Billie Eilish on inventing a greener kind of concert: ‘I have to try to make a change’
Billie Eilish is an inspiration to the music industry. Appalled by how environmentally destructive the concert business can be, the pop star decided to do things differently. Now, after the biggest tour of her career, a new report shows how she’s creating a fresh blueprint for modern touring. More than eight years ago, when she was only 16, Billie Eilish set out on her first headlining tour. […]
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 and Showpower make electronic festival history with battery-powered stage
The flashing lights and pulsating beats at Ultra Music Festival at Miami’s Bayfront Park will for the first time be powered by Showpower’s SmartGrid battery system. As the music festival kicks off this year it makes history, not for its music, but for sustainability. For the last 6 years Showpower have worked with Ultra Music […]
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 […]
Seven decision trees for a circular and climate-neutral festival
Festivals are temporary cities. In just a few days, they bring together energy systems, food chains, material flows, water infrastructure, and large-scale mobility. Making these systems circular and climate-neutral is complex, especially under time pressure and within existing constraints such as budgets, regulations, and location-specific circumstances. Organizers constantly balance their ambitions against operational and financial […]
Showpower selected for National Climate Tech Accelerator
Sustainable Ventures and Barclays Eagle Labs announced the launch of The National Climate Tech Accelerator (NCTA), a new programme designed to rapidly scale high-potential climate tech startups across the UK. The initiative unites the UK’s leading growth partner for climatetech startups, Sustainable Ventures, with one of the UK’s largest entrepreneurial networks, Barclays Eagle Labs, to deliver an ecosystem […]
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 […]