The first time I had ever listened to Coldplay, it played from my dad’s iPod Touch. Loaded onto the now seemingly archaic hand-me-down mp3 player was “Clocks,” a beautiful arrangement of piano melodies and momentous rock sounds that I would lie in bed and listen to over and over again. Something about how the instrumentals built to these powerful crescendos, then settled to allow Chris Martin’s powerful yet relaxed vocals to come to the forefront, just tickled my eardrums. It fascinated me how much a collection of sounds could be so magical, even through the less-than-comfortable circular earbuds Apple provided with its products at the time.
Surely, I’m not alone in feeling the power of Coldplay’s music. The band is one of the world’s biggest music acts, with tens of millions of fans gathering globally to experience its incredible discography live. How could listeners resist the opportunity to hear this dreamy, ethereal, psychedelic music in person? It’s the kind of music one must experience live.
The band stops in Las Vegas on its Music of the Spheres World Tour, which began in 2022. A tour this long that’s sold more than 12 million tickets internationally would be enough to be considered a feat on its own, but it has also been very carefully and consciously planned.
With sustainability initiatives in place, the band made its intentions clear and set an example for other artists who may disregard the ecological impact touring efforts cause. In fact, the Music of the Spheres World Tour began in Costa Rica, because 99 percent of the nation’s power grid is sourced by renewable energy.
According to its website, the band set the goal to produce 50 percent of its previous 2016-’17 tour’s CO2 emissions (and it succeeded in its first two years, with emissions down 59 percent). That’s required measures like installing solar facilities where possible, using renewable diesel made from hydrotreated vegetable oil, and kinetic energy systems that allow the movement of fans to power the show, among other measures. That means busting out your best dance move actually helps power the show and contributes to its eco-friendly mission.
Naturally, a worldwide tour that necessitates travel and shipping equipment from continent to continent still produces a gargantuan carbon footprint, but for every ticket sold, Coldplay sponsors the planting and protection of one tree. So this tour alone is responsible for millions of new trees.
One of the ways Coldplay encourages fans to participate in reducing the tour’s environmental impact is to arrive at the show by foot, rideshare or public transportation—modes of travel that are considered more sustainable than driving individually. To participate in doing so from the Strip, use the tram system or the monorail to get from your hotel to Mandalay Bay. Then walk across the Hacienda Bridge to the stadium. Or carpool with your friends to nearby WSKY Stadium, a restaurant and parking garage where you can have a nice meal and beer before walking over to the stadium.
Allegiant Stadium, 6 p.m. June 6-7, starting at $265 plus tax and fee. allegiantstadium.com
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