Author: Stewart Hume

Audiotonix is delighted to announce Astorg’s investment into the group. Astorg is a European private equity firm with total funds under management of over €4 billion, that actively seeks to partner with market leading companies lead by entrepreneurial management teams. James Gordon, CEO, looks forward to the opportunities this will bring to the group, commenting: “We are delighted to partner with Astorg who have demonstrated an impressive understanding of our business and our core strengths. With their support we aim to capitalise on our manufacturing capabilities, strengthen our worldwide development program and enrich our product portfolio.” François de Mitry and…

The event will take place in Hall One at Sage Gateshead on 14th March, between 12 noon-6.00pm, hosted by Nitelites. Set demos will take place at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. The launch of the HDL10-A reinforced the huge success earlier of the original HDL20-A active composite enclosure — since when the series has gone from strength to strength. Now RCF are offering the first opportunity for European pro audio professionals to listen to the much smaller process-controlled HDL6-A and at the same time attend the first UK demo of the large-format HDL50-A, complete with control package. These will line up…

Gareth Emery the multi-talented English house DJ/ producer has taken his radio show on the road with a sold-out Electric For Life tour. The EFL tour was in place to be on New Year’s Eve: New York City. Emery performed at the red-hot waterfront party and concert spot Brooklyn Hanger as part of RPM Present’s Big Week NYC. Lighting up the concert and flowing with Emery was a massive, colourful and fast-moving light show created by Kevin Mignone of KM Productions that relied on a rig dominated by Chauvet Professional fixtures. “There was a wide variety of Chauvet fixtures throughout the venue,…

Allen & Heath catches up with BRING ME THE HORIZON’s monitor engineer Jared Daly to talk dLive.

The popular singer’s diverse musical talents were on full display recently at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, where he played two and a half hours of hits from his eclectic repertoire. Accenting the colourful performance chord for melodious chord, was a vivid multi-faceted light show created by Mario Curkovic, using a collection of Chauvet Professional Rogue and Maverick fixtures supplied by Akustika Bahun. Curkovic had eight Rogue R1 Beam and four Rogue R1 Wash fixtures as well as four Maverick MK2 Washes in his concert lighting package. The Rogue R1 Beam and Rogue R1 Wash fixtures were hung from…

Edited Video of Live Distributor Webinar in December 2016.

Lighting Designer Louis Oliver – one half of Okulus along with fellow designer James Scott – has been working with You Me At Six (YMAS) for 10 years, but the band’s most recent tour, Night People, marked the first the production the LD wouldn’t be present for. TPi talks to the creative duo about the importance of relationships with artists, the evolution of their lighting designs and retiring from touring to take on more work… In 2007, a meeting at Reading Festival with their then tour manger would cement a working relationship – and subsequent friendship – between Louis Oliver…

Entertainment rigging professionals have welcomed the launch of Straightpoint’s latest innovation, StageSafe, a three tonne load cell dedicated to the theatre and live events industry. Straightpoint products are already used in entertainment applications—its Wireless Load Shackle and Loadlink plus are commonplace—but StageSafe is the first product the manufacturer of force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell equipment has dedicated to the sector. StageSafe is matt black and disappears into back-stage rigging, sets and lighting. It also offers riggers the ability to utilise the load cell in wired or wireless applications, which, Straightpoint believes, is a unique feature set…

DiGiCo has released its newest console, the SD12, in a series of unveilings around the world before presenting it at NAMM in California. According to DiGiCo’s David ‘Webby’ Webster: “We have shipped our SD12, nicknamed Project Vulcan, to more than 30 distributors around the world, so the console will officially launch at 10:00am in each territory’s time zone, beginning with Australia and New Zealand 19 hours prior to the NAMM show unveiling. Having customers all over the globe be able to see, touch and hear this exciting new product on the same day is absolutely unprecedented for the pro audio industry,…

