The Brussels Expo Paleis 10 hosted the Manager Van Het Jaar ceremony and named two women as Manager Van Het Jaar: Rika Coppens, CEO of House of HR, and Diane Govaerts of Ziegler. Rika Coppens, the Trends honouree, and Diane Govaerts (Tendence) were both praised for their forward-thinking creativity and their ability to maintain high standards of excellence. Contributing to the success of the event was D-Dream, which provided technical support and creative vision for the evening’s activities. “We’ve been working together with Roularta Media Group, the publisher of Trends and Trends Tendence, for several years,” said D-Dream Managing Director…
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Chinese rock legend Xu Wei restarted his pandemic-interrupted Endless Light Tour with a large-scale Adamson PA design consisting of 172 speaker cabinets at Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center. Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology chose Adamson for all loudspeakers including stage monitors, main arrays, sidefills and frontfills. The main left and right line arrays each consisted of eighteen E15 and three E12 for downfill. Main sidefills used arrays of fifteen E12. Front of house system engineer Kaiji LIU noted, “For the frontfill, we use eighteen Adamson S10 . These 10” line array cabinets are divided into six groups to…
Quevedo’s ‘DQE Donde quiero estar’ tour has utilised 30 Ayrton Cobra. Designed by Oscar Marchena, the tour encompasses a traditional setup and a 360º experience. Oscar Marchena, the lighting designer behind this tour, has crafted the show: to achieve this, he devised two different lighting formats, opting for lighting equipment that could offer versatility and a wide range of effects. During the shows in the traditional format, a substantial number of Ayrton fixtures supplied by USE Sonido rental company, were employed. A set of 34 Cobra fixtures illuminated the stage backdrop. He remarked, ‘The versatility of the Cobras, combined with…
Global Critical Logistics (GCL) has acquired two New Zealand forwarders, Auckland-based Time Frame Logistics and Wellington-based Xtreme Forwarding. Time Frame will have its assets and business fully integrated into GCL’s Rock-it Global and will be newly branded as Rock-it Global New Zealand. Xtreme Forwarding will continue operating under its current brand alongside Dynamic International, another GCL company serving film and TV customers. “Acquiring these two New Zealand companies with capabilities across our core end markets strengthens our geographic footprint in a key cornerstone of the Asia-Pacific region, while also giving us direct access to local customers seeking to grow beyond…
The inaugural Now or Never i festival created by the city of Melbourne hosted several events at the iconic Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne and saw Gig Control Australia transform the heritage-listed building, designing a spectacular sound, lighting and video infrastructure. The creative company partnered with Novatech Creative Event Technology, which was contracted to take care of technical supply for the five events held over four days. Aside from the entrance, the visual highlight was the main zone, where a 16m-high LED structure backed the main stage. This was brought to life by 39 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes, set in…
Meyer Sound has announced new hires for three management positions, with Melissa Galicia selected as Chief Financial Officer, James Bolton is the new Director of Logistics, and Michael Heard as the Director of Procurement. “Although these three are not in customer-facing roles, their work is critical to maintaining strong relationships with our global customer base,” commented Meyer Sound Executive Vice President Helen Meyer. “Melissa is charged with continuing the efficient and robust financial operations of the company, while James and Michael will help assure that the ‘nuts and bolts’ of our manufacturing and global distribution run smoothly so our customers…
FOH Engineer Ricky Ashford, who has been working with Rosalía for almost two years, has relied on a DiGiCo Quantum 338 and Quantum 225 digital mixing console for her latest Motomami world tour, which took in 68 dates at stadiums and arenas in Europe, Latin America, and North America. “I’ve been using the Quantum 338 since the console’s release three years ago,” commented Ashford. “For the second phase of the Motomami tour, we utilised the Q338 alongside its slimmed down version Quantum 225, with the Q225 also offering us as much channel count and robustness as we need for Rosalía.” “I also appreciate…
Martin Audio rental partners VME have announced, that they have at a stroke become the manufacturer’s largest global rental partner of the award-winning systems. Based in the north of England VME, run by brothers Dion and Andre Davie, recognised that after lockdown, the live events industry rebounded and inventories were quickly running dry. As a part of the MLA network, they repositioned themselves as dry-hire specialists. The latest order for 475 cabinets is split into the following products: 179 MLA; 24 MLD; 80 MLX; 40 DSX and 152 MLA Compact. Confirming that they now hold more than 600 Martin Audio…
Elation announced that VMT (Vardhaman Megatech) has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Elation and Obsidian Control Systems products in India. VMT Director of Sales, Jeff Mandot, expressed: “We chose to partner with Elation because of their reputation as a leading manufacturer of high-quality automated lighting solutions,” he stated. “Elation’s commitment to innovation and their impressive product portfolio aligns perfectly with our mission to provide the best audio and lighting solutions to our customers. By teaming up with Elation and Obsidian, we can expand our product offerings and provide even more cutting-edge lighting and lighting control options to our…
