Tag: touring

Wembley Stadium set for ‘biggest ever’ live music summer

London’s Wembley Stadium has said it is gearing up for its biggest summer of live music in its history, as the 90,000-capacity venue will host a record 34 concerts across the season. And after Showpower powered 10 Coldplay stadium shows at Wembley in 2025, we’re hoping to be powering many more at Wembley in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Most Sustainable Stadiums Across America

As sports organizations, promoters, owners and venues take up more sustainability initiatives, carbon emissions are reducing. The stadiums are at the forefront of this movement as teams continue to update systems to make them cleaner, more efficient and utilising the most innovative and up-to-date technologies that can future-proof them for the next decades.. This article […]

IQ Magazine Global Stadium Report 2025

The Global Stadium Report is the first publication dedicated to global stadium touring worldwide. For artists, promoters, venues and artist managers, this is a great resource to discover innovations and activities across the major stadiums across the world, who are hosting the biggest artists and their stadium shows. As stadium infrastructure, demands for accommodating a […]

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 […]

IQ Magazine says “The appetite for clean, reliable festival power has exploded”

As we have been saying for some time, the interest and engagement around sustainable and renewable power solutions has been on the increase. And IQ Magazine seems to agree. There have been numerous examples of small scale battery systems being implemented at festivals and events, and it seems there will be many more in 2026. […]