FIN: grandMA2 parties with Finland Live by ETA - January 31, 2017 Photos: Ralph Larmann Finland became an independent state on 6th December 1917. To celebrate this important moment in the country’s history a huge crowd of more than 100.000 spectators gathered at the turn of the year at Kansalaistori Square in Helsinki. The theme of Finland’s centenary celebration year is “Together”. Visual
DEU: “A Star Is Born” with dLive and German Multimedia Musical Live by ETA - January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 A multimedia Christmas musical, A Star is Born, was one of the performance highlights during the Christmas advent events held at the ZKM Art & Media Centre’s Filmpalast cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany, mixed on an Allen & Heath dLive system. The production switched between stage, screen and live music, requiring a
UAE: Sennheiser for Les Misérables at Dubai Opera Live by ETA - January 4, 2017January 7, 2017 One of the most anticipated shows to grace the Middle East this year, Les Misérables lived up to the hype and enthralled audiences through its three week-long run at the equally impressive Dubai Opera. While no detail was spared by the costume, lighting and effects departments, as a musical extravaganza,
UK: Claypaky rocks on Bullet for my Valentine’s UK tour Live by ETA - January 3, 2017January 7, 2017 Photos credit: Ryan Chang Knight of Illumination Award-winning lighting designer Tom Campbell has used a predominantly Claypaky rig in his recent redesign of Welsh heavy metal rock legends Bullet for my Valentine’s (BFMV) current fifth studio album tour ‘Venom’. Taking over from the bands previous lighting designer in July 2016, Campbell refreshed
USA: Absolutely Positively L-Acoustics for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Live by ETA - December 27, 2016January 7, 2017 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) is not your average festival. In fact, there is nothing “hardly” or “strictly” about the event in any way, be it the artists booked, the location, or the mix of tech that Bay-Area-based Sound On Stage (SOS) uses to make it all happen. This year, SOS—which
EU: Robe CycFX 8 for Shahrazad Live by ETA - December 24, 2016December 30, 2016 Photos credit: Caroline Vandekerckhove Thirty-four of Robe’s incredibly versatile CycFX 8 fixtures provided an elegant and inventive solution for lighting designer Aaron Copp on the new production of Shahrazad, choreographed by Jonah Bokaer for the Royal Ballet of Flanders (whose Artistic Director is Olivier Award winning Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui). The production finished
CA: Community Loudspeakers Inform and Entertain at Upper Fort Garry Live by ETA - December 21, 2016December 30, 2016 Known as the birthplace of Manitoba, Upper Fort Garry in Winnipeg is a significant site in Canadian history. Although the original fort was largely demolished in the 1880’s, its remaining Governor’s Gate and an area of surrounding land was gifted to the city by the Hudson Bay Company “as a
WORLD: Solaris Flares on Flume World Tour Live by ETA - December 18, 2016December 30, 2016 Photo credit: Taylor Wallace On the heels of his highly acclaimed second album release “Skin,” Flume is taking his electronic genre on a world tour. The Australian producer has had a successful year of festival performances alongside an extensive headline tour of North America, Europe, and Australia. “The current leg of the
SWE: Robe for Phantom of the Opera in Stockholm Live by ETA - December 17, 2016December 30, 2016 Photos credit: Matthew Murphy Robe moving lights continue their run on high profile theatre shows worldwide, with the new ‘Phantom of the Opera’ production in Stockholm utilizing DL7S and DL4S Profiles and DL4F washes – from the DL LED range – plus Pointes and ColorStrobes, over 50 fixtures in total. The Really
UK: Meyer Sound LEOPARD is the Choice for Passenger Live by ETA - December 16, 2016December 30, 2016 Photos credit: Stefan M. Prager Folk balladeer Passenger crafts delicate songs that tell stories. In his trademark raspy warble, he sings in vignettes, delivering lyrical beacons of truth within immersive narratives. Known off-stage as Michael David Rosenberg, the English musician began writing songs at around age 14, leaving school at the