# Stageco

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**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.[1]

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.[2]

## 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.[3] Examples of their work include touring stages for [Coldplay](/source/Coldplay),[4] [Muse](/source/Muse_(Band)),[5] and [U2](/source/U2)'s [360 Tour](/source/360_Tour).[6] In 2010 Stageco created the double configuration stage at [Download](/source/Download) for [AC/DC](/source/AC/DC) and bespoke temporary event structure The Drum for the Middle East Gas celebrations organised by WRG for the 77 Mta Task Force.[7][8] The company also provide stages for a variety of festivals including 11 stages for [Lowlands Festival](/source/Lowlands_Festival),[9] and a wide variety of high end fashion shows, including for French designer Sonia Rykiel.[10]

## Company history

Stageco was founded by Hedwig De Meyer in Belgium in 1985,[11] who built stages for the [Rock Werchter](/source/Rock_Werchter) Festival since 1977. By the mid eighties Stageco provided equipment for [Genesis](/source/Genesis_(band)) and [Pink Floyd](/source/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](/source/We_Can't_Dance_Tour)*. That same year Stageco US was incorporated, touring in the U.S. with [Guns N' Roses](/source/Guns_N'_Roses) and [Metallica](/source/Metallica). Over the following years, new offices were opened in the Netherlands, Germany and France.[12]

## Awards

Stageco was among seven winners in the Plasa [innovation](/source/Innovation) award for the companies new The Arena Lift Stageco won Favourite Staging Company in the 2012 TPi Awards.[13]

## Concert tours

Overview of concert tours by Stageco[14] Artist Tour Area Year AC/DC Black Ice World Tour Europe 2009–2010 Rock Or Bust World Tour North America, Europe and Australia 2015–2016 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 On the Run II Tour (with Jay-Z) World 2018 Renaissance World Tour 2023 Bon Jovi Have a Nice Day Tour Europe + North America 2006 Lost Highway Tour Europe 2008 The Circle Tour North America + Australia 2010 Bon Jovi Live Europe 2011 Because We Can Europe, North America + Australia 2013 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 Mylo Xyloto Tour Europe + Australia 2012 A Head Full of Dreams Tour World 2016–2017 Music of the Spheres World Tour 2022–2024 Depeche Mode The Delta Machine Tour Europe 2013 Genesis Invisible Touch Tour World 1986-1987 We Can't Dance Tour World 1992 Turn It On Again: The Tour Europe + North America 2007 Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion Tour World 1991-1993 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 M72 World Tour North America + Europe 2023–2024 Muse The Resistance Tour Europe 2010 The 2nd Law World Tour 2013 Simulation Theory World Tour 2019 Mylène Farmer Mylène Farmer en tournée 2009 One Direction Where We Are Tour Europe + North America 2014 On the Road Again Tour 2015 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour World 1987-1989 The Division Bell Tour World 1994 Rammstein Rammstein Stadium Tour Europe + North America 2019–2024 Robbie Williams Close Encounters Tour Europe + Australia 2006 Take the Crown Stadium Tour Europe 2013 The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour 2017 Roger Waters The Wall Live North America, South America + Europe 2012–2013 Take That Take That Presents: The Circus Live Europe 2009 Progress Live 2011 Greatest Hits Live 2019 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour North America 2015 Reputation Stadium Tour World 2018 The Eras Tour 2023–2024 The Police The Police Reunion Tour North America, South America, Australia + Europe 2007 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour World 1994-1995 Bridges to Babylon Tour World 1997-1998 A Bigger Bang Tour World 2005–2007 14 On Fire Europe + Australia 2014 Zip Code Tour North America 2015 América Latina Olé South America 2016 No Filter Tour World 2017–2021 Sixty Europe 2022 Hackney Diamonds Tour North America 2024 The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour World 2022–2023 Tina Turner Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour World 1990 U2 Zoo TV Tour World 1992-1993 PopMart Tour World 1997-1998 Vertigo Tour World 2005–2006 U2 360° Tour 2009–2011 The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019 2017 + 2019

## References

1. ["Top Grossing Tours 2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110401232321/http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/12/29/751701.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/12/29/751701.aspx) on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

1. ["Stageco Belgium NV"](https://besa.be/nl/member/stageco-belgium-nv/). *besa.be*. 21 December 2019.

1. ["Stageco website: Products"](http://www.stageco.com/products)

1. ["Podium van Coldplay heeft Limburgs tintje: staalbedrijf TCS uit Houthalen maakte bijzondere constructies"](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/08/09/podium-van-coldplay-heeft-ook-limburgs-tintje-stageco-doet-voor/) (in Dutch). *[VRT](/source/VRT_(broadcaster))*. 9 August 2022.

1. ["Muse - The Resistance Tour 2010"](https://www.stageco.com/references/muse-the-resistance-tour-2010/306). *stageco.com*. 17 May 2024.

1. ["Stageco Delivers 360° Stage for U2 - ET Now UK"](http://www.etnow.com/news/2009/7/stageco-delivers-360-and-deg-stage-for-u2). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234534/http://www.etnow.com/news/2009/7/stageco-delivers-360-and-deg-stage-for-u2) 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-03-09.

1. ["Stageco Build Royal Drum in Middle East - ET Now UK"](http://www.etnow.com/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101221041934/http://www.etnow.com:80/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east) 2010-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-03-09.

1. Offord, John (December 13, 2010). ["Stageco Builds Royal Drum"](http://www.etnow.com/news/2010/12/stageco-build-royal-drum-in-middle-east). *ET Now*. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

1. ["Lowlands Festival Success for Stageco Netherlands"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075445/http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/313003/lowlands_festival_success_for_stageco_netherlands.html). *Total Production Magazine*. 2 September 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/313003/lowlands_festival_success_for_stageco_netherlands.html) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

1. ["Stageco builds replica Paris for H&M fashion show"](https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/stageco-builds-replica-paris-h-m-fashion-show/972194) (in Dutch). *campaignlive.co.uk*. 4 December 2009.

1. ["Stageco chronicle 'From Belgium with Love'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075438/http://www.tpimagazine.com/Chronicle/733231/from_belgium_with_love.html). *Total Production*. October 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.tpimagazine.com/Chronicle/733231/from_belgium_with_love.html) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

1. ["Stageco Belgium nv"](https://www.eventplanner.be/bedrijven/3263_stageco-belgium-nv.html) (in Dutch). *eventplanner.be*. 1 December 2023.

1. ["TPi Awards 2012 - The Winners - Total Production"](http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/1246024/tpi_awards_2012_the_winners.html). *www.tpimagazine.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120219062005/http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/1246024/tpi_awards_2012_the_winners.html) 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Stageco - References"](https://www.stageco.com/references). *stageco.com*. 1 June 2025.

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