Versatile Claypaky Fixtures Deliver for Classical Spectacular Live by Thomas Richard - March 29, 2019 Classical Spectacular, one of the UK’s most popular classical music showcase, returned to the Royal Albert Hall over the weekend to celebrate its 30th Anniversary at the venue, backed by an enormous production featuring an indoor firework display, rifles and cannons. Esteemed lighting designer Durham Marenghi has selected a variety
Robe SuperSpikies for Triggerfinger Shows Live by Thomas Richard - March 28, 2019 Belgian rock band Triggerfinger played 4 highly energised, sold-out shows at the beautiful Roma concert hall in Antwerp, Belgium, … marking the European live performance debut of Robe’s new SuperSpikie moving light. The band’s lighting designer is Erwin Van Lokeren and the lighting and audio equipment was supplied by rental specialist
VUE Outfits L.L. Bean Concert Series with AV Technik Live by Thomas Richard - March 27, 2019 VUE line array network partner, AV Technik, deployed a hybrid al-Class line array system at the October 6, 2018, Michael Franti and Spearhead show—the finale in outdoor clothing retailer brand, L.L. Bean’s Summer Concert Series. Held outdoors at the company’s Freeport, Maine headquarters campus, the event presented various challenges for which
GLP’s Custom Lighting Solution for Detroit Art Extravaganza Live by Thomas Richard - March 27, 2019 Renowned production lighting designer Andi Watson recently undertook one of his most challenging projects ever - this time in the art world - thanks to a collaboration with LA-based mixed-media artist Doug Aitken. Conceived by Doug Aitken Workshop, the mirrored art installation, Mirage Detroit, has transformed the 100-year-old Savings Bank in
L-ISA rises to the opera challenge Live by Thomas Richard - March 27, 2019 Dionysos Rising is a new opera by Roberto David Rusconi, and part of the vibrant OPER.A 20.21 programme from the Haydn Foundation of Bolzano and Trento, Italy. The production brings modern context to the myth of Dionysos, the ancient Greek God of wine, fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre,
Kurt Wagner frames Michael Bublé with Ayrton MagicDot-SX Live by Thomas Richard - March 27, 2019 Michael Bublé’s world tour, An Evening With Michael Bublé, in celebration of his 10th studio album, #❤️ (Love), marks the singer’s long-awaited return to touring after a 2-year hiatus. It is a huge production with an intense schedule, with 12 performances already taking place in just the first 2 weeks
d&b KSL Steps Up for Chvrches Live by Thomas Richard - March 27, 2019 Scottish synth-pop trio Chvrches went on a stepped-up UK tour in support of their latest album, Love is Dead. Glasgow-based concert audio supplier, FE Live, designed a d&b audiotechnik KSL System to deliver the group’s journey through pop, indie and EDM to audiences in venues of varying capacity. “Having used the d&b GSL System
VUE PA Enhances Worship Night for Experience Community Church Live by Thomas Richard - March 26, 2019 Equal parts spirit-filled worship and community gathering, the ‘Here Again’ worship night at Experience Community Church, just south of Nashville, USA, brought prayer and worship to more than 2,000 attendees in late February. VUE Audiotechnik was there with Nashville-based network partner, Myers Concert Productions, to bring both spoken word and live
Insomniac’s EDC Mexico 2019 Moves to the Beat of PK Sound Live by Thomas Richard - March 26, 2019 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Mexico 2019 took over Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack for 2 days of electronic dance music, multi-media art, and a charged carnival atmosphere. The flagship event for EDM-event promoters Insomniac, which takes place annually in Las Vegas as well as various other locations globally, drew over
SES Redesigns Zac Brown Band Touring Rig With Claypaky Scenius Unicos Live by Thomas Richard - March 24, 2019 Special Event Services (SES), headquartered in North Carolina, USA, has sent a large complement of Claypaky fixtures on tour with American country group Zac Brown Band. The band has commenced the second leg of its “Down the Rabbit Hole Live” tour, the group’s 5th headlining concert tour, in support of its