Philadelphia’s HiJinx Festival transformed the Pennsylvania Convention Center into a massive two-night EDM New Year’s Eve party, bringing a stellar lineup of bass heavy DJs who played out amid mind-bending lighting that was designed to uplift and thrill. Creative production company Raw Cereal, known for pushing the boundaries of light-art shows, created a huge range…
Spacemap Go and Atmos Immersive Systems Unlock Limitless Possibilities. When it opened in September of last year, the new campus of Sonic College — a unit of the University of South Denmark in Kolding — immediately vaulted to the top ranks of European educational institutions for all disciplines related to sound design for music, film,…
Greg Klimetz and the team at Relevant AV Solutions gave themselves a clear mission statement when they began planning the “Transformation Project” at New Covenant Church’s worship center in the spring of 2021. “The key word in our planning was ‘yes,’” said Klimetz. “As in when the church asked us “can we do…” our answer…
“Anytime I create, my goal is audience immersion,” Matt Moreland says when describing his approach to lighting design. “I strive to make the audience feel as though they are part of the show, not sitting in the dark watching what is happening on stage.” The fruits of this philosophy were plain to see (and feel…
The Boyband Tour is a vibrant, joyous, hi-energy, two-hour steamroller of a set inspired by some of the greatest international ‘boyband’ hits from the nineties and noughties – Westlife, Backstreet Boys, SpiceBoys (celebrating the wonderful androgyny of music) and many more infections and beats that defined much of the pop of the era! It is…
Light Craft & Sound, a leading lighting supplier for the film and TV industry in India, has recently purchased one hundred PROLIGHTS EclPanel TWC, ten EclPanel TWCXL and ten combined Astra Wash19Pix and 37Pix moving lights to their rental fleet. Light Craft is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Mumbai that works with leading channels…
Brompton Technology, a global leader in LED processing for video walls, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cesar Caceres, who will be joining the company’s cross-functional product development team as their Product Lead. Having worked at Brompton between 2017 and 2019 as Product Specialist, followed by senior technical roles at disguise and Votion Studios…
German metal band Powerwolf unleashed their no-holds-barred Wolfsnächte Tour 2022 across Europe in the autumn, with a characteristically energetic show designed to thrill their hoards of die hard fans. Dominating the staging was a huge 5mm pixel pitch LED wall displaying album cover artwork, creatures of the night, and eerie scenes, driven by Hippotizer Boreal…
Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods. London’s largest ever New Year’s Eve celebration took place at the London Eye on the River Thames, featuring a stunning fireworks and drone display accompanied by a mesmerizing…
Crowded House are among Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic, popular, and successful bands, with a string of melodic hits like “Better Be Home Soon”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Something So Strong” and others, some stretching back to the 1980’s, all still infectiously foot tapping in 2022 when they hit the road again after re-forming…
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand based design studio Filament Eleven 11 is a creative tour de force combining the talents and imagination of lighting and visual artists Rachel Marlow and Brad Gledhill. Working across multiple genres – theatre, opera, dance, rock ‘n’ roll’ live events, installation, and light art – and embracing a mix of medias…
The first-of-its-kind technology, which enables seamlessly automated AVL effects in venues of any size, will launch before an international audience in Barcelona. Naostage’s K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking solution, will make its highly anticipated debut before an international audience at Integrated Systems Europe 2023 (31st January – 3rd February). The award-winning…
Wilderado is a three-piece indie folk band from Oklahoma with a loyal and ever-expanding fan-base. The beginning of the year saw them complete of a sold-out US headline tour and announce their first UK tour as special guests on alt-J’s The Dream Tour, ending this autumn with their own headline leg. But, despite their solid…
Advanced LED technology allows Shortcut LED Stage to reproduce complex scenarios in a totally lifelike way, with perfect reflections and naturalistic lighting. Creative Technology has worked alongside the Nordisk Film-owned VFX and post-production company Nordisk Film Shortcut to create the Shortcut LED Stage – a full 360° LED stage, 16 metres in diameter and six…
New Product Introductions and Interactive Tech Bars Highlight ISE Presence. At this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona, Meyer Sound will introduce a new product expected to have a significant impact on portable touring and installed sound industries. Only a year ago, the company debuted the phenomenally successful PANTHER™ large-format linear line array…
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in move theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “covid safe” seating plan…
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. Lighting director and programmer, Austin Schneider,…
Lighting Designer Matthew Tunchon and Qatar Vision Production Company WLL (QVISION) utilized a large Claypaky rig to light the first test event for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 inside the newly built Lusail Stadium in Doha, which hosted the tournament’s final match between France and Argentina. The event marked the official unveiling of the World…
Since 1985, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart has brought together various artistic genres, experimental and popular productions, internationally renowned artists and newly developed projects under one roof. The Theaterhaus maintains its own theatre and dance ensemble and raises almost 65% of its annual costs itself. The figures speak for themselves: the Theaterhaus has around 300,000 visitors every…
SIXTY82 is proud to present the all-new TPM29S, a new 29cm box truss that is up to 25% stronger, yet fully compatible with, the M29 series box truss. By introducing TPM29S, the first in SIXTY82’s new TPM Truss Series, Sixty82 has re-invented the industry’s most popular truss type, the M29S box truss, to deliver a…
Ohio’s premier gaming centre first to install next-generation washlight. in north-east Ohio, MGM Northfield Park – the region’s premier destination for dining, gaming and entertainment – has become the first venue in the United States to permanently install GLP’s impression X5 next-generation washlight. All 30 of the fixtures are featured in the complex’s 1,820-seat theatre…
AIE Film School has chosen Brompton Technology’s LED processing to power its Virtual Production volume on its Canberra, Australia, campus soundstage, with plans for an expanded volume later this year. AIE’s temporarily constructed 18.5 x 3.5m stage creates a single, large volume, made up of Liantronics LED panels and powered by Brompton Technology Tessera SX40…
CHAUVET Professional entered the holiday season with a full head of steam, anchoring shows for headliners at major arenas throughout the country. Now with the turning of the calendar page, the UK team is embarking on another tour, not in support of a musical artists, but to give lighting professionals a first hand look at…
Andre Beekmans and a talented team from his Eindhoven, Netherlands based design studio, The Art of Light, created a stunning lighting scheme for the 2022 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) a one-day electronic music extravaganza of epic proportions produced by ALDA and staged at the Johan Cruijff Arena as part of the 2022 Amsterdam Music Event…
Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes…
