Claypaky Fixtures Wrap Successful Ed Sheeran Divide Tour Live by Thomas Richard - February 28, 2020 One of the world’s best-selling music artists, Ed Sheeran wrapped his 260-show Divide Tour last year, which featured a large complement of Claypaky Mythos 2 and Scenius Unico lighting fixtures. Mark Cunniffe was the Lighting Designer for Divide, named the top tour of 2019 by PLSN. Cunniffe created a set piece
Point Source Microphones Deliver New Solutions for Danny Elfman Live by Thomas Richard - February 28, 2020 Danny Elfman and Sandy Cameron As Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas toured the UK at the end of 2019, virtuoso violinist Sandy Cameron was presented with a new miking technique thanks to Point Source Audio’s EMBRACE EO-8WL earmount microphone. The on-ear, as opposed to on-instrument solution, came from Emmy-winning audio engineer
Primal Scream Get Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll With DiGiCo Live by Thomas Richard - February 24, 2020 Formed in 1982 in Scotland, rock band Primal Scream released their third compilation album, Maximum Rock 'n' Roll: The Singles in 2019, containing 17 tracks spanning the period from 1986 to 2016. In support of the new album, the band announced a major winter tour of the UK and Ireland
Gesaffelstein’s Unique Vantablack Monolith Brought to Life With GLP Live by Thomas Richard - February 24, 2020 When French record producer and DJ Gesaffelstein launched his utterly unique and breathtaking stage set at Coachella last April it created a blueprint for the huge Against the Night, Across the Time US tour that was to follow towards the end of the year. Positioned behind the artist was a 32ft
Elliott Mountford Goes Crazy with Charli XCX and GLP Live by Thomas Richard - February 16, 2020 At the age of 16, Elliott Mountford set up his Ti22 lighting design company with a view to providing lighting and video integration on live shows. Little more than a few months later he was handling his first arena show at Wembley. Now still only 19, and from a background in
DOUBLE OR NOTHING WITH ALLEN & HEATH Live by Thomas Richard - February 14, 2020 Tom Deimbacher with dLive, photo by Le Luca Bei. For more than 20 years, Allen & Heath has provided audio support to Viennese rockers, Wiener Wahnsinn, who perform around 120 gigs each year from local shows to some of the biggest open-air festivals across Europe. Freshly equipped with a dLive C3500 and
Jo Campana Reflects the power of Claypaky for Francesco Renga Live by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020 Jo Campana is with Francesco Renga on his L’altra metà (The Other Half) tour. The name refers to the hidden part of every one of us which can only be seen by looking into the mirror. On the basis of this idea, lighting designer Jo Campana came up with his Uno
30 Seconds To Mars Enter a New Age with Avolites Live by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020 30 Seconds to Mars headed out on an ambitious festival run across Europe, covering 16 countries with audiences of over 40,000 people as well as 2 shows on a private Croatian Island for a “Mars Island” experience. Ensuring the band’s vision became a reality was experienced production designer Tom Campbell of
Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 Is The Progressive Solution For Haken Live by Thomas Richard - January 16, 2020 Photo credit: Stephen Schmidt Far from being an ‘uncool relic from the 1970s’, nowadays progressive rock has a sizeable following and is becoming more popular. There are a number of artists following the likes of Muse and Dream Theater into the mainstream, none more so than Haken - a multinational six-piece
Ukrainian popstar turns to Quantum for Russian stadium gig Live by Thomas Richard - January 16, 2020 Ukrainian popstar, LOBODA, recently visited Moscow’s new US$1.5 billion VTB Arena stadium as part of her latest European tour, upgrading to DiGiCo’s premium SD7 Quantum console to create studio quality sound for the 100 channel orchestra-based production. Known by the stage name LOBODA, Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda first came into public view
