The Killers, currently touring their 5th studio album, Wonderful Wonderful, boasts an Americana-inspired show design, lit by long-term lighting designer Steven Douglas, who selected the Claypaky Scenius Unico as the production’s workhorse lighting fixture. From the start, the band, Douglas and the rest of the creative team decided against a fixed creative brief for this production. Instead they worked on growing the show design organically during the recording of the Wonderful Wonderful album. The resulting production features The Killers’ idiosyncratic Vegas styling, alongside theatrical small-town Americana set-pieces, inspired by the nature and feel of the album’s music. “Building the show whilst the album was still being recorded…
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Harman Professional Solutions, audio, video, lighting and control systems specialist, including networked AV, has announced the grand opening of the Harman Experience Center in urban London. The new facility expands the growing global network of Harman Professional Solutions Experience Centers, including locations in Los Angeles, Singapore and Shanghai, and will serve as the new headquarters for the EMEA region. Designed to showcase how Harman Professional Solutions uniquely address customer needs across a variety of entertainment and enterprise market applications, the 25,800-square-foot (2,400-square-meter), multi-functional facility including EMEA headquarter offices, demonstrates the integration of brands including JBL Professional, AKG Acoustics, AMX, BSS…
STRIKE P38 is a compact, punchy and outdoor-ready blinder and strobe powered by a 90 W warm white LED source. An emulated “amber shift” warms the color temperature of the light as it dims to perfectly mimic incandescent lights. The unit’s IP-rated fan keeps it cool enough for use as a wash, while IP-rated direct power and DMX connections eliminate undesirable whips. Control it with adjustable PWM and RDM for added flexibility. www.chauvetprofessional.com
LITEC is set to make another big splash at the 2018 Prolight + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt with exciting new LITEC products, situated at the Area Four Industries stand located in Hall 3.0 Stand D71. The company storms into Frankfurt with its new MyT Virtue truss line, part of the MyT family of truss. The latest addition to Area Four Industries’ back catalogue offers a compact, but extremely strong, line of truss designed to provide support for your BIG events that require increased load capacity, decreased deflection and longer spans. LITEC are also set to debut its new Hoist Box…
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Northwest-based technical production supplier, Sterling Event Group, has invested a 6-figure sum into its equipment fleet to meet a growing global demand for its services. The decision to significantly boost its audio department by investing in a d&b audiotechnik V Series line array loudspeaker system, was agreed following a surge in enquiries over the last year. Having grown the business substantially in recent years, Sterling, who supply services to the live events industry both nationally and internationally, needed a flagship audio system offering for larger events to complement their recent investments in the vision, lighting and rigging departments. The d&b…
Ayrton has announced the latest addition to its international distributor network as DYNLIGHT of Abu Dhabi is named as its new, exclusive distributor for the GCC region and Lebanon. To mark the occasion, Production Director, Thomas Linke, has been newly appointed as DYNLIGHT’s brand manager for Ayrton products. Originally from Germany, Linke joins DYNLIGHT from his position as Area Manager of A&O Technology Middle East, where he spent a decade building a comprehensive understanding of the region. He shares a passion for Ayrton and is backed by DYNLIGHT’s innovative and proactive distribution ethos and excellent customer support. “We are especially…
Oregon-based Cascade Sound & Stage Lighting has joined the L-Acoustics network, extending the French loudspeaker manufacturer’s outreach; introducing its newest products to the region’s rental market. Cascade Sound & Stage Lighting’s inaugural L-Acoustics purchase comprises 24 K2 and 12 Kara enclosures, 16 KS28 subs and five LA-RAK II touring racks, each loaded with three LA12X amplified controllers. “The K2 and Kara line source array systems have performed perfectly in every situation,” noted Cascade Sound & Stage Lighting Operations Manager Jeff Cox. “At the Oregon State Fair, our K2 and KS28 covered the 9,000-seat L.B. Day Amphitheater like a glove. Keeping the…