“I want to break barriers. I want to try new things.” Jubin Nautyal told an interviewer this summer. The 2022 IIFA Awards Playback Singer of the Year, has certainly done this with his music recently, moving gracefully through genres ranging from romantic Bollywood ballads, to the foot tapping “Humma Song,” to his hit rap tune…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier XLR has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional lighting products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The distribution partnership went into effect on January 1, 2023. Located in Brussels, XLR delivers innovative pro-AV equipment to theatres, recording studios, broadcasters, system integrators, rental companies & commercial…
Cambridge, UK-based company CEG specialises in the trade rental of lighting, power, rigging, and effects equipment used for a wide range of entertainment shows and live events embracing multiple sectors. Founded by Ben Bowles and Gavin Thorrold in 2008, the company has weathered the challenges of the pandemic with some smart thinking and fiscal agility…
Michel Arntz joins Robe’s international sales team as key Account Manager for Europe. He will be co-ordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe including Ukraine, and his area will also include all of Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic states, Austria, Switzerland and most of the Balkan countries. Netherlands-based Michel is already a well-known and respected…
No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the…
FC Production, an events supplier based in Sweden, has invested heavily in a mixture of brand-new PROLIGHTS fixtures, including 36x Jet Wash7, 16x Astra Hybrid420, 24x Smart BatPlusG2 and 8x EclFresnel fixtures. The new kit will go straight into FC’s rental fleet and is already booked out to go on shows for the end of…
iWedia S.A, part of the ZEGi group and world-class provider of software solutions for connected TV devices, and Simply.TV, a world-class TV metadata provider, today announced a partnership to deliver enhanced user experiences for global broadcast TV. The new joint solution increases engagement time on Live TV and offers multiple options for OEMs to enable…
Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the…
“It’s been a while, but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you again.” So read the official statement announcing the recently-completed UK tour by the Kaiser Chiefs. The multi Brit-Award winning band did indeed get a good look at their legion of loyal fans as they blew the roof off…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier Rolight has been named the new exclusive distributor of Elation lighting products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2023, also encompasses Elation’s atmospheric effects brand Magmatic. Based in Enschede, the Netherlands, Rolight specializes in supplying the Dutch market with…
A cluster of events celebrated the 30-year career and 50th birthday of Finnish lighting designer, Mikki Kunttu last autumn. Finland’s Tampere Hall hosted Lucid Dreams, a photographic exhibition of Kunttu’s work, Light & Shadow, an international lighting seminar that included contributions from LeRoy Bennett, Christopher Bauder, Benjamin Dupont, Ralph Jörg Wezorke and Ola Melzig, a…
Ayrton will present a fine selection of its product range on its integration-themed booth (Booth 7B550) at ISE in Barcelona from 31 January – 3 February 2023. New products include the newly released Zonda 3, alongside its larger sibling, Zonda 9, and Ayrton’s first laser-sourced fixture, Cobra. Zonda 3Part of Ayrton’s multi-sources 3 Series and…
The Good Shepherd Church in Seongnam, Korea is a busy, active, and dynamic environment running a raft of regular daily, weekly, and monthly performance-based worship services, praise gatherings plus other related shows and events. It is right at the heart of its local community and is a constant fundraiser for assorted humanitarian causes, both local…
Staged for the first time at the Cagliari Lyric Theatre in Sardinia, Arthur Laurents’ two-act stage musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and loosely based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, was a guaranteed success. The staging offered by the Cagliari Lyric Theater was derived from three major U.S. musical institutions:…
Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their “Black Death Rager World Tour,” in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. The tour marked the third for Nick Drake as the band’s Lighting Designer; he is also a Light Technician with Richmond, Virginia’s Lite-Tek Entertainment, a…
Stories you may have missed: 2022 was a busy year for Ayrton. This month we catch up with a few stories, beginning with Gerry Cinnamon’s UK summer tour. Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park…
Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the “Clash of Clans World Championship” and the “Clash Royale League World Finals” at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in…
Red and green may be the traditional holiday colors, but the true story and meaning of Christmas can often be better reflected with a broader and more varied palette. This was beautifully evident at the 90-minute “Christmas at Hillcrest” concert, which took place at the church’s Nine Mile Campus, as purples and blues, along with…
Tunable KL Panel™ LED softlight delivers top quality illumination at Indoor Friesland. In October, MHB of the Netherlands provided high quality sport lighting for Indoor Friesland, one of Europe’s top equestrian competitions. A professionally illuminated wash of the highest standard was a must for the event and MHB delivered using their recently expanded inventory of…
The brand-new Chaparral High School in the central Texas city of Killeen opened its doors in August 2022 with a state-of-the-art performing arts wing designed to elevate student learning. It is equipped with an array of luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, including…
High CRI framing fixture with zoom also a highly versatile wash luminaire. Elation Professional is simplifying ellipsoidal lighting with the new, all-in-one KL Profile FC™. Designed for the ultimate in flexibility and performance, the KL Profile FC combines everything a designer needs in one innovative package, eliminating the need for additional lighting accessories and making…
“My client wanted this to have the look and feel of a quintessential Christmas show.” Every lighting designer can relate to that this time of year. But in Nate Haber’s case, the request was made with a bit of a different twist. Instead of being asked to support standard holiday tunes, his design had to…
“The Studio of the Future | The Metaverse in Real Life”. North America’s fastest growing network of virtual production studios for the TV Commercial, Episodic and Feature Film industry, announced a virtual production workshop that will be held at Vū Las Vegas in partnership with HTC, Aputure and Puget Systems during CES 2023 on Friday,…
There is a touching beauty to the power of Christmas traditions. Even with the passage of time, and sometimes hardships, they are passed down through generations serving as a source of strength and hope. Jennifer Lucas has a first-hand appreciation of this power as the director, programmer, and lighting design of the Taylor Family Christmas…
As Christmas approaches, the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, Spain, has used PROLIGHTS’ ArcPod fixtures to illuminate their cranes. The public company has done lighting tests on one of the machines, which went from having the usual grey tone to varying shades, including blue, green, red and purple. The installation features 20 PROLIGHTS ArcPod 27Q and…
PANTHER Line Array Lifts USA and Europe to New Sales Records. Boosted by strong demand for the new flagship PANTHER™ large-format linear line array loudspeaker, Meyer Sound has set an all-time record for domestic sales in 2022 while Meyer Sound Europe also posted record numbers for the year. According to Senior Vice President John McMahon,…
Upon completing a string of European performances in July, global pop star Faouzia began preparations for a fall North American tour that saw the Moroccan-Canadian singer playing dates across the U.S. and Canada. Jon Stanners of entertainment production company Red Rover Entertainment of Winnipeg designed lighting for the outing and specified an Elation rig of…
