AY's Story
AY is a singer, songwriter, entertainer, producer, and entrepreneur, to name a few, and is helping change the world daily. While touring the world throughout the past 10+ years, AY learned that over a billion people across the world lack access to electricity. Inspired by his parents’ tireless work revitalizing his community, he wanted to make a difference in the world – a big difference. In his own distinctive way. In response, AY founded the Battery Tour and began powering concerts using only renewable energy.
About Battery Tour
The Battery Tour is the longest-running renewable-energy-powered concert series in world history, proudly building a global movement since 2012. 🌎🔋 Created by AY Young — a United Nations Youth Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), singer-songwriter, and changemaker — the Battery Tour raises funds through donations to promote, develop, and deploy sustainable energy solutions, such as solar-powered electricity boxes, to communities without reliable access to power.
To date, AY and the Battery Tour have completed 959 concerts around the world, each one powered entirely by renewable energy sourced from solar and battery systems. The tour is blazing a path on the Road to 1,000 Clean Energy Concerts, with the goal of setting a Guinness World Record for the most concerts powered completely by renewable energy.
Not just a concert series, the Battery Tour directly funds organizations working on the ground, helping implement real-world sustainability projects and clean energy solutions, with proceeds from every show.
The movement has drawn support from top global artists, brands, organizations, and Seattle-based musicians, including The Head and the Heart, Tech N9ne, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Drille, Bisa Kdei, and Lime Cordiale.
This isn’t just music — it’s a call to action. It’s a community. It’s a vision for a sustainable future, one concert at a time. 🌱🎶
Project17
Music for impact. AY is currently producing "Project17". 1 song for each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable development goals. The 17 Global Goals, such as clean water, clean energy production, and life-saving health care, are supported by a 17 episode docu-series, 17+ sponsors, 17+ nonprofit organisations known as "implementation partners", and 17+ famous recording artists who are to inspire massive cross sector collaboration and impact. In addition 100% of the profits of album and tour will be donated to the implementation partners, and sustainable development projects.
