FR’s Melvin Benn talks sustainability, summer 2019

The Festival Republic MD on Extinction Rebellion, Benicàssim and why music's never "been in a better place"

Feature By | 12 September 2019

Latitude was among several FR sell-outs this summer © Marc Sethi/Latitude Festival

Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn has said live music can be an environmentally friendly business, as he reflects on the greenest summer to date for the UK festival promoter.

Benn, who is leading Live Nation’s Green Nation initiative alongside Tom See, LN’s US venues president, and Charlie Walker, co-founder of C3 Presents, partnered with Extinction Rebellion (XR) for four Festival Republic (FR) events, Latitude, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival and Electric Picnic, this year after being impressed by the group’s…

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