While many attending LDI 2022 in Las Vegas “oohed and aahed” over Claypaky’s demo of their Volero Wave LED bar, OSA International’s Mark Fetto bought the full LDI rig Claypaky’s of the innovative new fixtures. “We jumped on them,” he says. “Volero Wave was the coolest new product we saw at LDI.” Volero Wave is…
Danilo La Rosa is an Italian lighting designer with a successful career spanning more than three decades. He has worked on live events and theatre productions all over the world. A long-time Hog platform fan, Hog 4 was the obvious choice for La Rosa when he was tasked with lighting runway shows at the recent…
impression X4 S and impression X4 Bar 20 help create ‘suburban garage party’ vibes. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Walker Hayes recently embarked on his first headline arena tour, with the help of The Darkroom Creative (Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves), who were responsible for the stage lighting. Helping them build their set was a bunch of classic…
As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight! “This was the…
Xytech strengthens its Media Operations command center to manage all assets, people, resources, and facilities. To continue to strengthen and expand its Media Operations Platform™, Xytech has released the Granite version of its industry-leading Platform. Xytech’s new and improved Media Operations Platform™ is a vital resource for end-to-end media production, making it the only platform…
Music is the lifeline of the event industry. It forms the foundation for concerts, stage shows and nightlife – and it is deeply rooted in the DNA of Prolight + Sound, the leading trade fair for entertainment technology. Prolight + Sound would like to reflect the extraordinary importance of musical performances and productions for the…
Scottish singer songwriter Gerry Cinnamon concluded his summer tour with two sell-out concerts at his home stadium, Hampden Park, in Glasgow, breaking records as he did so. Cinnamon was the first Scottish artist, and the first independent act to sell out the 50,000 capacity stadium – twice! His long-term production and lighting designer, Pete Hutchison…
“No winter lasts forever,” so goes a familiar adage intended to encourage optimism during dark times. The happy crowds that begin gathering at La Folie Douce Val d’Isère every December take a somewhat different view of winter. For them, the season cannot last long enough! Anyone who has ever visited this après ski get-away at…
Visual Elements – a leading supplier in the design and production of creative technical solutions – recently refresh their older PAR can lighting with a more sustainable alternative. The UK based business offers a full range of services from the dry hire of equipment to productions of any scale. The scope of their projects meant…
Nature’s fury and man-made hazards can both play havoc with lighting design plans, but the innovative and thoughtful use of technology can protect against these threats. That’s been a driving concept behind the development of CHAUVET Professional’s IP65 rated product, and it was also stunningly reflected in the company’s booth at this year’s LDI Show.…
With lighting control professionals crowding the Obsidian Control Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas, the show was a testament to Obsidian’s position as perhaps the fastest growing lighting control brand on the market. Lighting designers, programmers and operators all made their way to the Obsidian booth over the course of the three-day show to…
Leading UK rental and technical production company Adlib has invested in Robe FORTE moving lights and RoboSpot remote follow spot systems to service their busy ongoing work schedule. Some of the new kit went directly out on the recent Mrs Brown’s Boys “D’Live Show – The Battle for Moore Street” tour, with lighting designed by…
An army of Hippotizer Media Servers have landed in Brooklyn to feed vast amounts of visual data to 63 HD projectors inside ArtsDistrict Brooklyn’s Limitless AI immersive experience, filling the 10,000 square-foot main gallery space with a 360-degree video. Created by internationally-renowned, Istanbul-based artists Ferdi and Eylul Alici of Ouchhh Studio, Limitless AI transports audiences…
The Vari-Lite team says they are “overwhelmed” at the response to the new products showcased at LDI 2022 and by the strength of the brand within the industry. Three major new flagship products made their US tradeshow debut at the event. A highlight was the Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP – a large-scale, high output production…
Intelligent, enigmatic, and hugely talented, the music of Phoebe Bridgers has been captivating an ever-growing fanbase since her first album release in 2017, with lighting designer Spike Kienholz Inglis of Spike Design lucky enough to have been lighting the artist since those early days. Fame and acclaim have arrived at a fast-and-furious pace for the…
Every year since 1998, the mass choir of Les Fous Chantants (The Singing Fools), has honoured French-speaking songwriters and composers – living or deceased – with a major choral concert devoted to their works. The musical programme generally includes 25 songs, including those of the guest artist, that are sung with the choir. This year’s…
“Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey,” Jon Bon Jovi once said. His fellow Garden State rocker, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon, would likely agree with that description, so too would the fans who filled the PNC Arts Center amphitheater on a blustery October night to hear the band from New Brunswick’s biggest local…
Lighting comedy is serious business for Marc Wasserman of 3 With 1 Grab Productions. In recent years, the Manhattan-based designer has lit major tours by Nick Cannon as well as shows by the likes of Mo’nique and Rip Micheals, in addition to the annual Fall Back Comedy arena tour. Just as comics live on timing,…
New PANTHER Line Arrays Integrate Seamlessly into Massive LEO Family System. The The Spanish indie rock band Vetusta Morla has attracted a large and loyal following since it first emerged in 2008, so when the band members capped a whirlwind tour in support of its Latin Grammy-nominated “Cable a Tierra” album at Madrid’s Metropolitan Stadium,…
Elation is grateful for the efforts of all those who have made the return of live events possible and we are excited to be returning to the LDI show to do what we enjoy best—working face to face with industry professionals to successfully realize their lighting projects. We look forward to connecting November 18-20 at…
From filmmaking to live music performances, virtual production is a game changer for many industries. One such burgeoning sector is fashion. MGX Studio, a revolutionary virtual production house based in İstanbul, Turkey, has recently collaborated with Iron Project to create M&D Haute Couture, a stunning fashion runway concept that uses the studio’s high-tech virtual production…
Stage lighting and rigging specialist Christie Lites has opened a Berlin base to strengthen its Central Europe operations. Located in the north of the city, Christie Lites’s Berlin shop, which is already fully operational, offers valuable local industry expertise and a diverse and well-serviced inventory to the company’s existing network across the USA, Canada, and…
Obsidian Control Systems is excited to be returning to the LDI show in Las Vegas November 18-20 and invites designers, programmers and operators to Booth #1142 to sample a host of new releases that includes several new lighting control products under the ONYX™ lighting control platform. Visitors will have a chance to demo the new…
LD Jason Baeri comments on role of Proteus Hybrid™ and Proteus Excalibur™ in design for monumental outdoor show. Big concert tours were back in a big way this past summer and The Weeknd’s ambitious “After Hours til Dawn” outing is perhaps the best example. Lighting designer Jason Baeri is using over 450 Elation Proteus Hybrid™…
US rockers Panic! at the Disco kickstarted their highly anticipated Viva Las Vengeance arena tour at Austin’s Moody Center in September, with a 70s and 80s rock-influenced high-octane show. Conjuring up rich colors and sharp beams were 128 VL2600 PROFILE luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originator of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT)…
