GBR: Philips Vari-Lite VL2600 Profile makes bright debut at Forest Live

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by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2018July 30, 2018

Signify has announced that its new LED stage luminaire, the Philips Vari-Lite VL2600 Profile, made a striking world debut on the stages of the Forestry Commission's Forest Live shows in June. Supplied by Pearce Hire, the VL2600s were used to light performances by artists including Gary Barlow, The Script, Kasabian

SGP: Versatile Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 adds to Circus spectacle

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by Thomas Richard - July 31, 2018July 30, 2018

Signify has announced that the quality and versatility of its Philips Vari-Lite stage lighting fixtures have helped to conjure the magic of the big-top for the sumptuous Circus 1903 - The Golden Age of Circus. The dazzling show, complete with life-sized elephant puppets, thrilled audiences at its most recent run

INTL: Jack White Kicks Off Headlining Tour with Claypaky Sharpy Washes Along for the Ride

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by Thomas Richard - July 25, 2018

Jack White, frontman for The White Stripes and a top solo artist, has kicked off his headlining tour of North America and Europe with a large complement of Claypaky Sharpy Wash fixtures supporting the show. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor of Claypaky in North America. White’s tour

ITA: DTS fixtures turn on the lights for Social Music City

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by Thomas Richard - July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

The former railway station of Porta Romana is one of the 'historic' areas of Milan waiting to be recovered with a project of urban revaluation. Since 2015, 'Social Music City' has enhanced that unused space with its tensio-structure, attracting thousands of young people thanks to the DJ sets of the best

GBR: Northern Lights Shine at the Minster

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by Thomas Richard - July 20, 2018

Artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid returned to York Minster to deliver an immersive and intricately crafted sonic and visual work ‘Northern Lights’. The video projection and sound installation was commissioned by the York Minster Fund as the culmination of ‘The Northern Lights Dinner’ fundraiser. This was held as part of

GLOBAL: Marillion gets animated with the Claypaky Scenius Spot

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by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2018

British progressive rock pioneers Marillion are currently delighting fans with their hit world tour, which marks over three decades of the band's music. A celebration of musical storytelling, the show is enhanced by a theatrical lightscape created by the band's long-term lighting designer Yenz Nyholm, who selected the Claypaky Scenius

GBR: Bullet For My Valentine takes on festival season with dLive

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by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2018

Welsh heavy-metal giants, Bullet For My Valentine, have recently embarked on their summer trek across the UK and Europe, supported by two Allen & Heath dLive S Class systems. Supplied by SSE Audio, the band’s set-up includes two S5000 surfaces, each paired with its own DM64 MixRack, covering FOH and monitors,

ZAF: Robe is Mega Beautiful

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by Thomas Richard - July 2, 2018

Joshua Cutts is someone who knows how to make things – stages, sets people – look beautiful, and 2018 was the fourth time he has lit the Miss South Africa beauty pageant event, which this year selected the country’s delegates for the two highest profile global beauty contests - Miss

AUS: TDC shines at Vivid Sydney 2018

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by Thomas Richard - June 14, 2018

Australian entertainment technology company TDC – Technical Direction Company – has been providing large scale projection mapping and technology for this year’s Vivid Sydney, which takes place over 23 nights from 25 May – 16 June. Vivid Sydney is the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. It takes place

USA: Robe Gets Closer to Kane Brown

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by Thomas Richard - June 5, 2018

Talented American country music singer, songwriter and rising star Kane Brown is on the road opening for Chris Young’s ‘Losing Sleep’ tour, and lighting designer Andrew James wanted a practical and spectacular specials rig to give the young artist’s set full impact. He turned to Robe moving lights - 18 x