Showpower Global has announced its partnership with Global Citizen to power the main stage of the 2024 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park with its world-first SmartGrid synchronised battery system. The SmartGrid battery system, designed especially for international stadium touring, music festivals and large-scale sporting events, has been developed and tested with global artists Coldplay on their current Music Of The Spheres World Tour with unprecedented success. The system uses repurposed BMW i3 EV (Electric Vehicle) batteries to store energy, can be charged with grid, solar, wind, hydrogen and generator sources while simultaneously powering any event. The Global Citizen Festival will…
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Dry Hire Lighting has added the PROLIGHTS Astra Hybrid330IP to its inventory in preparation for the festival season. After a demonstration from A.C. Entertainment Technologies, PROLIGHTS’ UK distributor, the Astra Hybrid330IP stood out to the Dry Hire Lighting team for its powerful light output and dependability. Rael Hancock, Business Development Director at Dry Hire Lighting, noted, “We’ve seen a growing demand for a quality IP-rated hybrid fixture that can compete with the market leader. The Astra Hybrid330IP not only meets these expectations but exceeds them.” Dry Hire Lighting chose the PROLIGHTS Astra Hybrid330IP for its performance and reliability. The fixture…
In response to the alarming rise in racist violence and rhetoric across the UK, the Music Industry Therapy Collective (MITC) is launching a new initiative – Strength in Unity: A Support Group for Global Majority Music Artists and Professionals. The online group is dedicated to supporting Global Majority individuals working within the UK music industry as they navigate these challenging times, and exploring ways they can support themselves and each other moving forward. MITC is committed to offering this supportive space for sharing experiences and connecting with others. This group will run over four alternate weeks in September and October 2024,…
AV Stumpfl will make its debut at the PLASA Show in London on 1–3 September 2024. The Austrian manufacturer, which recently opened a dedicated office in London for its PIXERA media server brand, will exhibit on stand A67, with staff from both its UK and Austria offices on hand throughout the show to demonstrate the power of PIXERA and catch up with industry friends and old new. PIXERA, AV Stumpfl’s media server platform, has seen growth in the live entertainment market since the pandemic, with an increasing number of live events and touring productions taking advantage of its real-time media…
Creative design practice Concept K employed 100 Elation SŌL I Blinders at the Solidays Festival in Paris at the end of June. Lighting supply was by Dushow, a festival provider for many years, with lighting design by Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard of Concept K. Organised by Solidarité sida, the festival brings together more than 150 artists and 170,000 festival-goers for three days with proceeds going to organisations fighting HIV/AIDS. Aldo, founder and artistic director of Concept K, used the SŌL I BLINDERS to artfully adorn the festival’s main stage, commenting, “Lighting designers have been looking for a source capable of replacing…
Based in San Diego, California, turnkey production design studio and rental company Maktive says it is “dedicated to bringing the GLP fixture experience to the masses.” The company has been quick to back up this pledge by ordering large quantities of the German company’s latest generation of IP65-rated fixtures, all on the advanced X5 platform. When it “blind purchased” 150 of the new JDC2 IPs after seeing prototypes at the LDI booth last November, it became its single largest investment in one type of fixture; and by then it had already bought 100 each of the impression X5 IP Bar…
MA Lighting Group marked the passing Riku Kauppinen, who passed peacefully on Friday 16 Augustat the age of 52, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kauppinen was surrounded by his family and friends at the time of passing. Kauppinen was a highly respected and beloved figure in the lighting industry, known for his innovative approach, technical expertise, and unwavering passion for his work. Kauppinen held a Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama with a specialisation in Lighting Design from the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. His education and early experiences shaped him into a leader…
Thirty years after Oasis’ debut album “Definitely Maybe”, Liam Gallagher set out on tour to celebrate the album. An L-Acoustics K1 concert sound system was utilised to celebrate the album. To meet the challenge, Skan PA Hire, a Clair Global company, was tasked with crafting a professional sound system. “We needed a system with serious muscle, but also finesse,” explained Sam Parker, Front of House Engineer for the tour. “L-Acoustics was the obvious choice to meet those demands.” Systems Engineer Mark Pantlin designed a comprehensive concert touring system centred around renowned K Series line array speakers from L-Acoustics. The setup…
The I Prevail-Halestorm co-headline 24-city summer tour featured a lighting design by Chris Denholm that featured 40 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M motorized strobe-washes from PGP. Denholm worked on his design with Mathes Kuhn who designed the Halestorm floor package and co-programed their show with Rodger Pugh, Anthony Tran who did most of the video edits, and Jeff Maker, LD for I Prevail. “Chris’s design called for a vertical framing of I Prevail’s video wall that comes to multiple points on the main flown rig,” said Maker. “We spaced them out but kept them in close proximity to each other. This…