“The greater the contrast, the greater the potential energy,” the eminent Swiss thinker Carl Jung once observed. Jung wasn’t alluding to lighting design when he made this observation; his interest was the study of human emotions, but anyone who has ever played off light and shadows against each other on a stage can appreciate the…
What’s in a name? Sometimes, just a glimpse of the total picture. Take the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival. Although it’s called a “festival,” this star-studded event is also, at is core, a nationally televised special. Tom Kenny always has this duality firmly planted in this mind when designing the lighting rig for this two-day series…
That sweeping, powerful, attention-grabbing searchlight effect that you see at a Hollywood movie premiere, or any number of high-profile events, has traditionally been the domain of cumbersome and inefficient Xenon lighting systems. Elation Professional is changing all that with Sky Motion, an automated sky tracker system in its compact Proteus Excalibur™ beam moving head that…
The streets of Cincinnati were awash with colour in October as an estimated 1.5 million people enjoyed the BLINK light and art festival, which featured four large-scale projection mappings powered by Hippotizer Media Servers. During the four-day event, video installations turned the city’s landmark buildings into ‘a techno cityscape of the future’, bringing existing artworks…
Metallica, the biggest heavy metal band on the planet, has just completed its European summer festival run with The Return Of The European Summer Vacation tour, which saw the band playing at some of Europe’s most anticipated music festivals including Copenhell 2022 (Denmark), Download Germany, Hellfest Summer Open Air (France), Rock Werchter (Belgium) and NOS…
A sunset is a beautiful color explosion! This is the type of observation an inspired lighting designer could readily make at the close of the day. In this case, however, the words were uttered by Eefje de Visser in an interview when discussing the sensory and emotional forces that drive her music. Having worked with…
Vari-Lite, industry pioneers in moving head lighting control and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, today announces the Neo X15 and Neo X5, a family of high-performance lighting consoles designed for mixed-use facilities such as performing arts centers; stadiums and arenas; houses of worship; studios; schools; and more. “Large format entertainment lighting consoles are…
A large array of Claypaky fixtures illuminated the eighth edition of “Flowers of the Soul: Remember Florian Pittis,” a two-day tribute concert held in Bucharest last June honoring the Romanian stage and television actor, folk singer, writer and director who died in 2007. “It can be tricky to create something for an already installed simple…
Ayrton is thrilled to announce the release of Huracán Wash, its first wash type fixtures designed around a Fresnel lens. With Huracán Wash, Ayrton has reinvented the wash luminaire by designing an avant-garde product capable of creating a sublime atmosphere. Designed for rapid scene changes, Huracán Wash is a formidable partner offering efficiency and reliability.…
Held between 19-21 August 2022 at Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Lowlands Festival is the largest and most prestigious multi-day festival in The Netherlands. Themed as “A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise”, the festival is spread out over a natural area which includes its famous campsite and a variety of stages offering a wide variety of…
Adaptability is one of the most valuable virtues. Zakk Bosserman has no argument with that time-honored adage. As the lighting designer for the prolifically touring country star Chase Rice, he has become a master at molding a wide variety of house and festival rigs to fit his client’s versatile blend of music. “I design my…
There was great success for the summer tour of Jova Beach Party 2022, which saw the Italian songwriter Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti, performing from June until September along beautiful Italian beaches, in front of stadium-size audiences totalling 550,000 spectators. This was a project that wanted to break the mould, leaving behind the usual live circuits…
Electric Claudio Merlo Lighting Equipment S.A. (ECM), a stage lighting equipment supplier and Claypaky distributor in Taverne, Switzerland, has been working non-stop to fill the needs of professional theaters across Switzerland. Theaters are particularly demanding venues for lighting fixtures since they require extremely low-noise operation and very high quality of light and control. Given those…
Showtec, one of the largest rental companies in South East Asia, was delighted to purchase 40 Ayrton Domino LT luminaires from Total Solution Marketing Pte Ltd, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Singapore, recently. The fixtures were subsequently used for the prestigious Singapore National Day Parade on 9th August 2022, one of the biggest events to be…
The leading provider of broadcast solutions is honouring its commitment to gender diversity by playing an important role at the recent Rise Up Academy Summer School. AE Live (AE), a world leading provider of graphics and data solutions, has played an important part in the recent successful Rise Up Academy Summer School as part of…
After two decades, six Grammy Awards, 80 million record sales, and over 300 live concerts, the Black Eyed Peas haven’t lost a step, either in their exuberant hip-hop infused sound, or their get-up-and-dance stage presence. Both were on full display early this August at the Lokerse Feesten when the band electrified a packed house with…
The sprawling Belgravia Sports Club was packed with fans this summer when Grammy winner Burna Boy stepped onto the stage a little after 10:30 as part of his Space Drift Tour. It didn’t take long, however, for the mood at the big outdoor facility to take on the intimate air of a cozy live music…
Shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene Fischer and Robbie Williams draw over 300,000 to massive open-air stage at Munich Exhibition Center. The largest open-air concerts ever held in Munich, and the largest in Germany this year, took place at the Munich Exhibition Center in August with over 300,000 fans total attending shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene…
Robe Lighting, the world’s leading entertainment lighting manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Artistic Licence, leaders in the design & manufacture of lighting control products and originator of Art-Net. The official announcement was made in the UK yesterday. “This is a great acquisition for Robe”, stated Josef Valchar, CEO Robe Lighting s.r.o., “It provides products that…
BLUMANO, engineering consultancy and advisers for safety and stage machinery design, is proud to announce its expansion with BLUMANO Deutschland. This base, located in the heart of Western Europe, will work closely with BLUMANO’s network of offices in Ireland, the UK, Italy, South Korea and the Netherlands. Laura van Haperen joins this progressive organisation and…
Robe’s new IP65 rated iSpiider LED wash moving lights passed some serious jungle tests on the latest edition of “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Germany” (Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier rau) … which was recorded at Blyde River Canyon in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Lighting was supplied by…
Sliding frictionlessly though thumbing funk and mesmerizing rock-soul infused jazz, multi Grammy winning bassist Thundercat is, as the New York Times put it “the kind of artist who invites listeners into a private world.” What a delightfully unique world it is too, with fresh original takes on familiar musical themes waiting around every turn. The…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Illumixx—a new distribution company owned by Christie Lites—has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional products in Canada. The distribution partnership with Illumixx, which also covers the distribution of Obsidian Control Systems and Magmatic atmospheric effects products, goes into effect on September 1, 2022. Claudia Pfaffinger, CEO…
