The Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC) has announced a new Online Tour Health and Welfare Coaching platform for artists, performers and touring professionals. The confidential new service offers short-notice expert-led coaching sessions designed to address the challenges touring musicians, performers and crew face while living and working on the road. Available 24/7, this is the latest initiative for MITC Soundcheck’s comprehensive mental health service for the live music industry. High rates of anxiety, depression, insomnia and burnout are common among touring professionals, from artists and performers to production staff and promoters. Constant travel, financial instability, performance pressure, sleep disruption, lifestyle…
Author: James Robertson
VE Day 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, with commemorative events taking place around the UK. In Central London, the official VE Day procession by regiments of the British Armed Forces would embark on a route beginning in Parliament Square before travelling along Whitehall and The Mall, finishing at the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace. The procession’s sprawling footprint would provide a number of logistical challenges for Identity Global, who project managed the event, not least ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality audio coverage across the various locations. To meet the challenge,…
d&b audiotechnik expands its amplifier portfolio with the introduction of the 25D and D25. Based on the company’s most advanced amplifier DSP platform, both models integrate Milan networking and offer full compatibility with d&b’s software suite, ensuring seamless performance and improved workflow efficiency. Designed for versatility, the D25 is optimised for mobile applications while the 25D is tailored for installation. “With the 25D and D25, we’re not only providing customers with a cost-effective solution to address venues and events for small to mid-sized applications perfectly, but they also share the same feature set as the more powerful D90, D40 and…
Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head light fixture and Signify entertainment lighting brand, is today announcing that the VLHive 151 Digital FX, the world’s first all-digital entertainment lighting fixture, is now shipping. This next-generation luminaire, designed and manufactured at Vari-Lite’s Dallas, Texas, USA factory, includes a digital light engine, with 45,000 lumens of output and innovative effects that can be controlled from a standard lighting console—no media server required. The VLHive, which features a 151-emitter LED array, has already appeared on multiple productions, including The Wombats European Tour and the iHeartCountry music festival. The fixture offers a variety…
MDG has appointed menzi ebz ag as its new, exclusive distributor for Switzerland and Liechtenstein with immediate effect. menzi ebz is a company with a long pedigree, its origins stretching back to 1943 with the founding of Walter Eichenberger Theatre Lighting, and the creation in 1999 of MBelectronics by Marco Menzi, later to become Menzi Eventtechnik. The merger of these two companies in 2010 saw the advent of menzi ebz ag under the management of Marco Menzi and Andreas Stahl. Since 2024, menzi ebz ag has made the strategic step to focus exclusively on the sale of lighting, lighting control…
Coachella has always been about stepping into transformative spaces. And over at the iconic Yuma tent it’s clear what that magical zone is all about – an urban EDM nightclub. Forget that you’re in the middle of a desert, step inside this tent and it’s easy to feel like you entered a hot club in Brooklyn, LA, or Tokyo’s Shibuya district. This effect isn’t due only to the power of the music either, it also springs forth from the space’s immersive club-like lighting design with its intense plays on darkness, brightness, and geometric patterns. Designer, Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting,…
The Obsidian Control Systems team are showcasing the new NXW control wing at the InfoComm tradeshow, taking place June 11–13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. System integrators and lighting control specialists are invited to visit Obsidian at Booth #7672 for a closer look at this exciting addition and much more. The NXW is a sleek, portable, and full-featured PC control wing designed to deliver professional-grade ONYX operation via USB-C. Its responsive hardware surface brings the power of ONYX to any PC system, offering lighting operators the tools they need in a compact and intuitive form. From RGB-backlit…
Brad Schiller has joined GLP to lead the new Lighting Technology Engagement Team, based out of the company’s Americas headquarters in Los Angeles, California. In a decades-spanning career, Schiller has been at the forefront of many lighting innovations that have made their way into the mainstream from his work with manufacturers, while also being the author of multiple industry articles and books, including The Automated Lighting Programmer’s Handbook and Living the Lighting Life. He has also been a featured speaker, most recently at the Showlight Quadrennial in Dijon, France. Speaking of the new hire, GLP director Mark Ravenhill said: “I…
Delta Live has renewed its partnership with the iconic Roundhouse in Camden to be its exclusive audio solutions supplier. The new agreement will see Delta Live implement significant updates to the venue’s audio systems to include new flown PA side fills, plus updated PA ground fills and brand new mixing desks. The company specialises in sound design, broadcast, events, and communications solutions across a range of industries from live concerts to corporate events, and has worked on productions for London Fashion Week, the recent VE Day celebrations in London, and has a two-decade partnership with the BBC Proms. Its relationship…
