# Stageco

Stageco is an international staging, event and structures engineering company.
They design and custom build concert stages, corporate and sporting structures and temporary buildings for every kind of event. They have built stages for some of the top-grossing tours.
With headquarters in Belgium, Stageco also has offices in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the United States. The Stageco Group employ around 170 staff including in-house designers, engineers, project managers and onsite crew.

## Company profile

Stageco designs and builds custom-made as well as standardised concert stages, temporary structures for all kind of events as well as supplying PA structures, sport and delay towers, event scaffolding, roof structures, hydraulic lifts and platforms and grandstand structures. Examples of their work include touring stages for Coldplay, Muse, and U2's 360 Tour. In 2010 Stageco created the double configuration stage at Download for AC/DC and bespoke temporary event structure The Drum for the Middle East Gas celebrations organised by WRG for the 77 Mta Task Force. The company also provide stages for a variety of festivals including 11 stages for Lowlands Festival, and a wide variety of high end fashion shows, including for French designer Sonia Rykiel.

## Company history

Stageco was founded by Hedwig De Meyer in Belgium in 1985, who built stages for the Rock Werchter Festival since 1977. By the mid eighties Stageco provided equipment for Genesis and Pink Floyd, whilst refining the tower systems and roofs. In 1992 the staging company worked directly with an architect to create a custom built stage for Genesis’ We Can't Dance tour. That same year Stageco US was incorporated, touring in the U.S. with Guns N' Roses and Metallica. Over the following years, new offices were opened in the Netherlands, Germany and France.

## Awards

Stageco was among seven winners in the Plasa innovation award for the companies new The Arena Lift Stageco won Favourite Staging Company in the 2012 TPi Awards.

## Concert tours

Overview of concert tours by Stageco :
| Artist | Tour | Area | Year |
| AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | Europe | 2009–2010 |
| AC/DC | Rock Or Bust World Tour | North America, Europe and Australia | 2015–2016 |
| AC/DC | Power Up Tour | Europe | 2024 |
| Adele | Adele in Munich | Germany | 2024 |
| A-ha | Ending On a High Note Tour | Norway | 2010 |
| Beyoncé | The Formation World Tour | North American + Europe | 2016 |
| Beyoncé | On the Run II Tour (with Jay-Z) | World | 2018 |
| Beyoncé | Renaissance World Tour | World | 2023 |
| Bon Jovi | Have a Nice Day Tour | Europe + North America | 2006 |
| Bon Jovi | Lost Highway Tour | Europe | 2008 |
| Bon Jovi | The Circle Tour | North America + Australia | 2010 |
| Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi Live | Europe | 2011 |
| Bon Jovi | Because We Can | Europe, North America + Australia | 2013 |
| Bon Jovi | This House Is Not For Sale Tour | Europe | 2019 |
| Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball World Tour | Europe + North America | 2012 |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida Tour | Europe | 2009 |
| Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto Tour | Europe + Australia | 2012 |
| Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | World | 2016–2017 |
| Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | World | 2022–2024 |
| Depeche Mode | The Delta Machine Tour | Europe | 2013 |
| Genesis | Turn It On Again: The Tour | Europe + North America | 2007 |
| Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | North America + Europe | 2016–2017 |
| Herbert Grönemeyer | Schiffsverkeher Tour | Germany | 2011 |
| Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake | Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour | North America | 2013 |
| Johnny Hallyday | Tour 66 | France | 2009 |
| Kenny Chesney | The Big Revival Tour | North America | 2015 |
| Madonna | The MDNA Tour | Europe, North America + South America | 2012 |
| Metallica | WorldWired Tour | North America + Europe | 2018–2019 |
| Metallica | M72 World Tour | North America + Europe | 2023–2024 |
| Muse | The Resistance Tour | Europe | 2010 |
| Muse | The 2nd Law World Tour | Europe | 2013 |
| Muse | Simulation Theory World Tour | Europe | 2019 |
| Mylène Farmer | Mylène Farmer en tournée | Europe | 2009 |
| One Direction | Where We Are Tour | Europe + North America | 2014 |
| One Direction | On the Road Again Tour | Europe + North America | 2015 |
| Rammstein | Rammstein Stadium Tour | Europe + North America | 2019–2024 |
| Robbie Williams | Close Encounters Tour | Europe + Australia | 2006 |
| Robbie Williams | Take the Crown Stadium Tour | Europe | 2013 |
| Robbie Williams | The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour | Europe | 2017 |
| Roger Waters | The Wall Live | North America, South America + Europe | 2012–2013 |
| Take That | Take That Presents: The Circus Live | Europe | 2009 |
| Take That | Progress Live | Europe | 2011 |
| Take That | Greatest Hits Live | Europe | 2019 |
| Taylor Swift | The 1989 World Tour | North America | 2015 |
| Taylor Swift | Reputation Stadium Tour | World | 2018 |
| Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | World | 2023–2024 |
| The Police | The Police Reunion Tour | North America, South America, Australia + Europe | 2007 |
| The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | World | 2005–2007 |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 On Fire | Europe + Australia | 2014 |
| The Rolling Stones | Zip Code Tour | North America | 2015 |
| The Rolling Stones | América Latina Olé | South America | 2016 |
| The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour | World | 2017–2021 |
| The Rolling Stones | Sixty | Europe | 2022 |
| The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds Tour | North America | 2024 |
| The Weeknd | After Hours til Dawn Tour | World | 2022–2023 |
| U2 | Vertigo Tour | World | 2005–2006 |
| U2 | U2 360° Tour | World | 2009–2011 |
| U2 | The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019 | World | 2017 + 2019 |