Philadelphia’s HiJinx Festival transformed the Pennsylvania Convention Center into a massive two-night EDM New Year’s Eve party, bringing a stellar lineup of bass heavy DJs who played out amid mind-bending lighting that was designed to uplift and thrill. Creative production company Raw Cereal, known for pushing the boundaries of light-art shows, created a huge range…
Spacemap Go and Atmos Immersive Systems Unlock Limitless Possibilities. When it opened in September of last year, the new campus of Sonic College — a unit of the University of South Denmark in Kolding — immediately vaulted to the top ranks of European educational institutions for all disciplines related to sound design for music, film,…
Greg Klimetz and the team at Relevant AV Solutions gave themselves a clear mission statement when they began planning the “Transformation Project” at New Covenant Church’s worship center in the spring of 2021. “The key word in our planning was ‘yes,’” said Klimetz. “As in when the church asked us “can we do…” our answer…
“Anytime I create, my goal is audience immersion,” Matt Moreland says when describing his approach to lighting design. “I strive to make the audience feel as though they are part of the show, not sitting in the dark watching what is happening on stage.” The fruits of this philosophy were plain to see (and feel…
The Boyband Tour is a vibrant, joyous, hi-energy, two-hour steamroller of a set inspired by some of the greatest international ‘boyband’ hits from the nineties and noughties – Westlife, Backstreet Boys, SpiceBoys (celebrating the wonderful androgyny of music) and many more infections and beats that defined much of the pop of the era! It is…
Light Craft & Sound, a leading lighting supplier for the film and TV industry in India, has recently purchased one hundred PROLIGHTS EclPanel TWC, ten EclPanel TWCXL and ten combined Astra Wash19Pix and 37Pix moving lights to their rental fleet. Light Craft is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Mumbai that works with leading channels…
Brompton Technology, a global leader in LED processing for video walls, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cesar Caceres, who will be joining the company’s cross-functional product development team as their Product Lead. Having worked at Brompton between 2017 and 2019 as Product Specialist, followed by senior technical roles at disguise and Votion Studios…
German metal band Powerwolf unleashed their no-holds-barred Wolfsnächte Tour 2022 across Europe in the autumn, with a characteristically energetic show designed to thrill their hoards of die hard fans. Dominating the staging was a huge 5mm pixel pitch LED wall displaying album cover artwork, creatures of the night, and eerie scenes, driven by Hippotizer Boreal…
Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods. London’s largest ever New Year’s Eve celebration took place at the London Eye on the River Thames, featuring a stunning fireworks and drone display accompanied by a mesmerizing…
Crowded House are among Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic, popular, and successful bands, with a string of melodic hits like “Better Be Home Soon”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Something So Strong” and others, some stretching back to the 1980’s, all still infectiously foot tapping in 2022 when they hit the road again after re-forming…
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand based design studio Filament Eleven 11 is a creative tour de force combining the talents and imagination of lighting and visual artists Rachel Marlow and Brad Gledhill. Working across multiple genres – theatre, opera, dance, rock ‘n’ roll’ live events, installation, and light art – and embracing a mix of medias…
The first-of-its-kind technology, which enables seamlessly automated AVL effects in venues of any size, will launch before an international audience in Barcelona. Naostage’s K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking solution, will make its highly anticipated debut before an international audience at Integrated Systems Europe 2023 (31st January – 3rd February). The award-winning…
Wilderado is a three-piece indie folk band from Oklahoma with a loyal and ever-expanding fan-base. The beginning of the year saw them complete of a sold-out US headline tour and announce their first UK tour as special guests on alt-J’s The Dream Tour, ending this autumn with their own headline leg. But, despite their solid…
Advanced LED technology allows Shortcut LED Stage to reproduce complex scenarios in a totally lifelike way, with perfect reflections and naturalistic lighting. Creative Technology has worked alongside the Nordisk Film-owned VFX and post-production company Nordisk Film Shortcut to create the Shortcut LED Stage – a full 360° LED stage, 16 metres in diameter and six…
New Product Introductions and Interactive Tech Bars Highlight ISE Presence. At this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona, Meyer Sound will introduce a new product expected to have a significant impact on portable touring and installed sound industries. Only a year ago, the company debuted the phenomenally successful PANTHER™ large-format linear line array…
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in move theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “covid safe” seating plan…
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. Lighting director and programmer, Austin Schneider,…
Lighting Designer Matthew Tunchon and Qatar Vision Production Company WLL (QVISION) utilized a large Claypaky rig to light the first test event for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 inside the newly built Lusail Stadium in Doha, which hosted the tournament’s final match between France and Argentina. The event marked the official unveiling of the World…
Since 1985, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart has brought together various artistic genres, experimental and popular productions, internationally renowned artists and newly developed projects under one roof. The Theaterhaus maintains its own theatre and dance ensemble and raises almost 65% of its annual costs itself. The figures speak for themselves: the Theaterhaus has around 300,000 visitors every…
SIXTY82 is proud to present the all-new TPM29S, a new 29cm box truss that is up to 25% stronger, yet fully compatible with, the M29 series box truss. By introducing TPM29S, the first in SIXTY82’s new TPM Truss Series, Sixty82 has re-invented the industry’s most popular truss type, the M29S box truss, to deliver a…
Ohio’s premier gaming centre first to install next-generation washlight. in north-east Ohio, MGM Northfield Park – the region’s premier destination for dining, gaming and entertainment – has become the first venue in the United States to permanently install GLP’s impression X5 next-generation washlight. All 30 of the fixtures are featured in the complex’s 1,820-seat theatre…
AIE Film School has chosen Brompton Technology’s LED processing to power its Virtual Production volume on its Canberra, Australia, campus soundstage, with plans for an expanded volume later this year. AIE’s temporarily constructed 18.5 x 3.5m stage creates a single, large volume, made up of Liantronics LED panels and powered by Brompton Technology Tessera SX40…
CHAUVET Professional entered the holiday season with a full head of steam, anchoring shows for headliners at major arenas throughout the country. Now with the turning of the calendar page, the UK team is embarking on another tour, not in support of a musical artists, but to give lighting professionals a first hand look at…
Andre Beekmans and a talented team from his Eindhoven, Netherlands based design studio, The Art of Light, created a stunning lighting scheme for the 2022 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) a one-day electronic music extravaganza of epic proportions produced by ALDA and staged at the Johan Cruijff Arena as part of the 2022 Amsterdam Music Event…
Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes…
