Following the launch of their latest album Everyday Life, Coldplay recently staged an intimate, one-off concert at the Natural History Museum. Technical production specialist White Light (WL) was appointed to provide all lighting solutions and power distribution, as well as manage the staging and crowd management barriers. WL’s Account Manager, Steven Burnham said: “There was a limited lead time on this project from the receipt of brief. With our established position on the Museum’s approved suppliers list and intricate knowledge of the venue, we were considered the expert choice for a special event of this nature. We were excited to…
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The bi-annual Classical Spectacular, held for six performances in London’s Royal Albert Hall in November, demonstrated its continuing use of cutting-edge lighting technology by deploying the first Claypaky Xtylos used in the UK. The Xtylos is the first moving head with a laser light source. The crowd-pleasing show now known as the Classical Spectacular debuted in October 1988 and has been marked by perennial extravaganzas – lasers, lighting effects, fireworks – accompanying a classical music repertoire. Lighting Designer Durham Marenghi joined the Classical Spectacular family 30 years ago in an era before there were moving lights. But Marenghi quickly began…
American rapper Logic toured 26 cities across North America this fall on his The Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Tour with lighting design by Mitchell Schellenger and lighting supply by Volt Lites of Burbank, California. Schellenger employed a rig of Elation Professional Artiste Monet moving heads as the workhorse fixture in his design and says the powerful, multi-purpose LED profile was just what he was looking for. Logic is a multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated artist whose positive message has endeared him to an ever-growing fan base. Perhaps best known for his six-time Platinum single 1-800-273-8255, which spotlights mental health and…
The demand for greater performance to process, play and control higher resolutions and data volumes on multiple displays is growing. With the new Pandoras Box Version 6.4, Christie introduces its new 64-bit processing software, which meets the highest possible requirements and greatly increases the performance of existing processing hardware. Christie Pandoras Box is an award-winning family of hardware and software tools for real-time video processing and show control, excelling in live events, projection mapping, image compositing and interactive applications. The new version is now available for download on the Christie Pandoras Box website. More flexible and faster than ever, Pandoras…
American alternative band Chevelle recently finished a summer tour with a lighting system provided by longtime partner, Bandit Lites. The band, made up of brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler and Dean Bernardini, were on the road as a direct support act before gearing up for a larger fall run. Designer Robb Jibson engineered an efficient and effective design that could meet the rigorous demands of a summer tour sharing, “We wanted to use newer fixtures with LED sources that near the 1000w mark for the hard edge sources and had a certain feature set. Bandit did the best thing that…
London-based Capital Sound (part of the newly-formed Solotech UK group) have been successfully deploying their selection of Outline systems and processors with a diverse range of clients over the last few years. That diversity of musical styles and the range of venues in which they are presented underlines the remarkable flexibility of Outline’s Mantas 28 and Superfly compact line-array systems as well as their latest Newton FPGA-based system processor. From the multi-national classical crossover vocal group Il Divo to Welsh rocker Kelly Jones, via the polished pop of Will Young to the incredibly accurate recreation of Pink Floyd’s legendary stadium…
The past, present and future of professional sound recently met in the Czech Republic, as over 300 sound industry professionals from 40 countries headed for the capital Prague, host city for Yamaha’s annual System Designers Conference. ‘Immersive audio’ was the theme of this year’s System Designers Conference (SDC). While we tend to think of immersive audio as a modern concept, any space with four walls, a ceiling and floor produces immersive sound. It made Prague an appropriate location, as the city’s long history of opera and classical music has seen many venues built with acoustics in mind. It was in…
West London rental specialist Entec is delighted to announce the appointment of Daniel Scantlebury as its new Head of Sound, effective immediately. Scantlebury, who has joined after several years with Manchester-based dbnAudile as a senior project manager, said: “It was time for a new challenge and an incredible opportunity like this does not come along very often, so I’m thrilled. I’ve always respected Entec for its approach to business as well as its impressive history, and moving south to be closer to my family was also a consideration.” Entering the live industry at 17 as a touring audio freelancer, Scantlebury later…
