BRIT Awards 2024 team up with No Music On A Dead Planet: “Help change the world”

nme.com:

The BRIT Awards 2024 have announced details of a partnership with No Music On A Dead Planet to further their commitment to environmental sustainability, NME can exclusively announce.The move is part of the BRITs “long-term vision” to “constantly review, innovate and adapt to deliver the awards’ sustainability goals”.

As a result, the awards will be teaming up the climate action group Music Declares Emergency to launch the first public call to action for their global No Music On A Dead Planet campaign.

It comes in a bid to “make fans a key part of this exciting and important journey” by “encouraging them to take positive action, get involved in volunteering at iconic music events to spread the word, and be rewarded with the chance to win amazing prizes”.Music Declares Emergency describe themselves as “a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency and call for an immediate governmental response to protect all life on Earth.”Their No Music On A Dead Planet campaign has been backed by the likes of Billie Eilish, The 1975, and Foals as well as having shirts designed by Thom Yorke, Joy Division artist Peter Saville and others.

Since it was launched in 2019, hundreds bands and musicians have now signed up to Music Declares Emergency’s pledge to revitalise how the music industry tackles climate disaster, from Radiohead to Robyn, The xx, Massive Attack and many more.“We are really happy to announce that The BRITs are inviting their audience, and everyone involved in the event, to join the No Music On A Dead Planet movement – this is a global community of artists and music fans coming together to take action on climate and the environment,” MDE.