“I want to break barriers. I want to try new things.” Jubin Nautyal told an interviewer this summer. The 2022 IIFA Awards Playback Singer of the Year, has certainly done this with his music recently, moving gracefully through genres ranging from romantic Bollywood ballads, to the foot tapping “Humma Song,” to his hit rap tune…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier XLR has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional lighting products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The distribution partnership went into effect on January 1, 2023. Located in Brussels, XLR delivers innovative pro-AV equipment to theatres, recording studios, broadcasters, system integrators, rental companies & commercial…
Cambridge, UK-based company CEG specialises in the trade rental of lighting, power, rigging, and effects equipment used for a wide range of entertainment shows and live events embracing multiple sectors. Founded by Ben Bowles and Gavin Thorrold in 2008, the company has weathered the challenges of the pandemic with some smart thinking and fiscal agility…
Michel Arntz joins Robe’s international sales team as key Account Manager for Europe. He will be co-ordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe including Ukraine, and his area will also include all of Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic states, Austria, Switzerland and most of the Balkan countries. Netherlands-based Michel is already a well-known and respected…
No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the…
FC Production, an events supplier based in Sweden, has invested heavily in a mixture of brand-new PROLIGHTS fixtures, including 36x Jet Wash7, 16x Astra Hybrid420, 24x Smart BatPlusG2 and 8x EclFresnel fixtures. The new kit will go straight into FC’s rental fleet and is already booked out to go on shows for the end of…
iWedia S.A, part of the ZEGi group and world-class provider of software solutions for connected TV devices, and Simply.TV, a world-class TV metadata provider, today announced a partnership to deliver enhanced user experiences for global broadcast TV. The new joint solution increases engagement time on Live TV and offers multiple options for OEMs to enable…
Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the…
“It’s been a while, but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you again.” So read the official statement announcing the recently-completed UK tour by the Kaiser Chiefs. The multi Brit-Award winning band did indeed get a good look at their legion of loyal fans as they blew the roof off…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier Rolight has been named the new exclusive distributor of Elation lighting products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2023, also encompasses Elation’s atmospheric effects brand Magmatic. Based in Enschede, the Netherlands, Rolight specializes in supplying the Dutch market with…
A cluster of events celebrated the 30-year career and 50th birthday of Finnish lighting designer, Mikki Kunttu last autumn. Finland’s Tampere Hall hosted Lucid Dreams, a photographic exhibition of Kunttu’s work, Light & Shadow, an international lighting seminar that included contributions from LeRoy Bennett, Christopher Bauder, Benjamin Dupont, Ralph Jörg Wezorke and Ola Melzig, a…
Ayrton will present a fine selection of its product range on its integration-themed booth (Booth 7B550) at ISE in Barcelona from 31 January – 3 February 2023. New products include the newly released Zonda 3, alongside its larger sibling, Zonda 9, and Ayrton’s first laser-sourced fixture, Cobra. Zonda 3Part of Ayrton’s multi-sources 3 Series and…
The Good Shepherd Church in Seongnam, Korea is a busy, active, and dynamic environment running a raft of regular daily, weekly, and monthly performance-based worship services, praise gatherings plus other related shows and events. It is right at the heart of its local community and is a constant fundraiser for assorted humanitarian causes, both local…
Staged for the first time at the Cagliari Lyric Theatre in Sardinia, Arthur Laurents’ two-act stage musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and loosely based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, was a guaranteed success. The staging offered by the Cagliari Lyric Theater was derived from three major U.S. musical institutions:…
Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their “Black Death Rager World Tour,” in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. The tour marked the third for Nick Drake as the band’s Lighting Designer; he is also a Light Technician with Richmond, Virginia’s Lite-Tek Entertainment, a…
Stories you may have missed: 2022 was a busy year for Ayrton. This month we catch up with a few stories, beginning with Gerry Cinnamon’s UK summer tour. Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park…
Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the “Clash of Clans World Championship” and the “Clash Royale League World Finals” at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in…
Red and green may be the traditional holiday colors, but the true story and meaning of Christmas can often be better reflected with a broader and more varied palette. This was beautifully evident at the 90-minute “Christmas at Hillcrest” concert, which took place at the church’s Nine Mile Campus, as purples and blues, along with…
Tunable KL Panel™ LED softlight delivers top quality illumination at Indoor Friesland. In October, MHB of the Netherlands provided high quality sport lighting for Indoor Friesland, one of Europe’s top equestrian competitions. A professionally illuminated wash of the highest standard was a must for the event and MHB delivered using their recently expanded inventory of…
The brand-new Chaparral High School in the central Texas city of Killeen opened its doors in August 2022 with a state-of-the-art performing arts wing designed to elevate student learning. It is equipped with an array of luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, including…
High CRI framing fixture with zoom also a highly versatile wash luminaire. Elation Professional is simplifying ellipsoidal lighting with the new, all-in-one KL Profile FC™. Designed for the ultimate in flexibility and performance, the KL Profile FC combines everything a designer needs in one innovative package, eliminating the need for additional lighting accessories and making…
“My client wanted this to have the look and feel of a quintessential Christmas show.” Every lighting designer can relate to that this time of year. But in Nate Haber’s case, the request was made with a bit of a different twist. Instead of being asked to support standard holiday tunes, his design had to…
“The Studio of the Future | The Metaverse in Real Life”. North America’s fastest growing network of virtual production studios for the TV Commercial, Episodic and Feature Film industry, announced a virtual production workshop that will be held at Vū Las Vegas in partnership with HTC, Aputure and Puget Systems during CES 2023 on Friday,…
There is a touching beauty to the power of Christmas traditions. Even with the passage of time, and sometimes hardships, they are passed down through generations serving as a source of strength and hope. Jennifer Lucas has a first-hand appreciation of this power as the director, programmer, and lighting design of the Taylor Family Christmas…
As Christmas approaches, the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, Spain, has used PROLIGHTS’ ArcPod fixtures to illuminate their cranes. The public company has done lighting tests on one of the machines, which went from having the usual grey tone to varying shades, including blue, green, red and purple. The installation features 20 PROLIGHTS ArcPod 27Q and…
PANTHER Line Array Lifts USA and Europe to New Sales Records. Boosted by strong demand for the new flagship PANTHER™ large-format linear line array loudspeaker, Meyer Sound has set an all-time record for domestic sales in 2022 while Meyer Sound Europe also posted record numbers for the year. According to Senior Vice President John McMahon,…
Upon completing a string of European performances in July, global pop star Faouzia began preparations for a fall North American tour that saw the Moroccan-Canadian singer playing dates across the U.S. and Canada. Jon Stanners of entertainment production company Red Rover Entertainment of Winnipeg designed lighting for the outing and specified an Elation rig of…
