O2 to host world’s first carbon-removal gigs with The 1975
The London venue says it will neutralise the impact of the band's concerts by physically extracting over 100 tonnes of carbon
News By Lisa Henderson | 5 September 2023
The O2 will be hosting the world’s first carbon-removed arena events at The 1975’s headline shows in February 2024.
A “portfolio of carbon removal methods” will be used to physically extract over 100 tonnes of residual carbon generated by each event, thereby neutralising the carbon impact of the concerts, according to a press release from the London venue.
These pilot events, on 12 and 13 February, will take place in collaboration with carbon removal experts CUR8 and sustainable event specialists A…
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