Veteran PVRIS Front of House Engineer and Production Manager Connor Hawkins selected the Allen & Heath dLive Digital Mixing System to support the band on the road after an extensive series of trials with consoles from multiple manufacturers. Hawkins said: “With only 2 or 3 days rehearsal I was able to get fully up and running and comfortable with dLive. It reminds me of the stuff that I like about other desks, but somehow it is even better. One of the huge dLive ‘wins’ is the flexibility of putting anything anywhere at any time. It was easy to move right…
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Shure, manufacturer of innovative wireless audio technologies supports multi-million selling, Classic Brit award-winning artist, Katherine Jenkins OBE as she returns to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall for the Classical Brit awards. Mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins OBE performed a song from the Greatest showman at 2018’s Classical Brit awards, a ceremony that has always been a special and memorable event for the classical crossover singer. In May 2018, Phil Wright Sound turned to Axient Digital for Katherine Jenkins, they needed a system which would be future proof and could cope with the range of a professional classical crossover singer without…
Placebo’s epic new show is touring European festivals with a revamped rock ‘n’ roll lighting design by Will Kinnaird, who’s armed with an Avolites Arena running Titan V11. Kinnaird has pimped Placebo’s lighting for festival season, with recent shows having been more video-based. “My lighting brief was ‘big rock ‘n’ roll’, so that’s what we’re delivering,” said Kinnaird, from WK Design. “We’re playing various festivals across Europe, all of which obviously have very different house rigs ranging from 40 to 240 fixtures. Therefore, I needed a festival-ready console with live control acreage. The Avolites Arena is a big, powerful console…
Audio Systems Engineer Charlie Albin and FOH Engineer Chris Marsh opted for JoeCo BLACKBOX BBR64-MADI for sell-out Divide tour at Wembley Stadium. Having circled the globe for more than a year, Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour recently arrived at London’s Wembley Stadium for a string of critically praised homecoming shows. Performing before sold-out, 80,000-strong crowds, Sheeran once again proved that one man and a guitar are more than enough to fill a stadium, while Audio Systems Engineer, Charlie Albin, and Front of House Engineer, Chris Marsh, ensured the technical production was faultless. Helping them to do so was a more recent…
Technical production company 4light Showprojects chose different CLF lighting fixtures for the 10thedition of 7th Sunday Festival in Erp (NL). Light Designer Joep van Bree (4Light Showprojects) included 50 CLF Aorun beams in his design to outline the impressive stage. The fixtures were selected because of its impressive output, fast movements, big lens design and very smooth frost effect. To illuminate decorative items, the CLF Ares was used. Most of them were placed behind plexiglass windows. 4Light Showprojects uses the Ares during the majority of their events, like Untold Festival in Romania and Daydream Festival in the Netherlands. 4Light Showprojects owner…
Elation Professional has embarked on a new chapter in its evolution with launch of Obsidian Control Systems, an accessible line of advanced yet intuitive lighting control products. Following completion in late March of the acquisition of the M-Series range of entertainment lighting controllers from Harman Professional Solutions, Elation Professional received valuable feedback from the thousands of M-Series users worldwide. “Based on this feedback, we sought to create a dedicated company and brand focus for the continued development and evolution of the product series,” states Elation Sales & Marketing Director Eric Loader. “The Obsidian development will continue to be focused on…
Port Lighting worked closely with the TEDxCambridge organiser in May 2018 to integrate lighting into a custom-designed set, which featured a very specific lighting requirement that was satisfied by 7 American DJ Vizi Beam RXONE fixtures. Established over 30 years ago in 1985, which coincidentally is the same year that ADJ was founded, Port Lighting is a diverse entertainment lighting company based in Seabrook, New Hampshire, right on the border with Massachusetts. It has two key divisions, one offering production services for all types of events and the other providing permanent rigging, draping and lighting equipment, as well as, architectural…
Signify has announced that the Medieval Times attraction in Buena Park, California has upgraded its show lighting with the latest LED fixtures from the Philips Vari-Lite and Showline brands. The new lighting choice will eventually bring improved performance and power efficiency to all ten Medieval Times venues in North America. Lighting Designer Marty Huntoon of installer All Pro Integrated Systems specified the new Philips Vari-Lite VLZ Profile, plus the SL Punchlite 220 and SL LEDSPOT 300 fixtures from the Showline range. “The SL Punchlite 220 was a simple replacement for the PAR lanterns, giving huge improvements in output, power efficiency, programming…
After a 5-year break from the road, Rita Ora returned to show the world what they’d been missing – delivering an academy venue tour that packed an arena-sized punch, as TPi reports. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijul18_digitallr/46 Photos: Crew Shots: TPi; Live Shots: Bret D Cove & Timmsy. www.ritaora.com www.tawbox.com www.prodnorth.com www.timroutledge.co.uk www.pyrojunkies.com www.sseaudiogroup.com www.negearth.com www.allaccessinc.com www.flybynite.co.uk www.phoenix-bussing.co.uk
