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In an increasingly crowded 'green' bandwagon, bands and artists are coming up with new ways to grab attention while doing good, and Rudd, whoe plays the TLA tonight, has an interesting one: All the recyclable items from this tour are collected as the bus rolls from town to town and at each concert stop one lucky fan gets a free ticket to the show in exchange for conveying the haul to a local recycling center.

As we noted in our post a couple weeks back on Philly's mewithoutYou, musical acts with tour buses running on vegetable oil are no longer unique as more and more eco-conscious musicians strive to eliminate the waste associated with their lifestyle. Even owning a solar-powered home, as does Australian rock star Xavier Rudd, is laudable but no longer the headline-grabber it once was.

In an increasingly crowded 'green' bandwagon, bands and artists are coming up with new ways to grab attention while doing good, and Rudd, who plays the TLA tonight (in support of new album Koonyum Sun), has an interesting one: All the recyclable items from this tour are collected as the bus rolls from town to town and at each concert stop one lucky fan gets a free ticket to the show in exchange for conveying the haul to a local recycling center.

Travis Tracey, who's helping organize the tour, says he has "received an amazing response from our fans who were more than willing to help out and grateful that the Xavier Rudd tour is offering this opportunity and doing what we can to preserve our planet. What really got me was that a majority of those offering to pick up the recyclabes already had a ticket to the show and just wanted to join our cause!"

In Philadelphia the chosen fan is Kris Tresley, who confirms Tracey's take: "I responded with no hesitancy." After all, she says. "recycling is one part of being green I know how to do best as I have done so since I was a kid. I imagine people across the planet feel recycling in particular is a pretty friendly thing to be asked to help with, and extra friendly for those not deep in the knowledge of living green.

"Some people like me do as much as they can and we are still learning better ways to live. I would imagine many start with recycling. I did. I also wondered when else have I ever, or will I ever, read an email that says 'swing by the band's tour bus' -- just reading that is fantastic."

Tresley ends on a musical note: "Xavier Rudd live includes a very earthy feel. and the beats are infectious, at times very intense. Overall the music is raw and stripped down. I am very much looking forward to Thursday night!"