Backstreet Boys Choose Adamson for Extensive World Tour

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by Thomas Richard - October 3, 2019

Backstreet Boys' DNA World Tour. Photo by Liam Kennedy Backstreet Boys are one of the best-selling musical acts in history, and when the long-running quintet topped the Billboard charts earlier this year with DNA, their ninth studio album, they joined an elite group of artists who’ve hit number one in

Nic Farman and CHAUVET Light Up at Mountview Theatre Musicals

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by Thomas Richard - October 3, 2019

Image by Robin Savage On the surface at least, “My Favorite Year” and “Children of Eden” are very different shows. The Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical takes a farcical behind the scenes look at 1950s television, as a hapless writer tries to keep an irascible matinee idol from a bygone era out

MLA PROVIDES QUICK-FIRE SOLUTION FOR SAS

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by Thomas Richard - October 3, 2019

Stage Audio Services (SAS)’ 15-year-long relationship with the Shambala Festival in Market Harborough, England, continued this year but with something of a difference. While they again deployed the full-sized Martin Audio MLA that they had acquired in time for last year’s event, the festival coincided with the birth of system engineer/crew

Claypaky Lighting Fixtures Hit the Road with Thomas Rhett

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by Thomas Richard - October 1, 2019October 1, 2019

© 2019 Todd Kaplan Summer’s not over yet, at least not for country singer/songwriter Thomas Rhett who continues his headlining Very Hot Summer Tour of North America. A large complement of Claypaky Mythos 2 and Scenius Unico lighting fixtures are accompanying the tour, which is in support of Rhett’s fourth studio album,

Dreambeach Villaricos 2019 Brings Out the Best of Claypaky

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by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019

Electronics, lights and lots of dancing meet every year at Dreambeach in Villaricos (Almería, Spain) where thousands of people gather for five days to enjoy one of the biggest musical shows in the country on the Main Stage and in the Dreams Tent. Spectacular lighting plays a leading role in electronic

Proteus peace of mind at Eric Church record-breaking Nashville concert

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by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019

On May 25th, country music star Eric Church played a very special show at Nissan Stadium in Tennessee, USA. The show was extraordinary in that it marked the first stadium headlining performance in Church's 15-year career and with 56,521 fans in attendance impressively broke Taylor Swift’s previous venue record. The show

Astro Spatial Audio Breathes New Life to Mozart’s Requiem at Aix-en-Provence Festival

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by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019

One of the world’s most respected opera festivals has been transformed into a fully immersive production courtesy of Astro Spatial Audio, including the creation of highly reverberant, church-like room acoustics in an historic open-air courtyard theatre. Founded in 1948, the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence returns to Southern France each summer

Christie Pandoras Box Enables Creation of Amazing Visuals at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

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by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament kicked off in the Chinese capital with a spectacular opening ceremony featuring eye-catching onstage visuals that were created using the Christie Pandoras Box real-time video processing and show control system. Held at the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) on August 30, the event captivated

Double Mega for Hanan Ben-Ari Tour

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by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019

Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari is currently one of the most popular artists in a country replete with singing talent, and his new tour has just started, complete with a lively and dynamic visual design by Nesi Alfasi, who has included 12 x Robe MegaPointes at the core of the lighting

L-Acoustics Heads Out Night After Night On Vampire Weekend Tour

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by Thomas Richard - September 24, 2019

Arguably one of the most influential indie bands of the past decade, Vampire Weekend is currently touring North America in support of its fourth studio album, Father of the Bride, which has been heralded by Rolling Stone as a “modern California pop masterpiece.” Much has changed over the past six years,