Coldplay beat world tour emissions target

Direct CO2e emissions from the first two years of the Music of the Spheres Tour are 59% less than the band's previous stadium tour

News By James Hanley | 4 June 2024

Coldplay have revealed they have beaten their target for cutting carbon emissions on their Music of the Spheres World Tour.The band’s tour announcement back in late 2021 came hand-in-hand with a 12-point plan for cutting their carbon footprint, including a pledge to reduce their direct carbon emissions from show production, freight, band and crew travel by at least 50% compared with their previous A Head Full of Dreams stadium tour.In their last update in June 2023, the group said the tour had produced 47% less CO2e emissions than their 2016/17 trek. Twelve months on, they have improved on those figures significantly."We’re h

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