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

ArtistTourAreaYear
AC/DCBlack Ice World TourEurope2009–2010
AC/DCRock Or Bust World TourNorth America, Europe and Australia2015–2016
AC/DCPower Up TourEurope2024
AdeleAdele in MunichGermany2024
A-haEnding On a High Note TourNorway2010
BeyoncéThe Formation World TourNorth American + Europe2016
BeyoncéOn the Run II Tour World2018
BeyoncéRenaissance World TourWorld2023
Bon JoviHave a Nice Day TourEurope + North America2006
Bon JoviLost Highway TourEurope2008
Bon JoviThe Circle TourNorth America + Australia2010
Bon JoviBon Jovi LiveEurope2011
Bon JoviBecause We CanEurope, North America + Australia2013
Bon JoviThis House Is Not For Sale TourEurope2019
Bruce SpringsteenWrecking Ball World TourEurope + North America2012
ColdplayViva La Vida TourEurope2009
ColdplayMylo Xyloto TourEurope + Australia2012
ColdplayA Head Full of Dreams TourWorld2016–2017
ColdplayMusic of the Spheres World TourWorld2022–2024
Depeche ModeThe Delta Machine TourEurope2013
GenesisInvisible Touch TourWorld1986-1987
GenesisWe Can't Dance TourWorld1992
GenesisTurn It On Again: The TourEurope + North America2007
Guns N' RosesUse Your Illusion TourWorld1991-1993
Guns N' RosesNot in This Lifetime... TourNorth America + Europe2016–2017
Herbert GrönemeyerSchiffsverkeher TourGermany2011
Jay-Z & Justin TimberlakeLegends of the Summer Stadium TourNorth America2013
Johnny HallydayTour 66France2009
Kenny ChesneyThe Big Revival TourNorth America2015
MadonnaThe MDNA TourEurope, North America + South America2012
MetallicaWorldWired TourNorth America + Europe2018–2019
MetallicaM72 World TourNorth America + Europe2023–2024
MuseThe Resistance TourEurope2010
MuseThe 2nd Law World TourEurope2013
MuseSimulation Theory World TourEurope2019
Mylène FarmerMylène Farmer en tournéeEurope2009
One DirectionWhere We Are TourEurope + North America2014
One DirectionOn the Road Again TourEurope + North America2015
Pink FloydA Momentary Lapse of Reason TourWorld1987-1989
Pink FloydThe Division Bell TourWorld1994
RammsteinRammstein Stadium TourEurope + North America2019–2024
Robbie WilliamsClose Encounters TourEurope + Australia2006
Robbie WilliamsTake the Crown Stadium TourEurope2013
Robbie WilliamsThe Heavy Entertainment Show TourEurope2017
Roger WatersThe Wall LiveNorth America, South America + Europe2012–2013
Take ThatTake That Presents: The Circus LiveEurope2009
Take ThatProgress LiveEurope2011
Take ThatGreatest Hits LiveEurope2019
Taylor SwiftThe 1989 World TourNorth America2015
Taylor SwiftReputation Stadium TourWorld2018
Taylor SwiftThe Eras TourWorld2023–2024
The PoliceThe Police Reunion TourNorth America, South America, Australia + Europe2007
The Rolling StonesVoodoo Lounge TourWorld1994-1995
The Rolling StonesBridges to Babylon TourWorld1997-1998
The Rolling StonesA Bigger Bang TourWorld2005–2007
The Rolling Stones14 On FireEurope + Australia2014
The Rolling StonesZip Code TourNorth America2015
The Rolling StonesAmérica Latina OléSouth America2016
The Rolling StonesNo Filter TourWorld2017–2021
The Rolling StonesSixtyEurope2022
The Rolling StonesHackney Diamonds TourNorth America2024
The WeekndAfter Hours til Dawn TourWorld2022–2023
Tina TurnerForeign Affair: The Farewell TourWorld1990
U2Zoo TV TourWorld1992-1993
U2PopMart TourWorld1997-1998
U2Vertigo TourWorld2005–2006
U2U2 360° TourWorld2009–2011
U2The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019World2017 + 2019