EVAGO AG, German event infrastructure provider, has acquired 100% of the shares in Mojo Barriers’ global crowd barrier business. The EVAGO Group, which includes German full service event company BÜMO, has taken a significant step in its expansion to become one of the world’s largest players in the growing live events market. By adding the Mojo Barriers range to its portfolio EVAGO Group also secures access to important international crowd management and event infrastructure markets. Goran Marincic, CEO, EVAGO AG stated: “Thanks to this strategic acquisition, we will continue to strengthen our position in the international market over the long term…

John Garberson and his team from Creative BackStage faced this challenge earlier in December when they were asked to put together a rig at the amphitheater for a performance by Kings of Leon at a local radio station’s concert. Garberson and company were up to the task, providing the band’s Lighting Designer Sam MacLaren with a mix of fixtures that could create a show that remained true to his big venue design vision, yet still accounted for the Mesa Amphitheatre site’s limitations. They accomplished this in no small part through the adroit use of low power draw LED fixtures from Chauvet…

Entertainment engineering specialists WIcreations have supplied several automation elements to help Belgian superstar rockers Clouseau ramp-up the drama and fun for their biennial end of year spectacular shows at the 20,000 capacity Antwerp Sportpaleis venue. The band is in the middle of playing four sold-out shows that started in December and conclude in January – following an extensive theatre tour ongoing through most of the year to support their innovative and popular Clouseau Danst (Clouseau Dances) album. WIcreations is collaborating closely with the show design team from Painting with Light to create some fantastic memorable elements for the Sportpaleis shows. These…

PRG XL Video, the UK operation of Production Resource Group (PRG), has announced a major investment in ultra-high brightness Panasonic laser projectors. The new projectors continue the company’s policy of investing in innovative new technology. The PT-RZ31K projectors offer a range of benefits over traditional projector technology. Traditional units average 1,200 hours of use per lamp, whereas laser modules have a life of around 20,000 hours. The extended life, and subsequent reduction in maintenance make the units more efficient and cost effective to run. The reduced heat output from the newer light source also means less cooling is required. Fan…

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has announced the addition of Paul Lamarre to the growing sales team. Lamarre is tasked with managing sales and support for future and existing customers in the Southern US. The announcement was made by James Newhouse, North American Director of Sales for EAW. “Adding Paul to the team furthers our commitment to interacting directly with our dealers,” explained Newhouse. “He joins a team of individuals that are responsible for not only expanding sales and the reach of the EAW brand, but also continuing our efforts to work with each dealer directly to ensure that they receive…

Stevie Nicks has gone solo for the 24 Karat Gold tour playing more than two dozen arena dates in North America before the end of the year. Production designer Paul Guthrie of Toss Film & Design in Minneapolis chose 88 ClayPaky Mythos fixtures for the lighting rig. He previously deployed Mythos on tours for Miranda Lambert and Macklemore. Nicks’ latest tour, in support of her album, 24 Karat Gold – Songs from the Vault, launched in Phoenix and will wrap in Los Angeles. While the iconic singer/songwriter appears as a solo artist, she tapped the Pretenders to open for her –…

Eighth Day Sound, an early and influential member of Adamson Systems Engineering’s global network, has further expanded its inventory with a substantial investment in Adamson E-Series and S-Series products for their Australian base in Sydney. Headquartered in Highland Heights, Ohio, with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Sydney, Eighth Day provides sound reinforcement for top tours and festivals around the world. Subsequently, the company has invested heavily in Adamson products in recent years to keep up with the global demand for high-performance audio systems. “Having Adamson available globally has been a part of our strategy since day one,” says Jack…

Following a successful two-year run in London’s West End, The Commitments, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, has taken to the road for the first time, carrying with it an MDG Atmosphere haze generator. The eight month tour will take in 26 venues across the UK and, for the first time ever, travel to its ‘home’ town of Dublin. Based on the BAFTA award-winning film and featuring 20 soul classics, The Commitments is a feel good celebration which follows Roddy Doyle’s story of a mismatched bunch of young musicians who come together to become ‘the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced.’…