Fan travel accounts for 77 per cent of UK live music emissions, Coldplay-backed research finds

Stuart Stone
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Study of more than 80,000 UK and US concerts quantifies live music's baseline emissions for the first time

Fan travel is the largest driver of the live music industry's carbon emissions, accounting for 77 per cent of the total in the UK and 62 per cent in the US for nearly all event types, according to a landmark...

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