The Eurovision Song Contest is now one of the biggest, brightest and most colourful live productions in the world, and the 2025 edition, held in Jakobshalle Arena in Basel, Switzerland boasted the biggest rig in Eurovision history. Ayrton fixtures played a key role in Tim Routledge’s spectacular and ever-changing, metamorphic design which included the complete range of Ayrton laser-phosphor sourced fixtures Mamba, Kyalami and Cobra, as well as Domino LT, Rivale Profile and Nando 502 Wash, all supplied by London-based Neg Earth Lights. “I had a lot of options to play with in this playground,” said Routledge. Just as well…
For Teddy Swims’ 2025 UK and European leg of the I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy tour, the team once again chose PRG to provide lighting, automation and video, but this time upgrading to PRG’s latest Followspot innovation – the GroundControl Multi. The GroundControl Multi is the newest addition to PRG’s award winning GroundControl Followspot family. This system can control up to 16 lights through a single GroundControl Controller, and up to 99 in total, using the GC Multi Server media node to take any light within the rig and control it as a Followspot. This eliminates the need for inhouse…
HK Audio has introduced a powerful new system package within its LINEAR 5 MK2 series: the LINEAR 5 MK2 High Power System. Designed as a scalable, ready-to-deploy solution for large venues and open-air events, this new configuration combines key components from the MK2 range to deliver exceptional sound pressure, throw and low-frequency performance. At the heart of the system is the LINEAR 5 MK2 308 LTA mid/high unit. This horn-loaded, long-throw active mid/high speaker is ideal for wide dispersion and deep coverage in demanding environments. When combined in clusters or stacks, users can benefit from preset-based configuration and seamless horizontal…
Ton Production, a fast-growing rental and production company based in Prague, has expanded its audio inventory with a new Outline sound system. The setup includes sixteen Mantas 28 line-array modules, eight DBS 18-2 subwoofers, and Outline’s GTA Series power amplifiers, supplied by Outline’s Czech distributor, LightNeq. Founded in 2018, Ton Production provides full technical services for concerts, festivals, conferences, and a variety of public and private events. With its growing portfolio, the company was seeking a versatile, high-performance system capable of handling everything from intimate events to open-air festivals. “When looking for a new system for our rental company, we…
A few years ago, Mumford and Sons withdrew from their self-described “almost nonstop touring schedule” to channel a new more organic and personal wellspring of creative energy, which resulted in their latest album Rushmere. The band’s longtime lighting designer, Ed Warren reflected these themes in his work for the band’s “Tour Before The Tour,” a limited run of shows at mid-sized venues before their 32-city North American arena-amphitheater tour scheduled for this summer. Like the band’s new creative outlook, Warren’s lightshow was designed to give the heartfelt emotions behind the music, a chance to breathe and flourish, unencumbered by extraneous…
High Road, a Nashville-based entertainment trucking company, joins the Concert Logistique family alongside flagship brand Truck’N Roll, under one growing North American network. With over two decades of experience in the freight and live events industry, Sharon Lee, Founder, President & COO of High Road set out to build a company rooted in service, trust, and humanity. She founded High Road in 2016 with a clear vision: deliver top-tier tour trucking while cultivating strong relationships. Guided by the belief that “no road is long with good company,” she’s built a business that thrives on collaboration, precision, and care. With over…
Green Hippo’s new Hippotizer MX Series Media Servers were out in force for 2025’s WWE WrestleMania spectacular, pumping out 4K live action and pre-made content across a wealth of LED screens and strips. Eight Hippotizer Kasai MX Media Servers — which are distributed by ACT Entertainment in North America — were at the heart of the video setup, working with 12 Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 and two Hippotizer Karst+ MK2 Media Servers. The 2U, 10-bit video playback, robust Kasai MX Media Servers empower users to run two 4K outputs and offers Genlock for large surface displays that need more than one…
InfoComm is offering visitors to this year’s June 11-13 show a “2030 Vision into the future.” Attendees who drop by the CHAUVET Professional booth (6453) at the Orange County Convention Center will be able to experience an exciting sampling of that promising time by getting an up-close personal look at advanced lighting fixtures that are shaping the future of the AV world today. The company is ensuring that the future is bolder and brighter than ever thanks to technologically advanced products like those in CHAUVET Professional’s Ovation Rêve family, which features optical marvels like the Rêve E-3, a full-spectrum LED…
Midas Consoles has unveiled the AS88, the latest addition to its converter lineup — a robust dual HMAC to 8-Port Dual Redundant AES50 Converter engineered to meet the rigorous demands of professional live sound. Housed in a rugged, compact 2U rack-mountable chassis, the AS88 is built for life on the road while maximising space efficiency in any setup. Designed with full cable redundancy from console to StageBox, it ensures superior reliability and significantly reduces the risk of signal loss. Capable of handling up to 192 bidirectional channels at 96 kHz, the AS88 delivers outstanding bandwidth and flexibility. It features a…
