Two years ago Coldplay (“Viva La Vida”) promised not to give concerts until tours can be made more sustainable. Now the British band has hatched a 12-point plan. Part of it: Dancing fans should provide energy – and generate electricity.
“The entire show is powered by renewable energy,” said front man Chris Martin (44) of the BBC. And the most interesting power source will come from the fans. “When they move, they drive the concert.”
The entire stadium, including the sound systems, cannot of course supply the spectators, but they can at least contribute their part: with a dance floor that generates electricity when the fans dance and jump wildly. In addition, the “Music of the Spheres” tour, which starts in March 2022, will include bicycles that can also be used to generate electricity.
“The more people move, the more they help,” said Chris Martin, explaining the concept. “You know it when the front man says, ‘We want you to jump up and down’? When I say that, you really have to jump up and down. Because if you don’t do that, the lights go out. “
The band also wants to plant a tree for every ticket sold. That should be a nice grove – 5.4 million tickets were sold on their last tour in 2016/2017.
Coldplay I consulted with environmental experts in order to make the upcoming tour as sustainable as possible. “We’re trying our best and we haven’t done it perfectly. That’s clear, “said Martin. He also understands that there is criticism that he and the other band members get on planes.
“We could stay home and that might be better. But we want to go on tour and we want to meet people and get in touch with them – so we try to do it in the cleanest possible way. “