The term ‘artist management’ is not one that appears in the pages of TPi too often, with our focus always being on the nuts and bolts that go into making the biggest and best live events in the touring industry. However, according to Muse’s former Touring Director, Glen Rowe, the two worlds need to be more co-dependent. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpidec19_digitallr/68 Photo: Kyoto www.kyotomusic.co.uk
What sparked your interest in the events sector? “I grew up with events. From as long as I can remember, I was roadie for my Dad’s mobile disco. There would be production companies involved on larger gigs, which exposed me to the world of technical production, and I knew that was what I wanted to do. I never really played with toys – I was more interested in speakers and par cans.” What are Sterling Events Group’s goals? “I set up Sterling Sound while I was in my last year at school. We had a small amount of kit that…
As the nights grow shorter and the holidays approach, the music of the holiday season becomes the soundtrack of most people’s lives, and for over two decades, platinum-selling artist Dave Koz has provided that sound to millions of fans. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for his newest tour featuring Jonathan Butler, Melissa Manchester, Michael Lington and Chris Walker. Koz’s tour and newest album, Gifts of the Season, features a smorgasbord of styles, ranging from an electronic rendition of Winter Wonderland, a whimsical It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, as well as an emotional Mary Did You Know and…
The award-winning TurboRay fixture from High End Systems recently made its latest TV appearance on the 17th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC), broadcast live from Arena Gliwice in Poland. JESC is a cultural extravaganza, designed to draw people together from all over Europe and Australia through light entertainment and healthy competition. It’s an increasingly spectacular and technically complex event, transmitted live to millions of viewers. This year, 19 participants aged between 9 and 14 years old took to the stage to battle it out for the trophy. The stage, designed by Giorgos Stylianou-Matsis, comprised a unique design…
Immediately after Brown Note Productions acquired a fleet of IP-rated lighting from Elation Professional in September, the full service production company sent the gear out on a three-week festival run in Louisville, Kentucky, providing non-stop lighting on three Danny Wimmer Presents festivals – Hometown Rising and Bourbon & Beyond, as well as Louder than Life, the biggest rock festival in the U.S. in 2019. Brown Note has been supplying production for Danny Wimmer Presents festivals since 2014. At this year’s Hometown Rising, September 14-15, lighting designer/director AJ DiCarlo used the new outdoor-rated lights for a performance by country pop singer…
Swiss electric chain hoist manufacturer GIS AG has launched two new lightweight D8 products, of 500kg and 1,000kg capacity, for mobile use in the entertainment sector. As riggers continue to demand the lightest possible motors, the LPML and higher capacity LPL chain hoists are both capable of lifting over 40 times their own weight. The LPML weighs a modest 12kg (20kg with 18m lifting height) and delivers a lifting capacity of half a ton. The LPL meanwhile lifts 1,000kg, and when fully equipped for an 18m lifting height weighs in at just 39kg (23kg net weight). The hoists will be…
Commercial drones are becoming more sophisticated, with models regularly released to the market created for various uses – most notably filming, but also for crowd control and entertainment displays. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpidec19_digitallr/74 www.droneseeker.co
Nordic Wristbands has launched a range of Eco wristbands introducing the most sustainable products available for festival and event organisers looking to remove single use plastics from their eco-systems. The range includes responsibly sourced bamboo, hemp and cotton wristbands, offering wristbands made out of natural, biodegradable fibres. There is also a range of recycled PET wristbands, bamboo RFID smart tags and cards to complete the range. Founder Jone Nuutinen commented: “We have thoroughly researched the sourcing of the materials, which are plant based, and manufacturing process to create biodegradable, comfortable, robust wristbands that can be branded in-line with the events’ own…
BishopSound has announced the launch of its first Line Array speaker system, the Delta Dual 8″ Passive Line Array. Simultaneously, the company announced the opening of a new dedicated demo facility, conveniently situated in the Midlands, where the Line Array and other BishopSound products can be experienced by prospective buyers. Designed and tuned in the UK, the Delta Passive Line Array BLA208 consists of 4 x Dual 8″ boxes and comes complete in a purpose-built plywood made to measure flight case. Each of the four boxes contains 2 x 8″ BishopSound Neo Drivers with 2.5″ voice coils and 2 x…
