Stageco
{{Short description|Staging and event company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Stageco Group
| logo =
| caption =
| type = Staging company
| foundation = {{Start date|1985}}
| founder = Hedwig De Meyer
| defunct =
| location_city = Tildonk
| location_country = Belgium
| location =
| locations = Belgium, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, United States
| area_served = Europe, UK, United States, Australia, Middle East, South Africa
| key_people = Hedwig De Meyer
| industry = live music, sports, corporate events, public celebrations
| products = custom stages, temporary buildings, festival stages, sporting structures, spot & delay towers, PA & video supports, turntables, lifts & hydraulic platforms, scaffolding structures, roof structures
| services = structural calculations, design, build & installation
| num_employees = 170
| homepage = {{URL|www.stageco.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web|title=Top Grossing Tours 2010|url=http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/12/29/751701.aspx|accessdate=31 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401232321/http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/12/29/751701.aspx|archivedate=1 April 2011}}
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.{{cite web| url= http://www.stageco.com/products |title= Stageco website: Products}}{{third party inline|date=March 2025}}
Examples of their work include touring stages for Coldplay,{{cn|date=March 2025}} Muse,{{cn|date=March 2025}} and U2's 360 Tour.{{Cite web | title=Stageco Delivers 360° Stage for U2 - ET Now UK | url=http://www.etnow.com/news/2009/7/stageco-delivers-360-and-deg-stage-for-u2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234534/http://www.etnow.com/news/2009/7/stageco-delivers-360-and-deg-stage-for-u2 | access-date=2025-03-09 | archive-date=2011-10-02}} 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.{{Cite web | title=Stageco Build Royal Drum in Middle East - ET Now UK | url=http://www.etnow.com/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221041934/http://www.etnow.com:80/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east | access-date=2025-03-09 | archive-date=2010-12-21}}{{cite news|last=Offord|first=John|title=Stageco Builds Royal Drum|url=http://www.etnow.com/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east|accessdate=31 March 2011|newspaper=ET Now|date=December 13, 2010}} The company also provide stages for a variety of festivals including 11 stages for Lowlands Festival,{{cite news|title=Lowlands Festival Success for Stageco Netherlands|url=http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/313003/lowlands_festival_success_for_stageco_netherlands.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075445/http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/313003/lowlands_festival_success_for_stageco_netherlands.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2012|accessdate=31 March 2011|newspaper=Total Production Magazine|date=2 September 2009}} and a wide variety of high end fashion shows, including for French designer Sonia Rykiel.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
Company history
Stageco was founded{{cite news|title=Stageco chronicle 'From Belgium with Love'|url=http://www.tpimagazine.com/Chronicle/733231/from_belgium_with_love.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075438/http://www.tpimagazine.com/Chronicle/733231/from_belgium_with_love.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-16|accessdate=31 March 2011|newspaper=Total Production|date=October 2010}} 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.{{Cite web |date= |title=TPi Awards 2012 - The Winners - Total Production |url=http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/1246024/tpi_awards_2012_the_winners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219062005/http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/1246024/tpi_awards_2012_the_winners.html |archive-date=2012-02-19 |access-date= |website=www.tpimagazine.com}}
Concert tours
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| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of concert tours by Stageco ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Tour ! scope="col"| Area ! scope="col"| Year |
