can smoke wherever you want in my bar!"
The Him frontman is disappointed by the government's decision to bar smoking in public places - including the country's restaurants and bars - which came into effect on 1 June this year (07).
But chain-smoking Valo insists he will use his status as a celebrity to flout the ban - by claiming the habit "is part of his artistic licence".
He says, "I would rise to the barricades just for the fact that it's such a c**nty idea!
"I understand totally if restaurants where you eat would be totally smoke free. But imagine you can't sit at the pub, smoke a fag and meet new people? What the f**k are you going to do? Onstage it doesn't really matter because I have the artistic licence of claiming that it's part of my performance. I'll just build it my own bar at home. You can smoke wherever you want in my bar!"
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