Staged at Coventry’s War Memorial Park from 27 to 29 May 2022, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend featured artists including Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Sam Fender, Harry Styles, George Ezra, Foals, Disclosure and many more. Siyan deployed 48 Martin MAC Aura PXL washes and 23 MAC Viper Profiles on the main stage; 60 VDO Atomic Dot WRM on the BBC Music Introducing stage, and 36 MAC Aura XBs on the Future Sounds stage. Siyan’s Project Manager for the event was Steve Finch, with Ben Inskip operating as a main stage designer. “We chose the PXL because they are a great versatile,…
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Nine Avolites consoles and four media servers were specified across nine sites at Glastonbury Festival 2022, which attracted around 200,000 attendees. Avolites products help illuminate nine areas of the festival site, including Temple, Totem, RumShack, the three Bloc9 areas, Theatre, Cabaret and Salon Carousel, and individual production teams brought in Avolites kit for additional performances on The Pyramid, the main stage and Other Stage. For Avolites, the return of Glastonbury, following a pause as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, has marked the festival debut for its flagship console Diamond 9, the most innovative and advanced console range to date.…
CAST Software is inciting curiosity about automation of lighting, media, or audio, students in the UK following recent roadshows led by BlackTrax Specialist, Tom Boucher, in awe of the creative possibilities BlackTrax offers to live event professionals. When entering the workforce, two important things on a resume are industry-ready skills and hands-on experience. More than ever, exposure to BlackTrax is relevant for students looking to build careers in live events, theatre, and broadcast. They learn about endless possibilities before leaving the classroom. This gives rise to a new generation of well-trained, easily employable creatives that are experienced and creatively trained…
Neko Trust has joined forces with Gallowglass to launch Future Crew – a training scheme to tackle the lack of diversity in backstage crew and support the reskilling of the sector. The programme is being piloted between June and August 2022 to inspire young people most in need to access jobs and training. The initial group will be 10 young people aged 19 and over, not in employment or training and who are claiming Universal Credit or facing significant barriers. Future Crew is a direct response to the Government’s Levelling Up agenda and youth employment crisis across London and represents…
Clear-Com has appointed Calvin Long to the company’s Applications Engineering team. Based in the Southeastern region of the US, Long brings industry experience and knowledge with a focus on both remote and hybrid broadcast operations from his time at Black News Channel (BNC) as Broadcast Manager of Operations for the live news channel. Long was a first-hand Clear-Com user in his previous role, configuring the intercom system to enable remote and hybrid broadcast workflows for the anchors, production team and engineers. “With our customers increasingly moving to an IP-based workflow with both hybrid and remote operations, it’s especially important to…
Described variously as ‘the greatest British play of the 21st Century’ or even one of ‘the best plays of all time,’ Jez Butterworth’s modern classic has exploded once again into the West End 11 years after its last record-breaking, sell-out run. Back at its West End home of the Apollo Theatre with a superb sound design from Autograph’s Ian Dickinson, this time featuring the aptly named Reference Series loudspeakers from EM Acoustics. “I did the show the first time around when it was at the Royal Court, followed by its subsequent West End iterations, so I knew exactly what was…
tvONE has strengthened its production and marketing departments with the appointments of Heather Funk as Production and Warehouse Associate and Kat Morrison as Junior Graphic Designer. The latest expansion of these departments aligns with the company’s strategic goals, as tvONE continues to commit to timely production and distribution, and bolster its three brands, tvONE, Magenta, Green Hippo. Funk joins tvONE’s production team with 17 years’ experience working in operations and production. She has worked in quality inspection and testing, which will be a great asset to tvONE’s goal of growing the assembly of products at tvONE’s Cincinnati, Ohio location. Morrison…
Kane Brown returned to his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on 7 May 2022 to play his first-ever stadium show at Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium. Lighting and production design for the sold-out show was by Trevor Ahlstrand who used Elation Professional lighting on the milestone event, including the company’s popular IP-rated powerhouse luminaire Proteus Maximus, supplied by DCR Nashville. Kane Brown is a breakout success story whose popularity has grown exponentially since debuting only a few years ago. Ahlstrand has collaborated with Brown since the artist’s first headlining arena tour, Live Forever Tour, in 2019, and served as lighting designer and programmer…
To coincide with the release of the latest version of its proprietary prediction software, System Optimiser v0.6, CODA Audio has made all relevant documentation now available online in a comprehensive user guide. Documentation for offline use as well as full release notes for v0.6 can be accessed on the site. System Optimiser allows the accurate simulation of CODA Audio Loudspeakers in any 3D View with unmatched precision and speed. It allows the design of all sizes of audio system from the smallest of gatherings right up to the largest of stadium productions with incredible ease. SPL Pressure mapping is presented…