Cohesion launched two new fill speakers, completing the lineup for the CF Series. The newly announced products, CF28 and CF14, joined the previously launched CF24 and CF10. These speakers in four efficient form factors have been engineered with an emphasis on application flexibility. Each is a passive product requiring a single amplifier channel. CF Series speakers provide solutions to supplement sound reinforcement for a wide range of live sound applications, such as large-scale productions and corporate keynotes, as well as permanent installations in venues including theatres, performing arts centres, and houses of worship. “We’re excited that the CF Series is…
Frank Grønbæk, FOH Engineer with Lukas Graham, has been using various mixing consoles while continuing to search for a solution that also offers exceptional sound quality and reliability but when Grønbæk visited Solid State Logic’s U.K. headquarters and had a demonstration of the System T Tempest Control App, paired with a lightweight TE1 processing engine and a 16-channel Fader Tile, he realised he had found a system he required. “I said, ‘Hey, I’ll have one of those, that’s exactly what we’ve been looking for!’” recalled Grønbæk. He has worked with Lukas Graham since 2012. The band’s Monitor Engineer, Rasmus Valentin,…
Kyle Evans has joined Robe’s creative team which is led by Nathan Wan and known for ensuring style is at the forefront of all Robe’s exhibition stands and live show spectaculars in addition to producing a host of other multimedia, video and live performance assets, promotional activities and training. Evans will be working as a Junior Lighting and Media Programmer alongside Wan and the current team of Jordan Tinniswood and Andy Webb. He will generally be assisting wherever needed, including console configuration, assisting with programming, creating Capture previsualisation models and many other tasks including as in-house AI wrangler. Evans will…
Following its strategic U.S. collaboration with Wisycom, DPA Microphones is expanding its team with the addition of several wireless systems professionals. Included among its latest appointments are industry veterans Adinaldo “Adi” Neves as Director of Business Development, Wireless, and Marcos Nieves as Area Sales Manager, D.C. Metro. Geoff Baynard also joins the team as Business Development Manager, Wireless. “As a renowned leader in the professional audio industry, we are thrilled to welcome Adi, Marcos and Geoff to our team to help expand our wireless systems business,” said Christopher Spahr, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, DPA Microphones and Wisycom USA. “This…
Elation will be showcasing at PLASA London in September 2024, presenting a plethora of fixtures. The PROTEUS ODEON is among the showcase, a framing profile fixture with industry-first TruTone technology. TruTone is a variable CRI system that allows for custom selection of the blend of light output and colour accuracy and is adjustable from CRI 70 to CRI 93. With CRI adjustable from a single fixture, the ODEON caters to a wide range of applications. Accompanying the PROTEUS ODEON on show is the PROTEUS ATLAS and its razor-thin 0.6° beam. This intense IP66 Beam FX with Solid-State Phosphor-Converted (SSPC) light…
PK Sound has welcomed Dutch live production provider AVScape to its growing European partner network following the company’s investment in a T8 robotic line source system through Central EU distributor FACE Pro. AVScape is the first T8 rental partner in the Netherlands and can also deploy larger T10 and Trinity Black systems in collaboration with PK Sound’s growing Central EU network for larger applications. “After several demos with other brands, T8 was a simple choice,” shared AVScape Co-Founder Joost Moerbeek. “The output, weight, and innovative multi-axis robotic coverage control is simply far beyond any other brand I have heard and…
Whiskey Myers continues their 2024 North American tour with grandMA3 controlling lighting and video elements, ACT Entertainment as the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America. Brian Vaughan, Director of Production with New York City-based Live ReDesigned serves as Production Designer and Lighting Designer for the tour. “We wanted a show that would look big but would fit in five trucks, so we’re utilising tools in creative ways that make things look bigger,” explained Vaughan. He has earmarked more than 200 lighting fixtures, 242 feet of Tyler GT truss and hundreds of ROE CB8 LED video panels for…
PP Sound Light Productions has invested in a second DiGiCo Quantum 338 and Western India’s first Meyer Sound PANTHER System. “The key to succeeding in the ever dynamic realm of live sound and concert production lies in staying ahead of the technological curve. And I can confidently say that our company is the living embodiment of this adage,” commented Prasad Parkar, director of PP Sound Lights Productions. “We at PP Sound Light Productions hold the distinction of owning the first-ever DiGiCo Quantum 338 console that made its way to India back in 2022.And what a wonderful journey it has been…
Midas Consoles has launched HUB4 PRO, a personal 96 kHz monitoring system hub, which follows on from the release of its predecessor, the HUB4. The HUB4 PRO provides a more streamlined and customisable monitoring experience, with front panel buttons and 16 balanced analogue outputs for sending 4×2 personal stereo mixes to IEM transmitters in the side rack and enabling connection to the brand-new Midas DL8 StageBox, which can be connected and powered from ports 1-4. This latest addition allows for PoE remote powering of up to four DP48 personal mixers and includes a StageConnect master output which supports phantom power…