While many attending LDI 2022 in Las Vegas “oohed and aahed” over Claypaky’s demo of their Volero Wave LED bar, OSA International’s Mark Fetto bought the full LDI rig Claypaky’s of the innovative new fixtures. “We jumped on them,” he says. “Volero Wave was the coolest new product we saw at LDI.” Volero Wave is…
Danilo La Rosa is an Italian lighting designer with a successful career spanning more than three decades. He has worked on live events and theatre productions all over the world. A long-time Hog platform fan, Hog 4 was the obvious choice for La Rosa when he was tasked with lighting runway shows at the recent…
impression X4 S and impression X4 Bar 20 help create ‘suburban garage party’ vibes. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Walker Hayes recently embarked on his first headline arena tour, with the help of The Darkroom Creative (Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves), who were responsible for the stage lighting. Helping them build their set was a bunch of classic…
As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight! “This was the…
Xytech strengthens its Media Operations command center to manage all assets, people, resources, and facilities. To continue to strengthen and expand its Media Operations Platform™, Xytech has released the Granite version of its industry-leading Platform. Xytech’s new and improved Media Operations Platform™ is a vital resource for end-to-end media production, making it the only platform…
Music is the lifeline of the event industry. It forms the foundation for concerts, stage shows and nightlife – and it is deeply rooted in the DNA of Prolight + Sound, the leading trade fair for entertainment technology. Prolight + Sound would like to reflect the extraordinary importance of musical performances and productions for the…
Scottish singer songwriter Gerry Cinnamon concluded his summer tour with two sell-out concerts at his home stadium, Hampden Park, in Glasgow, breaking records as he did so. Cinnamon was the first Scottish artist, and the first independent act to sell out the 50,000 capacity stadium – twice! His long-term production and lighting designer, Pete Hutchison…
“No winter lasts forever,” so goes a familiar adage intended to encourage optimism during dark times. The happy crowds that begin gathering at La Folie Douce Val d’Isère every December take a somewhat different view of winter. For them, the season cannot last long enough! Anyone who has ever visited this après ski get-away at…
Visual Elements – a leading supplier in the design and production of creative technical solutions – recently refresh their older PAR can lighting with a more sustainable alternative. The UK based business offers a full range of services from the dry hire of equipment to productions of any scale. The scope of their projects meant…
Nature’s fury and man-made hazards can both play havoc with lighting design plans, but the innovative and thoughtful use of technology can protect against these threats. That’s been a driving concept behind the development of CHAUVET Professional’s IP65 rated product, and it was also stunningly reflected in the company’s booth at this year’s LDI Show.…
With lighting control professionals crowding the Obsidian Control Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas, the show was a testament to Obsidian’s position as perhaps the fastest growing lighting control brand on the market. Lighting designers, programmers and operators all made their way to the Obsidian booth over the course of the three-day show to…
Leading UK rental and technical production company Adlib has invested in Robe FORTE moving lights and RoboSpot remote follow spot systems to service their busy ongoing work schedule. Some of the new kit went directly out on the recent Mrs Brown’s Boys “D’Live Show – The Battle for Moore Street” tour, with lighting designed by…
An army of Hippotizer Media Servers have landed in Brooklyn to feed vast amounts of visual data to 63 HD projectors inside ArtsDistrict Brooklyn’s Limitless AI immersive experience, filling the 10,000 square-foot main gallery space with a 360-degree video. Created by internationally-renowned, Istanbul-based artists Ferdi and Eylul Alici of Ouchhh Studio, Limitless AI transports audiences…
The Vari-Lite team says they are “overwhelmed” at the response to the new products showcased at LDI 2022 and by the strength of the brand within the industry. Three major new flagship products made their US tradeshow debut at the event. A highlight was the Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP – a large-scale, high output production…
Intelligent, enigmatic, and hugely talented, the music of Phoebe Bridgers has been captivating an ever-growing fanbase since her first album release in 2017, with lighting designer Spike Kienholz Inglis of Spike Design lucky enough to have been lighting the artist since those early days. Fame and acclaim have arrived at a fast-and-furious pace for the…
Every year since 1998, the mass choir of Les Fous Chantants (The Singing Fools), has honoured French-speaking songwriters and composers – living or deceased – with a major choral concert devoted to their works. The musical programme generally includes 25 songs, including those of the guest artist, that are sung with the choir. This year’s…
“Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey,” Jon Bon Jovi once said. His fellow Garden State rocker, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon, would likely agree with that description, so too would the fans who filled the PNC Arts Center amphitheater on a blustery October night to hear the band from New Brunswick’s biggest local…
Lighting comedy is serious business for Marc Wasserman of 3 With 1 Grab Productions. In recent years, the Manhattan-based designer has lit major tours by Nick Cannon as well as shows by the likes of Mo’nique and Rip Micheals, in addition to the annual Fall Back Comedy arena tour. Just as comics live on timing,…
New PANTHER Line Arrays Integrate Seamlessly into Massive LEO Family System. The The Spanish indie rock band Vetusta Morla has attracted a large and loyal following since it first emerged in 2008, so when the band members capped a whirlwind tour in support of its Latin Grammy-nominated “Cable a Tierra” album at Madrid’s Metropolitan Stadium,…
Elation is grateful for the efforts of all those who have made the return of live events possible and we are excited to be returning to the LDI show to do what we enjoy best—working face to face with industry professionals to successfully realize their lighting projects. We look forward to connecting November 18-20 at…
From filmmaking to live music performances, virtual production is a game changer for many industries. One such burgeoning sector is fashion. MGX Studio, a revolutionary virtual production house based in İstanbul, Turkey, has recently collaborated with Iron Project to create M&D Haute Couture, a stunning fashion runway concept that uses the studio’s high-tech virtual production…
Stage lighting and rigging specialist Christie Lites has opened a Berlin base to strengthen its Central Europe operations. Located in the north of the city, Christie Lites’s Berlin shop, which is already fully operational, offers valuable local industry expertise and a diverse and well-serviced inventory to the company’s existing network across the USA, Canada, and…
Obsidian Control Systems is excited to be returning to the LDI show in Las Vegas November 18-20 and invites designers, programmers and operators to Booth #1142 to sample a host of new releases that includes several new lighting control products under the ONYX™ lighting control platform. Visitors will have a chance to demo the new…
LD Jason Baeri comments on role of Proteus Hybrid™ and Proteus Excalibur™ in design for monumental outdoor show. Big concert tours were back in a big way this past summer and The Weeknd’s ambitious “After Hours til Dawn” outing is perhaps the best example. Lighting designer Jason Baeri is using over 450 Elation Proteus Hybrid™…
US rockers Panic! at the Disco kickstarted their highly anticipated Viva Las Vengeance arena tour at Austin’s Moody Center in September, with a 70s and 80s rock-influenced high-octane show. Conjuring up rich colors and sharp beams were 128 VL2600 PROFILE luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originator of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT)…
