Tag: music

Live Nation Canada Marks Earth Week With New Sustainability Milestones at Rogers Stadium

Live Nation Canada is marking Earth Week by highlighting major progress underway at Rogers Stadium to reduce waste, cut single‑use plastics, and advance Green Nation, the company’s global commitment to lowering the environmental impact of live events. These efforts are made possible through close collaboration with partners across the venue, including Liberty Oak View Group, […]

How the BRIT Awards and Coldplay are leading sustainable touring with Hope Solutions

Sustainability is fast becoming one of the most urgent challenges facing the live music and events industry, with increasing pressure on artists, promoters and organisers to reduce environmental impact without compromising the scale and experience of modern productions. At the forefront of this shift are our friends Hope Solutions, a specialist consultancy working across music, media […]

Ultra’s battery-powered triumph: ‘This is the future of live’

The electronic festival recently made history by deploying a zero-emission battery system from Showpower at its US edition last month. Ultra Music Festival’s sustainability director has hailed battery-powered systems as “the future of live events” after successfully deploying a zero-emission power unit for a main stage. Last month, the major electronic event made history as […]

Hope Solutions and The Noise We Make with Paul Schurink Co-Founder of Showpower Global B.V.

What if the biggest shift in live events isn’t visible on stage, but happening behind the scenes? Showpower’s Paul Schurink is rethinking how live events are powered from the ground up. For decades, temporary power has been treated as a last-minute logistical decision — oversized systems, diesel dependency, and inefficiencies built in by default. Paul […]

Ultra Music Festival to debut SmartGrid battery-powered stage in Miami this week

The RESISTANCE Cove Stage will run entirely on zero-emission power Ultra Music Festival will debut its first battery-powered stage this week, continuing its pursuit of becoming a more sustainably minded event. The RESISTANCE Cove Stage will be powered by the zero-emission Showpower SmartGrid™ battery system, and form part of Ultra’s Mission: Home sustainability initiative, which aims […]

Designing a Sustainable Energy Future for MDLBEAST Soundstorm

For decades, large-scale events have relied on diesel generators because they are familiar and trusted. And when considering a transition, change must be approached carefully, with detailed planning, measurement, and collaboration. But there is also a very real perception challenge. Production teams have only experienced years of increasing costs across every area of delivery, and […]

UK city Bristol to create clean power hub for major events

Bristol is set to become a pioneer in the provision of renewable grid energy to festivals and other major public events next summer. West of England Mayoral Combined Authority and Bristol City Council have partnered with Act 1.5, the team behind Massive Attack’s groundbreaking Clifton Downs show last year, to create a clean power ‘hub’ for its […]

Coldplay get giddy as they smash Wembley Stadium record

Coldplay celebrated the end of their record-breaking 10-show run at Wembley Stadium with a dazzling, multi-coloured night of musical magic. Playing hits from every era of their 25-year career, they filled the stadium with light, and even indulged themselves with a giddy version of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. “This is the song […]