Neutrik’s opticalCON ADVANCED fibre portfolio has been expanded with the introduction of two MTP high-speed, high-capacity connectivity systems. New MTP systems enable 16 and 48 data channels on a single cable, with design improvements simultaneously implemented across the opticalCON ADVANCED series. Additional benefits include up to 24 times less cabling requirements and cost optimisation per single fibre/data channel. The MTP 16 and MTP 48 systems incorporate several design advances inherent in the NEUTRIK opticalCON DRAGONFLY. These have been introduced across the complete opticalCON ADVANCED fibre portfolio. www.neutrikgroup.com
The Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix Opening Ceremony has unveiled the creative team behind the event due to take place on 15 November 2023. Created and executive produced by Brian Burke Creative, along with stage architects STUFISH Entertainment Architects and Lighting Designer Tom Sutherland. The opening ceremony will kick off Grand Prix weekend with large-scale performances by more than eight musical artists. All 20 participating F1 drivers will be featured alongside stars in the music industry, including Andra Day, Bishop Briggs, J Balvin, Journey, Keith Urban, Steve Aoki, Thirty Seconds to Mars, will.i.am, and more. Set against the…
DiGiCo Quantum338 consoles are an integral part of Maluma’s ongoing Don Juan World Tour. The tour relied on Clair Global’s Cohesion series PA system, as well as other DiGiCo products, including SD-Racks, an Orange Box, DMI-Waves cards, and a complete Optocore network loop. The implementation of the Quantum338 was a system-critical decision for the tour, said German Tarazona, who moved from mixing monitors to managing the FOH mix for Maluma. “We needed a system that could integrate with our requirements for this tour,” he explained. “We wanted to be able to share gain structure to make fewer format conversions and…
Herb Brandt has been named President of the Creative Technology Group in the US with Stephen Gray taking on the newly created role of Senior Vice President of NEP Live Events. Brandt is a 27-year veteran with experience across all of CT’s business offerings, his recent role as Chief Business Officer focused on the client-facing side of the business, enhancing CT’s go-to-market strategies while developing solutions for customers. His knowledge of the live events industry from engineering and project management to sales and operations provides a foundation for leading CT’s Live Events business going forward. Gray has been a part…
HOLOPLOT partner, Creative Technology US, used the X1 Matrix Array for orchestral performances of musical scores of The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario at this year’s Nintendo Live experience at PAX West. Guests were invited to play Nintendo Switch games together at the Variety Stage and Experience Zones, watch exciting NintendoVS championship tournaments, and enjoy live entertainment on the Live Performance Stage, equipped with a HOLOPLOT X1 sound system operated by Creative Technology US. Performed by the 50-piece The Legend of Zelda Orchestra, conducted by James Olmstead, was delivered to fans, whilst containing it so as not to add…
LL Cool J has been touring cities across the US with a celebration of hip-hop as part of his The F.O.R.C.E Tour – with pre-made and live visuals fired by a team of tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer media servers. VUE Show Design Group was brought into the LL Cool J Camp through Production Designer Gary Westcott, with a brief of programming visuals “from top to bottom”. “We were tasked with re-creating the show visuals to elevate what existed before,” commented VUE Show Design Group’s Design Associate/Screens Producer, Bransen Black. “This show wasn’t like your typical concert tour -…
Aaron Luke has become the newest member of ACT Entertainment’s Regional Outside Sales team, representing the southeast US. “We are incredibly grateful to bring someone of Aaron’s calibre to the ACT Entertainment sales team,” commented ACT Director of Sales, Doug Mekanik. “His experience in live event design and programming will help him guide our customers and their clients to the technology solutions they need.” “Aaron has worked on some of the largest events our customers produce, so he understands their needs and the landscape of the industry in a unique way that will be invaluable to our entire team,” Mekanik…
dBS Solutions recent growth has seen them investing in new sound equipment, namely Newton by Outline. Managing Director, Chris Bogg commented: “Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a major increase in demand for our audio services, in particular for larger projects and that’s led to a significant expansion in our sound equipment inventory. We had been looking for some time for a device that we could use for system alignment and overall EQ, when one of our freelance engineers brought his own Newton to a dBS job. That gave us the chance to see one in action and…
Elation Professional Proteus, Artiste, KL and other lighting fixtures were used by Lighting Designer, Miguel ‘Miki’ Molina on the latest season of La Casa de Los Famosos in Mexico. The Elation package was used throughout the season across six different sets, including the grand finale, with the main stage alone boasting some 400 Elation lights. Other Elation lines used on the program included Pixel Bar, SixBar, Chorus Line, and DTW Blinders, along with Therma Tour 600 haze effect generators from Magmatic Effects. Additionally, EN12 nodes and RDM10 splitters from Obsidian Control’s NETRON line were used for signal distribution. The supply…