Lighting Designer, Andre Beekmans of TAOL in collaboration with Andrei Predut of APart in Bucharest, Romania used a large complement of Claypaky fixtures to light the We Are One – a concert in the city’s National Arena to benefit humanitarian causes in the region. The day-long concert on 12 March 2022 drew an estimated 50,000 people to the stadium and more watched the YouTube livestream and broadcasts on Romanian TV and radio. Organised by SAGA Festival, PRO TV, KISS FM and the City Hall of Bucharest, the event featured local and international artists, including Armin van Buuren, Tom Odell, Jamala…
In her first six months at Martin Audio, new HR Manager, Severine Anvoner, says the experience is proving better than she could have imagined. Despite being born and brought up in France, Anvoner has been in the UK since 2001 and now considers both the country — and the area of Bucks where she resides — as home. “The UK is where I will grow old,” she smiled. Her vast experience has taken her through the corporate world — first at Coca-Cola Enterprises and more recently at Seagate Technology. “I realised that a new industry would provide a different challenge…
Vectorworks Design Scholarship is now open for undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design to submit new or past CAD projects for a chance to win up to $10,000 USD. The competition includes a two-round judging process. First-round winners will each receive up to $3,000 USD and will be entered for the chance to win the grand prize Richard Diehl Award, worth an additional $7,000 USD. In addition, winners’ schools will receive free Vectorworks Design Suite software and free virtual or in-person workshop training for faculty and students. Vectorworks…
Adam Hall Group will begin a new distribution partnership with AVE (Audio Visual Engineering) on 1 July 2022, thus strengthening the presence of the professional lighting brand Cameo within Australia. Founded in 2000 as a family-owned company, AVE based in Dandenong, Victoria and operating nationwide. It is a one-stop shop, offering solutions for the music and entertainment industry to retailers, integrators and production and event companies. We are excited for the future of Cameo in Australia and the continued partnership with AVE. For the Adam Hall Group, partnering with AVE was the logical step towards establishing the professional lighting brand…
Students from Backstage Academy, the Yorkshire-based industry-integrated higher education institution for the live events and creative industries, recently completed a nationwide tour to highlight what prospective students can look forward to when they become undergraduates at the Academy. The tour, which stretched across the UK from the North West to Truro in Cornwall, saw final year students from Backstage’s various degree courses showcase their skills, share their higher education experiences and raise awareness of the incredible careers in the industry. The tour, which was supported by Backstage’s industry partners, centred on the technical production of a live band, Listomania and…
Lighting and Production Designer, Patrick Brannon selected Claypaky Xtylos, A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpys for Tim McGraw’s McGraw Tour 2022. Nashville-based Premier Global Production Company was the lighting vendor and lighting services provider for the shows. McGraw kicked off the 17-city amphitheatre tour on 29 April in Rogers, Arkansas and wrapped on 4 June 2022 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The show featured more than 20 of the hits that McGraw has scored in over three decades of making music. McGraw was joined on the road by special guests Russell Dickerson, Alexandra Kay and Brandon Davis. Brannon, of StarDust Services in Nashville,…
HAIM’s current Women in Music Pt. III Tour marks the second international headlining jaunt by the acclaimed California trio of sisters. The tour began in Las Vegas in April 2022 and will take them to more than two-dozen scheduled stops across the US and then onto Canada and Europe. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc with touring, including this one, by shutting down the tours completely — then, more recently, by bringing bands back onto a road with plenty of strange curves. In HAIM’s case, it means moving between arenas to amphitheatres, then back to arenas, and even some large…
Indochine’s Central Tour 2022 started 21 May 2022 with sold-out stadium shows across France, including stops in Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, and Lille. More than 97,000 fans gathered for their first performance in Paris and made for the largest crowd to date at Stade de France. The massive audio system for this tour is provided by long-time Adamson Systems Engineer partner MPM and includes 156 E15, 108 E12, 48 E219, 48 E119, 48 S10 and 16 S7. Designing the system held particular challenges as it required the entire rig to be invisible while still achieving the best listening experience for the…
tvONE has strengthened its North American sales team with the appointments of Brandon Jaehne and Michael Thomas as Inside Sales Associates. The latest expansion of the sales team aligns with the company’s strategic goals, as it continues to develop and grow three brands, tvONE, Magenta, and its newest addition, Green Hippo. Thomas and Jaehne will work closely with NCSA regional sales managers, as well as tvONE distributors and dealers. They will report to Paul Streffon, Director of Sales, NCSA. Jaehne joins tvONE from a music background, previously spending several years in the Nashville, TN, area learning and working in the music…
