Summerburst is the biggest EDM festival in Sweden. The inaugural event was held in Stockholm back in 2011, and by the following year had also opened its doors in Gothenburg. Since then it has remained a two-city festival, both with a capacity of around 25,000. Daniel Hellsten has worked closely with
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GLP Part of Essential Package for Dermot Kennedy
Last autumn, Production Designer Owen Pritchard-Smith (of Spirit Design) joined up with fast-emerging Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy for a European tour, having previously worked with the artist’s management on other projects. Though he was largely playing through house rigs on that initial tour, a UK stint quickly followed, enabling him to
ZDF Hitparade Reaches 50 with GLP Setting the Old Show in a New Light
Jonas König Delivers Brilliant GLP Light Show for The BossHoss Black Is Beautiful Tour
Over the past 15 years, country and western-oriented band, The BossHoss, seems to have built its reputation effortlessly, year after year. This Spring ‘The Magnificent Seven of Rock’ returned with their eighth studio album ‘Black Is Beautiful’. And from mid-March to early April 2019, the so-called ‘Spree Outlaw’ saddled up
SHM Reunites While Sam Tozer Overturns the EDM Paradigm with GLP
Despite having worked with two members of the legendary Swedish House Mafia (SHM), Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, in a one-off show in San Francisco, when the time came for a reunion, Vision Factory production designer, Sam Tozer nevertheless had to pitch for the gig. At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium gig
GLP Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Attendees joining GLP’s 25th Anniversary celebrations at PL+S Frankfurt GLP started out near the famed Black Forest. A mountainous region in southwest Germany, bordering France. Known for its dense, evergreen forests and picturesque villages, it is often associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. However unlike the fairy tales, GLP’s growth
The Hunna Back GLP Solutions
Production designer, Tom Campbell used multiples of GLP’s award-winning impression X4 Bar 20s, as well as the new FR1 compact automated light and innovative KNV Cubes in a GLP-dominated stage when guitar-dominated band The Hunna played a small UK tour of mostly O2 Academy theatres recently. After a quiet year, in
GLP Bars and Hybrid Strobes Post High Impact on World Tour
One of the most successful, if at times controversial rap/rock stars, Post Malone has shown his total command of arena stages as a solo performer during his current world tour. But the multi-platinum artist has been assisted in no small part by his lighting designer Ben Dalgleish. The LD showed his creative skill
GLP Fixtures Assumes Form for James Blake
Electronic wizard and Mercury Prize winner James Blake has been touring the United States prior to returning to his native UK for theatre dates, and appearances at European festivals, starting with All Points East. On the road with him is Blake’s long-serving, and highly experienced LD, Chris Bushell, accompanied by an
Max Giesinger Takes ‘The Journey’ with GLP
Singer-songwriter Max Giesinger has been a regular in the German-speaking world of music for several years. Following the 2016 album The Boy Who Runs, Giesinger released the studio album The Journey in the Autumn of 2018. From mid-February to mid-March 2019, he embarked on the first leg of his eponymous tour,