| rowspan="3" | AC/DC
!scope="row"| Black Ice World Tour | Europe | 2009–2010 |
| scope="row"| Rock Or Bust World Tour
| North America, Europe and Australia |2015–2016 |
|---|
| scope="row"|Power Up Tour
|Europe |2024 |
| Adele
!scope="row"| Adele in Munich |Germany |2024 |
| A-ha
!scope="row"| Ending On a High Note Tour | Norway | 2010 |
| rowspan="3"| Beyoncé
!scope="row"| The Formation World Tour | North American + Europe | 2016 |
| scope="row"| On the Run II Tour (with Jay-Z)
| rowspan="2"| World | 2018 |
| scope="row"| Renaissance World Tour
| 2023 |
| rowspan="6"| Bon Jovi
!scope="row"| Have a Nice Day Tour | Europe + North America | 2006 |
| scope="row"| Lost Highway Tour
| Europe | 2008 |
| scope="row"| The Circle Tour
| North America + Australia | 2010 |
| scope="row"| Bon Jovi Live
| Europe | 2011 |
| scope="row"| Because We Can
| Europe, North America + Australia | 2013 |
| scope="row"| This House Is Not For Sale Tour
| Europe | 2019 |
| Bruce Springsteen
!scope="row"| Wrecking Ball World Tour | Europe + North America | 2012 |
| rowspan="4"| Coldplay
!scope="row"| Viva La Vida Tour | Europe | 2009 |
| scope="row"| Mylo Xyloto Tour
| Europe + Australia | 2012 |
| scope="row"| A Head Full of Dreams Tour
| rowspan="2"| World | 2016–2017 |
| scope="row"| Music of the Spheres World Tour
| 2022–2024 |
| Depeche Mode
!scope="row"| The Delta Machine Tour | Europe | 2013 |
| Genesis
!scope="row"| Turn It On Again: The Tour | Europe + North America | 2007 |
| Guns N' Roses
!scope="row"| Not in This Lifetime... Tour | North America + Europe | 2016–2017 |
| Herbert Grönemeyer
!scope="row"| Schiffsverkeher Tour | Germany | 2011 |
| Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
!scope="row"| Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour | North America | 2013 |
| Johnny Hallyday
!scope="row"| Tour 66 | France | 2009 |
| Kenny Chesney
!scope="row"| The Big Revival Tour | North America | 2015 |
| Madonna
!scope="row"| The MDNA Tour | Europe, North America + South America | 2012 |
| rowspan="2" | Metallica
!scope="row"| WorldWired Tour | North America + Europe | 2018–2019 |
| scope="row"|M72 World Tour
|North America + Europe |2023–2024 |
| rowspan="3"| Muse
!scope="row"| The Resistance Tour | rowspan="4"| Europe | 2010 |
| scope="row"| The 2nd Law World Tour
| 2013 |
| scope="row"| Simulation Theory World Tour
| 2019 |
| Mylène Farmer
!scope="row"| Mylène Farmer en tournée | 2009 |
| rowspan="2"| One Direction
!scope="row"| Where We Are Tour | rowspan="2"| Europe + North America | 2014 |
| scope="row"| On the Road Again Tour
| 2015 |
| Rammstein
!scope="row"| Rammstein Stadium Tour | Europe + North America | 2019–2024 |
| rowspan="3"| Robbie Williams
!scope="row"| Close Encounters Tour | Europe + Australia | 2006 |
| scope="row"| Take the Crown Stadium Tour
| rowspan="2"| Europe | 2013 |
| scope="row"| The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour
| 2017 |
| Roger Waters
!scope="row"| The Wall Live | North America, South America + Europe | 2012–2013 |
| rowspan="3"| Take That
!scope="row"| Take That Presents: The Circus Live | rowspan="3"| Europe | 2009 |
| scope="row"| Progress Live
| 2011 |
| scope="row"| Greatest Hits Live
| 2019 |
| rowspan="3"| Taylor Swift
!scope="row"| The 1989 World Tour | North America | 2015 |
| scope="row"| Reputation Stadium Tour
| rowspan="2"| World | 2018 |
| scope="row"| The Eras Tour
| 2023–2024 |
| The Police
!scope="row"| The Police Reunion Tour | North America, South America, Australia + Europe | 2007 |
| rowspan="7" | The Rolling Stones
!scope="row"| A Bigger Bang Tour | World | 2005–2007 |
| scope="row"| 14 On Fire
| Europe + Australia | 2014 |
| scope="row"| Zip Code Tour
| North America | 2015 |
| scope="row"| América Latina Olé
| South America | 2016 |
| scope="row"| No Filter Tour
| World | 2017–2021 |
| scope="row"|Sixty
|Europe |2022 |
| scope="row"|Hackney Diamonds Tour
|North America |2024 |
| The Weeknd
!scope="row"| After Hours til Dawn Tour | World | 2022–2023 |
| rowspan="3"| U2
!scope="row"| Vertigo Tour | rowspan="3"| World | 2005–2006 |
| scope="row"| U2 360° Tour
| 2009–2011 |
| scope="row"| The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019
| 2017 + 2019 |