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tour – and the February shows at the O2 in London will be “carbon-removed” – which
organisers AEG are declaring a world-first for a music event.
They claim to have calculated how much carbon the staging, catering and travel for
the show will produce, and the equivalent amount will be removed from the
atmosphere by the start-up CUR8. It follows on from the opening of The 1975’s 2020
album Notes on a Conditional Form, which featured a speech from the activist Greta
Thunberg. Maybe Healy could just about redeem himself if he saved the planet. Emily
Bootle
Touring, 8 – 21 February, carbon-removed shows 12 and 13 February
Dance
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boriz Charmatz: Nelken
Sadler’s Wells, London
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boriz Charmatz: Nelken
No, not a premiere. Far from it, in fact. Germany’s iconic Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
Bausch – always a pleasure to have them in London – are bringing an absolute classic
of contemporary dance to Sadler’s Wells. The company’s signature 1982
piece, Nelken, is performed on a stage strewn with 8,000 silk carnations and contains
