ZAF: Harmony Entertainment Chooses DiGiCo S31 Live by Thomas Richard - January 8, 2019 The story of Harmony Entertainment is a beautiful one – a South African black man growing up in a rural area who became a pianist, a registered business accountant, the founder of a rental company and most recently, the owner of a DiGiCo S31. It’s the story of Tsholanang Montsho
SWE: Lisa Nilsson Tours Scandinavia With Alcons Live by Thomas Richard - January 8, 2019 Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album Himlen Rund Hörnet (Heaven Around The Corner) on a 31 date Scandinavian tour. With songs ranging from up-tempo pop and dance to soulful ballads and jazz, front of house engineer and audio production chief Brollan Söderström
GBR: Simon Horn Creates Unique Looks At Cream Weekender With MagicQ MQ500 Stadium Live by Thomas Richard - January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Simon Horn kicked off the 2018 holiday season with a sleep-deprived weekend. As the sole designer, programmer and operator at Cream Weekender’s main Skyline Pavilion Stage, he spent most of his time between December 7th and 9th running the lightshow for a large and diverse mix of DJ stars on
CAN: Soundbox Delivers Agile Elation Package for Billy Talent Canadian Tour Live by Thomas Richard - January 8, 2019 When Canadian rock band Billy Talent found themselves with a tight schedule of European and Canadian dates that made it impractical and prohibitively expensive to ship their integrated set back and forth across the pond, LD Colin Moore recreated the signature effects for the Canadian shows using Elation Cuepix Batten
FRA: Airstar Provides After Dark Centrepiece for Festive Winter Experience Live by Thomas Richard - January 8, 2019 The award-winning, opulent grounds of 18th-century villa, Chiswick House, served as the canvas for an illuminating display where classical architecture met modern technology, care of renowned lighting designer, Nick Gray from Renegade Design. Several art installations by up-and-coming artist Finn Thomson also featured at the event, which was launched on
USA: Two Danley Speakers for 3000 People Live by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019 The Bellamy Brothers have enjoyed a long and satisfying musical career that shows no signs of slowing. After paying their dues for several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they broke into stardom with their enduring hit, “Let Your Love Flow.” They’ve since followed it up with scores
GLOBAL: Claypaky Delivers for Nothing But Thieves Live by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019 Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures have accompanied British alternative rock band Nothing But Thieves (NBT) on their extensive tour around Europe and the United States. The band’s long-term lighting designer Steve Bewley specified the Mythos 2 for the fixture’s versatility to help him to deliver a dramatic and dynamic set. “I’ve used
USA: DiGiCo Desks Shine on Mike Shinoda’s Solo Tour Live by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019 One thing that pretty much any experienced touring mix engineer can agree on is that you always pad your input/output number request to a certain degree because rare is the tour where those needs will not increase as the tour progresses. So it might seem odd that when the current
USA: Wall of Paladins Delivers Overwhelming Color on Stone Sour Tour Live by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019 Stone Sour may be the opening act on the U.S. leg of Ozzy Osbourne’s “No More Tours 2” tour but the American hard rock band is making an impression with the help of lighting designer Scott Warner and a dynamic wall of color. On the road since late August with
USA: Robe for Dead & Company Live by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019 Dead & Company’s critically acclaimed 2018 tour kicked off in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Xfinity Center and returned for a two-night stand at iconic venues such as Citi Field in New York; Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin; Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco, California; and Folsom Field in