After years of disrupted touring schedules and fragile routing, live music returned to full scale in 2025.

EFM Global marked the year as its “Year of Music,” supporting 125 artists across stadium tours, global festival circuits and multi-continent production schedules. The company’s 2025 portfolio spanned genres and scales, from emerging acts to some of the world’s most established performers, including Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Megan Thee Stallion, Stormzy and My Chemical Romance.

“2025 has been a standout year for EFM in music, not just in the scale of artists we’re supporting, but in the consistency we’re delivering on the road,” said Ben Silas, Group CCO, Music, EFM Global. “Our job is to keep shows moving, protect schedules and make sure fans get the experience they came for, and artists experience no headaches, wherever the tour goes.”

Behind the scenes, that consistency depended on navigating increasingly complex touring realities: tighter routing windows, constrained freight capacity, evolving customs regimes and rising production expectations, all while maintaining show-to-show reliability.

To support its expanded footprint in live entertainment, EFM strengthened its music division with the appointment of Britton Forster as Music Project Manager, bringing additional touring expertise into the team.

“We are excited for Britton to be joining the EFM team at a moment when there’s real momentum behind what we’re building in music,” said Nick Hamilton, Global Marketing Manager, EFM Global. “The scale of what EFM delivered in 2025 shows a clear commitment to supporting artists properly, and Britton will help us carry that energy into the new year by strengthening how we plan, connect and deliver across tours and festivals worldwide.”

The operational demands of modern touring extend far beyond transport alone. As productions grow larger and schedules tighten, logistics has become a strategic layer of tour planning rather than a back-end function.

“Live music today is defined by complexity,” said Ben Silas, Group CCO, EFM Global. “Ambitious routing, fast turnarounds and larger productions, while borders, customs processes and freight capacity haven’t kept pace. The teams that succeed treat routing and logistics as a strategic workflow.”

Silas added that planning now must account for customs risk, venue access constraints, crew movement and infrastructure variability to ensure the fan experience remains consistent from city to city.

With its largest-ever slate of music projects completed in 2025 and additional specialist talent brought into the business, EFM Global enters 2026, positioning logistics not as a supporting act, but as a core pillar of successful global touring.