Avolites Brings New Tech To An Old Soul Install by Thomas Richard - March 6, 2019 Even after this year’s Mardi Gras festivities have come and gone, Harrah’s Casino in the famous French Quarter will still be drawing in the droves to its latest dazzling spectacle: Fillmore New Orleans, Live Nation’s Crescent City take on the iconic San Francisco music hall. The newest Fillmore, whose old-fashioned theater
Elation DARTZ Keeps Pace With August Burns Red Live by Thomas Richard - March 6, 2019 You’d be hard pressed to find a band that plays at a more upbeat tempo than August Burns Red. The metalcore band’s fast-paced, aggressive sound keeps listeners on the edge of their seats, a dynamic style of breakneck metal that has endeared them to their fans for the past 15 years. Needing a
Ayrton Luminaires Ideal For The Rubens In Australia Live by Thomas Richard - March 5, 2019 In celebration of their third studio album, Lo La Ru, 5-piece Australian band, The Rubens, from New South Wales, Australia, performed for audiences across the country in November and December 2018. The tour saw the alt-rock favourites delight fans in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne as well as 8 regional
Michael Berger Brings Live Action To Love Actually With GLP Live by Thomas Richard - February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 California-based lighting designer, Michael Berger, recently took on the unusual commission of lighting a special musical stage production of the BAFTA award-winning (and Golden Globe-nominated) feel-good movie, Love Actually, using a number of fixtures from the GLP portfolio. Although a long-time member of the Full Flood lighting design consortium, the commission
JSES LTD Uses Elation On Festive Bowling For Soup UK Shows Live by Thomas Richard - February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 UK-based LD Jon Smith has worked for the last 7 years with one of the more brash and humorous pop punk bands around, Bowling for Soup. In late November and early December 2018, the band played a string of festive UK gigs dubbed the “Almost Christmas” tour with Jon using
Claypaky Packs A Punch For Davido @ London’s O2 Arena Live by Thomas Richard - February 18, 2019 Nigerian music star Davido wowed 20,000 adoring fans with his epic production at London’s O2 Arena, lit by show designer Anthony Hazelden using Claypaky’s Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures. Briefed with creating a production on the same scale as a Nicki Minaj or Drake concert, Hazelden took to WYSIWYG to
Claypaky Provides Warm Washes For The Vaccines’ UK tour Live by Thomas Richard - February 18, 2019 London’s iconic Roundhouse was ablaze with warm hues and dynamic aerial effects as English indie-rockers The Vaccines completed the second leg of their sell-out Combat Sports tour backed by Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20s. Lighting and production designer Dan Williams was the mastermind behind the look and feel of the tour, working
Idols South Africa votes for grandMA3 Live by Thomas Richard - February 17, 2019 Lighting designer Joshua Cutts was thrilled to drive a grandMA3 light for the Idols South Africa 2018 finale hosted at Carnival City in Johannesburg. Hot on the hills of American Idol - the singing competition which has enjoyed 16 seasons since initially being aired in 2002 - Idols South Africa has
Robe Strips Back The Layers For Perpetuum Jazzile Live by Thomas Richard - February 17, 2019 Slovenian lighting designer Gregor “Grga” Smrdelj unleashed his talents for a large high-profile show by Slovenian vocal group Perpetuum Jazzile at the Arena Stolzice in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With a brief to create something fresh and different, his first choice of moving lights was Robe, and with nearly 150 on the plot ...
Robe Specified For Chamorro City Hall News by Thomas Richard - February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 The Colombian entertainment technology and production industry is full of colourful personalities, and one of those is Andres Chamorro, entrepreneur event producer who has been an industry trailblazer for 25 years! His very successful rental company is Chamorro Iluminación and his most recent ventures include opening two major live event venues