KLANG:technologies, German-based manufacturer of immersive 3D in-ear mixing technologies, has appointed AEM of Tel Aviv, as its exclusive distributor in Israel. AEM specialises in the importation and distribution of products associated with stage and studio monitoring and represents many key brands. Its founder and owner, Alon Eitan is very highly regarded throughout the Israeli music industry as an expert in the field, something that KLANG:technologies Head of Sales, Phil Kamp, feels is a great advantage. “Alon is the trusted go-to man in this sector for a host of Israeli musicians, producers and engineers, so as well as possessing an incredible…
How did you first become involved in the industry? Were you immediately drawn to lighting? “While most of the industry fellows seem to have a background as musicians, mine was a passion for music – shows, lights & entertainment in general. So when seeing the job offer to become a sales apprentice with one of the German lighting distribution companies, I had to go for it.” How did this lead to Ayrton and your position at present? “After being in this industry for 20 years it was finally time for a change. Spending most of my time with the lighting…
Led by legendary acoustician Tom Danley and his handpicked team of engineers, Danley Sound Labs has once again developed a loudspeaker that solves a technical problem without compromising on its trademark pristine sound quality. The Danley MINI 180 provides even, seamless coverage across 180 degrees (by 90 degrees vertical) using Danley’s patented technology. Its operating frequency range is 149Hz to 20kHz (?3dB) with impressively linear phase response across that range and across the beam width. Maximum output is 119dB SPL continuous and 125dB SPL peak. “Folks have been asking us for a 180-degree loudspeaker for a long time, and the…
Signify’s new LED stage luminaire, the Philips Vari-Lite VL2600 Profile, made a striking world debut on the stages of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live shows in June. Supplied by Pearce Hire, the VL2600s were used to light performances by artists including Gary Barlow, The Script, Kasabian and Paloma Faith on this summer’s first Forest Live weekend. Peterborough-based Pearce Hire is the first company in the world to invest in these latest luminaires from the Philips Vari-Lite brand. Impressed by the fixture’s feature set, they purchased 40 VL2600 Profiles from London-based show lighting specialist Flashlight Ltd. Upon delivery, 20 fixtures were supplied to each of two Forest…
Integrated Systems Events, producer of the Integrated Systems Europe exhibition, has announced that its 2021 edition will be held at Gran Via, part of the Fira de Barcelona exhibition complex in Spain on 2-5 February. The new venue will become the permanent location for the world’s largest AV and systems integration show. The decision to relocate the ISE exhibition comes after 18 months of research into the viability of remaining at the RAI Amsterdam. With annual growth in ISE exhibitors and attendees approaching 10%, and the international AV market forecast to grow by 5% per annum through to 2021, it…
CLEARWING Productions deploys JBL VTX A12 loudspeakers, Crown amplifiers and Martin MAC Encore fixtures at world’s largest music festival. CLEARWING Productions, a nationally renowned full-service production company, deployed a stunning Harman Professional Solutions audio and lighting solution made up of JBL Professional loudspeakers, Crown amplifiers and Martin lighting fixtures this week at Summerfest 2018. Summerfest features over 1,000 performances across 11 stages and attracts nearly one million people annually. In order to provide premium audio and lighting for the world’s top music artists, CLEARWING Productions deployed full HARMAN Professional Solutions rigs at multiple stages across the festival, including the groundbreaking…
The 29th edition of the Golden Melody Award (GMAs) staged in the 15,000 seat Taipei Arena presented a golden opportunity for Robe’s RoboSpot remote follow spotting system to show its flexibility and scope – the first time it’s been used in Taiwan. Organised by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, the GMAs recognises outstanding singing achievements in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka and Formosan languages in both the popular and traditional music industries, attracting artists and audience from all over Asia. Moderated by Jam Hsiao, the 2018 show was broadcast live by Taiwan national TV throughout South-East Asia. Hong Kong based LD Stanley Szeto…
DB Systems has announces its rebrand to DBpixelhouse. DBpixelhouse CEO, David Bulley, explained the motivation behind the rebrand: “Since starting DB Systems 24 years ago, I’ve always ensured that we are at the forefront of innovation in the events industry. For many years, that innovation was simply buying the latest technology products and incorporating them into the world of exhibitions and events. More recently the rate of change of technology products has decreased, but the possibilities of digital content have grown at a far greater pace. “Many of our customer enquiries are now about how to integrate digital content and…
Star Events redesigned the entire Great Oak Stage sub-structure and super-structure to accommodate Roger Waters’ Us + Them production, which opened the BST Hyde Park series in spectacular style on Friday. With gags including smoking Battersea Power Station chimneys rising above the stage, graffiti strewn flying pigs and the surround sound effects synonymous with Roger Waters, Us + Them managed to set a new precedent, even for a Hyde Park performance. The Pink Floyd-heavy two and a half hour show contemporised the politics from the band’s mid-70s/early-80s canon through a series of stunning visual sequences fitted to the songs. The…
