Issue 138 Sep 2025

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Robbie Williams Tour Report; The Architects: Michael Chugg; Green Guardians 2025; 40 Years of Rock am Ring…

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Europe’s Festival Summer 2025

ROSTR x IQ’s annual deep dive into festival trends and lineups

Absolutely FABulous

Production gurus Far and Beyond chalk up ten years in operation

Love My Live

Derek Robertson talks to the road warriors behind Robbie Williams’ ongoing 'Britpop' tour

Green Guardians 2025

IQ’s annual celebration of the companies and artists making live entertainment more sustainable

Solid as The Rocks

Lisa Henderson marks the 40th anniversary of Germany's Rock am Ring

Aiming High in The Lowlands

Adam Woods visits The Netherlands for our latest market report

Comment & Columns

Future Planning Through Legacy Value

Ahead of its 60th year, Mathieu Jaton explains Montreux Jazz Festival’s plans to remain relevant

Roadie Babies

Lesley Olenik details LN’s scheme for new parents that obviates choosing between career and family

Rich Schaefer: A Global Perspective

AEG’s president of global touring talks success, expansion, and strategies for continued growth

Green Guardians 2025

Welcome to IQ Magazine’s 2025 Green Guardians – our annual recognition of those eco-warriors and innovators at the forefront of the battle to make the live entertainment industry more sustainable.

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Boom Festival

Boom Festival has garnered a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking events on the planet when it comes to its far-ranging sustainability programmes.

LIDO

Created and run by AEG Presents’ European festival division, LIDO Festival set a new standard for sustainability in live events.

Weezevent

Weezevent and Aucxis have joined forces to develop a fully automated system for managing reusable cup returns at events.

BM Park Live

BM Park Live, who operate Junction 2 and Paradise in the City festivals, is implementing a NetZero by 2025 strategy to accelerate its drive toward carbon-positive events.

Coldplay

After pledging in 2019 that they would not return to touring unless they could do so in a more sustainable way, Coldplay have lived up to that pledge and have been trailblazing for the industry/

OCESA

OCESA applies rigorous sustainability standards, eliminating single-use plastics, implementing reusable cups, & replacing 18m physical tickets with digital alternatives through Ticketmaster’s SafeTix programme

Elisa Toffoli

In 2022, Toffoli became the first artist to be formally named a United Nations ally for promoting the 17 sustainable development goals of their 2030 Agenda.

Into The Great Wide Open

Into The Great Wide Open's ambition is to become fully circular and climate-positive.

The Rock Factory

For three years The Rock Factory has run solely on rechargeable batteries and solar power, allowing organiser to drastically reduce its carbon footprint by eliminating the use of diesel and petrol generators.

GOAllAreas

Ginger Owl’s GOAllAreas (GOAA) initiative was built with sustainability in mind. The system is effectively an online event management and data collection tool designed to refine live event operations.

Ultra Music Festival

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025, Miami’s Ultra Music Festival also commemorated a significant milestone with the fifth anniversary of its sustainability programme – Mission: Home.

Sunny Hill Festival

Since launching in 2018, Sunny Hill Festival has been building its sustainability credentials, but ramped up efforts in 2022 when it moved to its current location in the Bernica village suburb of Pristina.

RÖDER

RÖDER UK is a leading supplier of temporary structures to the live events, music, and sports industries. The company is passionately working to minimise its impact on the planet.

Co-op Live

Co-op Live was designed and constructed to provide the best-possible live music experience by combining the latest in performance technology, sustainability, and multifunctionality

Massive Attack

“A blueprint for the way live music can be produced,” stated Robert Del Naja after Massive Attack achieved what has been hailed as a world record for a festival with the lowest-ever carbon emissions.

PreZero Arena Gliwice

PreZero Arena Gliwice has proven that even a large, multifunctional venue can become a model for sustainable operations and industrial waste management.

Eat to the Beat

Eat to the Beat’s Sustain-ABLE strategy is all about implementing forward-thinking, sustainable food choices within its everyday operations and delivery.

TRUCKINGBY

TRUCKINGBY is one of the leading names in live event transport and operates under the CARGOBY brand.

Wilderness Festival

The team at Audi presents Wilderness Festival, were keen to take on and tackle decarbonising one of the most challenging aspects of festival operations: small-scale distributed power for brand activations.

Ascendance Sustainable Events

Ascendance claims to be Miami’s “first sustainable event consultancy” and is transforming the way events are planned by infusing purpose, accountability, and measurable impact into every stage of production.

Love My Live: Robbie Williams Tour Report

Derek Robertson talks to the road warriors behind Robbie Williams’ ongoing Britpop tour

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The Architects – Michael Chugg

Jack Revell learns how legendary larrakin, Chuggi, helped to turn the outlier market of Australia into a global powerhouse

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Absolutely FABulous

Production gurus Far and Beyond chalk up ten years in operation

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Solid as The Rocks

Lisa Henderson marks the 40th anniversary of Rock am Ring

Feature 04 September 2025

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Aiming High in The Lowlands

Adam Woods visits The Netherlands for our latest market report

Feature 04 September 2025

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Overseas Marketing Masterclass

Feature 04 September 2025

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Rich Schaefer: A Global Perspective

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COMMENT

The most powerful change comes when executives see their people as whole humans – not just employees

Lesley Olenik

Lesley Olenik details LN’s scheme for new parents that obviates choosing between career and family

COMMENT 04 Sep 2025

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the success of an event is measured in cultural impact, loyalty, and the ability to create meaning

Mathieu Jaton

Mathieu Jaton explains Montreux Jazz Festival’s plans to remain relevant, as the event approaches its 60th anniversary

COMMENT 04 Sep 2025

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