LD Systems Illuminates RodeoHouston With Over 150 CHAUVET Fixtures Install by Thomas Richard - August 5, 2019 For 87 years, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also known as RodeoHouston, has reigned as the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. From the rodeo and livestock exhibits, to the mouth-watering food, thrilling rides and star-studded entertainment, the 20-day-long event at NRG Stadium offers a plethora of
No Doubt: Gwen Stefani Hears the Difference with DPA Live by Thomas Richard - August 5, 2019 For rock or pop shows with large audiences of screaming fans, it is common for engineers to face the challenge of audience leakage. For Eddie “El Brujo” Caipo, monitor engineer for Gwen Stefani’s “Just a Girl” residency at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, that’s not the case. Recognizing
Legendary Touring Engineer Squid and Ghost Walk on Air with KLANG:fabrik Live by Thomas Richard - August 3, 2019 Ghost in concert on “A Pale Tour Named Death” Ian “Squid” Walsh is probably best known in the touring sound world as the monitor tech for Iron Maiden, a role he performed for 17 years, but he’s also worked with Helloween, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Halford, among other legendary heavy hitters. In April
TiMax at the heart of two immersive collaborations for Glastonbury Festival Live by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2019 TiMax-and-BEAM-at-Glastonbury. Image by © Mark Hadden The unique immersive audio capabilities of TiMax SoundHub were in evidence at this year’s Glastonbury Festival where two experiential spaces were driven by the pioneering spatial audio engine. As a centrepiece for the Greenpeace field, artist Wolfgang Buttress created a new permanent sculptural feature to highlight the
VL2600 Profile provides essential answers for Jack the Ripper musical Live by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2019 In lighting Musical Theatre’s Jack the Ripper musical (watch) at Copenhagen’s intimate Folketeatret (People’s Theater), lighting designer Mikkel Bedsted faced some major lighting challenges. He found his solutions in the new VL2600 Profile, the versatile, feature-rich LED stage luminaire from Vari-Lite. Bedsted’s main challenge was the venue’s limited weight loading. With
Capital And MLA Kew The Music At World Famous Botanic Gardens Live by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2019 The beautiful surroundings of the Royal Botanic Gardens in south-west London (better known as Kew Gardens) provided the location for the facility’s annual six-day music festival, imaginatively titled Kew The Music. Now a consolidated part of London’s summer festival tapestry, and with the world’s biggest Victorian glasshouse as the imposing backdrop,
Creative Technology Acquires Ion Solutions News by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2019 Dave Crump, President and CEO of CT Europe & Middle East & John Roche, CEO of Ion Solutions Creative Technology Group (CT), a Live Events Company of NEP Group and worldwide specialist in audio visual equipment and bespoke staging solutions, has acquired Ion Solutions, a leading provider of professional audio visual
City of Melle celebrates the 850-year anniversary with VIO Live by Thomas Richard - July 30, 2019 If an anniversary is already announced as "extraordinary", you can, of course, expect something special. This is exactly what the city of Melle in Lower Saxony, German,y has recently achieved. A unique festive programme, which was set up on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the city under the
EPIC ‘HOLOSPHERE’ Created for Eric Prydz Live by Thomas Richard - July 30, 2019 The highly anticipated Eric Prydz EPIC 6.0 HOLOSPHERE debuted at Belgium’s Tomorrowland Festival last weekend, with Eric performing inside a giant video-mapped, 3D transparent LED sphere. The production was the latest in Prydz’s EPIC (Eric Prydz In Concert) series of jaw dropping visual spectaculars, realised by dream team, long term collaborators
Summerfest 2019 is Hotter Than Ever Thanks to Clearwing and DiGiCo Live by Thomas Richard - July 30, 2019 A DiGiCo SD7 FOH console in action at Summerfest 2019 for Jennifer Lopez’s performance at American Family Insurance Amphitheater There’s a good reason that Wisconsin’s Summerfest is colloquially known as the “Big Gig.” For 11 days in late June and early July each year, somewhere between 700,000 and a million people