“The greater the contrast, the greater the potential energy,” the eminent Swiss thinker Carl Jung once observed. Jung wasn’t alluding to lighting design when he made this observation; his interest was the study of human emotions, but anyone who has ever played off light and shadows against each other on a stage can appreciate the…
What’s in a name? Sometimes, just a glimpse of the total picture. Take the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival. Although it’s called a “festival,” this star-studded event is also, at is core, a nationally televised special. Tom Kenny always has this duality firmly planted in this mind when designing the lighting rig for this two-day series…
That sweeping, powerful, attention-grabbing searchlight effect that you see at a Hollywood movie premiere, or any number of high-profile events, has traditionally been the domain of cumbersome and inefficient Xenon lighting systems. Elation Professional is changing all that with Sky Motion, an automated sky tracker system in its compact Proteus Excalibur™ beam moving head that…
The streets of Cincinnati were awash with colour in October as an estimated 1.5 million people enjoyed the BLINK light and art festival, which featured four large-scale projection mappings powered by Hippotizer Media Servers. During the four-day event, video installations turned the city’s landmark buildings into ‘a techno cityscape of the future’, bringing existing artworks…
Metallica, the biggest heavy metal band on the planet, has just completed its European summer festival run with The Return Of The European Summer Vacation tour, which saw the band playing at some of Europe’s most anticipated music festivals including Copenhell 2022 (Denmark), Download Germany, Hellfest Summer Open Air (France), Rock Werchter (Belgium) and NOS…
A sunset is a beautiful color explosion! This is the type of observation an inspired lighting designer could readily make at the close of the day. In this case, however, the words were uttered by Eefje de Visser in an interview when discussing the sensory and emotional forces that drive her music. Having worked with…
Vari-Lite, industry pioneers in moving head lighting control and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, today announces the Neo X15 and Neo X5, a family of high-performance lighting consoles designed for mixed-use facilities such as performing arts centers; stadiums and arenas; houses of worship; studios; schools; and more. “Large format entertainment lighting consoles are…
A large array of Claypaky fixtures illuminated the eighth edition of “Flowers of the Soul: Remember Florian Pittis,” a two-day tribute concert held in Bucharest last June honoring the Romanian stage and television actor, folk singer, writer and director who died in 2007. “It can be tricky to create something for an already installed simple…
Ayrton is thrilled to announce the release of Huracán Wash, its first wash type fixtures designed around a Fresnel lens. With Huracán Wash, Ayrton has reinvented the wash luminaire by designing an avant-garde product capable of creating a sublime atmosphere. Designed for rapid scene changes, Huracán Wash is a formidable partner offering efficiency and reliability.…
Held between 19-21 August 2022 at Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Lowlands Festival is the largest and most prestigious multi-day festival in The Netherlands. Themed as “A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise”, the festival is spread out over a natural area which includes its famous campsite and a variety of stages offering a wide variety of…
Adaptability is one of the most valuable virtues. Zakk Bosserman has no argument with that time-honored adage. As the lighting designer for the prolifically touring country star Chase Rice, he has become a master at molding a wide variety of house and festival rigs to fit his client’s versatile blend of music. “I design my…
There was great success for the summer tour of Jova Beach Party 2022, which saw the Italian songwriter Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti, performing from June until September along beautiful Italian beaches, in front of stadium-size audiences totalling 550,000 spectators. This was a project that wanted to break the mould, leaving behind the usual live circuits…
Electric Claudio Merlo Lighting Equipment S.A. (ECM), a stage lighting equipment supplier and Claypaky distributor in Taverne, Switzerland, has been working non-stop to fill the needs of professional theaters across Switzerland. Theaters are particularly demanding venues for lighting fixtures since they require extremely low-noise operation and very high quality of light and control. Given those…
Showtec, one of the largest rental companies in South East Asia, was delighted to purchase 40 Ayrton Domino LT luminaires from Total Solution Marketing Pte Ltd, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Singapore, recently. The fixtures were subsequently used for the prestigious Singapore National Day Parade on 9th August 2022, one of the biggest events to be…
The leading provider of broadcast solutions is honouring its commitment to gender diversity by playing an important role at the recent Rise Up Academy Summer School. AE Live (AE), a world leading provider of graphics and data solutions, has played an important part in the recent successful Rise Up Academy Summer School as part of…
After two decades, six Grammy Awards, 80 million record sales, and over 300 live concerts, the Black Eyed Peas haven’t lost a step, either in their exuberant hip-hop infused sound, or their get-up-and-dance stage presence. Both were on full display early this August at the Lokerse Feesten when the band electrified a packed house with…
The sprawling Belgravia Sports Club was packed with fans this summer when Grammy winner Burna Boy stepped onto the stage a little after 10:30 as part of his Space Drift Tour. It didn’t take long, however, for the mood at the big outdoor facility to take on the intimate air of a cozy live music…
Shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene Fischer and Robbie Williams draw over 300,000 to massive open-air stage at Munich Exhibition Center. The largest open-air concerts ever held in Munich, and the largest in Germany this year, took place at the Munich Exhibition Center in August with over 300,000 fans total attending shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene…
Robe Lighting, the world’s leading entertainment lighting manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Artistic Licence, leaders in the design & manufacture of lighting control products and originator of Art-Net. The official announcement was made in the UK yesterday. “This is a great acquisition for Robe”, stated Josef Valchar, CEO Robe Lighting s.r.o., “It provides products that…
BLUMANO, engineering consultancy and advisers for safety and stage machinery design, is proud to announce its expansion with BLUMANO Deutschland. This base, located in the heart of Western Europe, will work closely with BLUMANO’s network of offices in Ireland, the UK, Italy, South Korea and the Netherlands. Laura van Haperen joins this progressive organisation and…
Robe’s new IP65 rated iSpiider LED wash moving lights passed some serious jungle tests on the latest edition of “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Germany” (Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier rau) … which was recorded at Blyde River Canyon in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Lighting was supplied by…
Sliding frictionlessly though thumbing funk and mesmerizing rock-soul infused jazz, multi Grammy winning bassist Thundercat is, as the New York Times put it “the kind of artist who invites listeners into a private world.” What a delightfully unique world it is too, with fresh original takes on familiar musical themes waiting around every turn. The…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Illumixx—a new distribution company owned by Christie Lites—has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional products in Canada. The distribution partnership with Illumixx, which also covers the distribution of Obsidian Control Systems and Magmatic atmospheric effects products, goes into effect on September 1, 2022. Claudia Pfaffinger, CEO…