Owen Yelland recently had the opportunity to work as a part of the TPi Awards 2018 lighting team, as a systems technician for Robe. Lighting design was designed by LD Nathan Wan and Assistant LD Jordan Tinniswood. www.tpiawards.com
Outdoor video transportation technology has come a long way in the past decade, but the great outdoors still present serious challenges in delivering an image to a screen. Upstage spend time with clientele to make sure you are asking the right questions to get the best solution, as detailed in the video…
Audio Visual Live (AVL) recently deployed a VUE audiotechnik al-8 line array system for the HBO Boxing After Dark live broadcast event on 27 January 2018. Looking to strike the ideal balance of intelligibility, directionality and SPL, AVL identified the VUE line array as the best option for the challenging, low-headroom indoor arena, The Forum, in Los Angeles. AVL has handled production for many televised boxing events for promoters across multiple networks. This venue has always presented a challenging tradeoff between ideal system performance and size. As is typical with live-broadcasts, AVL needed a system that could handle a range…
Dubbed as ‘the biggest night of the year’ for the UK live production industry, the TPi Awards 2018, also marked a special collaboration between NEXO and Yamaha to provide the show’s audio system; utilising the latest NEXO SA GEO M10 line array and Yamaha Pro Audio RIVAGE PM10 digital console. Hosted by TPi (Total Production International), the leading publication for the live production industry, the Awards evening has consistently grown in size and status; acknowledging and rewarding the achievements of the industry’s most talented, successful individuals and service companies. In 2018, more than 1,400 attended the dinner and show at the Evolution Battersea in…
The Total Production International (TPi) Awards 2018, produced by TPi Magazine, partnered with Robe lighting, to illuminate Battersea Evolution, utilising almost 300 Robe fixtures in the main room, including additional fixtures, in the venue foyer, and Robe VIP Area. Nathan Wan put together a stunning lighting design that supported the TPi Awards 2018’s visual theme of 1980s / early 1990s New York ‘golden age’ rap / hip hop; complete with eye-catching cityscape video design, reflecting the musical diversity and innovation of the era. Wan worked alongside Lighting Director – and regular FOH team collaborator – Andy Webb and assistant LD…
As part of Sennheiser’s involvement with the forthcoming TPi Awards 2018, the company will be showcasing its Digital 6000 wireless microphone system at Daytime TPi. The Digital 6000 Series of radio microphones brings outstanding audio quality and rock-solid RF wireless transmission to demanding live productions and, as the microphone system of choice of an increasing number of engineers, integrators and suppliers for live performance, permanent installations at venue and for live-to-air broadcast, is fast becoming an essential part of many rental companies’ inventories, with Britannia Row, Stage Sound Services, SSE, Adlib, Capital Sound and Skan PA all having recently invested in…
In my professional world, I am acutely aware that I am in the minority. As a young female, working as a Production and Logistics Assistant for health and safety expert, Symphotech, I spend my day to day working alongside and liaising with men. Despite being in the minority, I absolutely love my job and I’m passionate about developing my career in this industry. This prompted me to consider what it is that makes young events professionals successful and what, if anything, can be done to encourage other females in the profession that I enjoy so much. Admittedly, working in the…
Vectorworks has recently released Braceworks, an add-on for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer, wgicg provides design, production, and rigging professionals with an easy way to gauge the performance of temporary structures under load. This one-of-a-kind module ensures safety and compliance with engineering codes and standards, creating a completely integrated modeling, analysis, and documentation process in one interface. See video: www.vectorworks.net
Britannia Row Productions Training (BRPT) has announced the dates of its 2018 live sound training courses. The 16-week part-time Live Sound Fundamental and Live Sound intermediate courses will run twice in the year; commencing in January and September 2018. While BRPT’s core 12-week full-time Live Sound Technology Course will commence on 8 May 2018. The 3 year BSc Hons Degree Course in Live Sound Production, run with South Thames College and validated by the University of Northampton, will be commence in September 2018 – primarily from the South Thames College Wandsworth, London campus. Britannia Row Productions Training’s MD, Mike Lowe…
