Coldplay’s eco-friendly tour has reduced their carbon emissions by nearly half

The band describe the new figures as a "good start" but say more work is to be done

New figures shared by Coldplay show that the band have reduced their carbon emissions by nearly half with their eco-friendly world tour.

The band’s world stadium tour comes with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, and began last March in South America before coming to the United States and UK last summer.

The tour is currently in its second year and midway through a new run of UK dates, and new research on the tour so far has been undertaken by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shared by the band.

The figures show that the band have emitted 47 per cent less carbon emissions on the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour so far than their tour in 2016 and 2017, after which they said they would not be touring again until they could do so more sustainably.

Coldplay said of the figures: “This is a good start – and something that our incredible crew should be very proud of – but clearly there’s still room for improvement.”

Of tweaks to the system to improve sustainability, they told fans: “Now that we’re into the second year of the tour, we’ve started to run the entire show (audio, lights, lasers etc) from an electric battery system that allows us to use 100 per cent renewable energy as efficiently as possible. We have been using electric vehicles and alternative fuels wherever we can, as well as reducing waste and plastic usage to a minimum.”

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