Can live music go green?

Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 10:21 a.m.

The live music industry is booming. With global growth in concerts and festivals, more and more of us are enjoying our favourite bands and artists live. The music industry now relies on touring for money \u2013 encouraging more and more bands to travel and fans to see them. This is causing emissions to soar just like the private jets. So what can be done? Jordan Dunbar discovers the problem isn\u2019t coming from who you might think and that this could be a climate opportunity rather than a problem.

Guests:\nBen Pol, Afrobeats star\nProf Carly McLachlan, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, University of Manchester\nJordi Herreruela, Director of the Cruilla Barcelona Festival\nLuke Howells, Head of Sustainability for Coldplay and Glastonbury Festival\nHenry Stuart, Co-Founder and CEO of Visualise

Producers: Osman Iqbal and Ben Cooper\nReporter in Barcelona: Esperanza Escribano\nResearchers: Octavia Woodward and Isobel Gough\nSeries producer: Simon Watts\nEditor: China Collins\nSound engineers: Tom Brignell\nProduction coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill