Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour moved up a spot in 2023 grossing $325.5 million in 50 shows* and will continue into 2024. The creative team of Production Designer Misty Buckley, who was also a Co-Creative Director with Phil Harvey, Lighting Designer Sooner Routhier, Video Designer Leo Flint, and Special Effects Designer David Kennedy took to heart the band’s mandate of sustainable touring. Routhier says this mantra makes us think as we move forward. “What gear and practices over the long term have the least effect on our planet? We might not have been perfect in our approach,” she notes, “but we moved the needle and know how we can go further with future tours.”
*The Top Tours of 2023 List order and grosses were sourced from Pollstar (www.pollstar.com) and Billboard (www.billboard.com). Data is from Nov. 17, 2022 to Nov. 15, 2023 (Pollstar) and Nov. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2023 (Billboard).
