PRG XL Video’s UK operation has made a sizeable investment in lighting fixtures and supporting inventory. The investment is in a range of lighting products which will be used across PRG XL’s key market sectors, and will particularly support specific requirements from the West End theatre business. PRG XL Video has added ETC Lustr2 Profile, Martin by Harman MAC Viper Performance and Wash DX, Martin by Harman Rush Par2, Rosco Miro Cube, and GLP Impression X4 lighting fixtures to its inventory. Additionally, PRG XL has expanded its fleet of consoles with MA Lighting grandMA2 desks and accompanying network processing units; and added to its range…
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For the third year in a row, Turbosound Flex Array has been the weapon of choice for Rock Werchter’s Jupiler House of The Bull Stage. Responsible for blasting out club music at the Stage was the largest Turbosound Rental Company in the Benelux, Splendit. “For nine years we have taken care of the Jupiler Stage, and for nine years in a row we have deployed Turbosound,” stated Marijn Broeckaert of Splendit. “The popularity of Jupiler has soared so three years ago we upgraded from our original and legendary point source Floodlight system, to the modern Flex Array which has delivered exceptional improvements.”…
Arcadia, which started its journey at the Glastonbury Festival circa 2010 created by Pip Rush and Bert Cole, is now gaining widespread international acclaim. As the Arcadia performance concept leads to more and more high profile bookings around the globe, the time was right for them to be self-sufficient in terms of production hardware. Arcadia Technical Production Manager Tim Smith continued: “We had played a few festivals and been offered substitute fixtures to those on our rider, and with everything ramping up several levels this year, we decided that the best way forward for continuity and to achieve the standard to…
AKG by Harman and UK distributor Sound Technology have announced the immediate availability of the AKG C7 reference condenser vocal microphone. Featuring specially engineered circuitry and custom-designed components, the C7 provides clear, powerful sound, while preventing feedback, handling noise and pop noise. The rugged enclosure is engineered to withstand the most demanding live performance environments. The C7 provides legendary AKG sound quality thanks to the custom-tuned super-cardioid condenser capsule. The AKG engineering team carefully blind tested each step of the development process, creating a mic with pristine clarity and a sparkling high end that lets the singer’s voice shine through. In addition,…
With over four million records sold in the US, a Grammy nomination, and songs on soundtracks for hits like Game of Thrones to their credit, heavy metal masters Killswitch Engage (KSE) have done it all. Still, 17 years after their founding, the band from Westfield, Massachusetts remains as raw, restless and hungry as ever. Not only does this celebrated group maintain a relentless touring schedule, they seem bent on pushing the musical envelope out a little further with each passing show. This passion for defying comfortable expectations is shared by the band’s lighting designer Freddy Thompson of JDI Productions. Working on…
As a long-term customer of GLP, last year Black Box Music exchanged all its old GLP impression 90 and 120RZ fixtures for the current impression X4 series. Earlier this year it purchased 40 X4 Bar 20 battens for the successful Sarah Connor Muttersprache tour since when the Berlin-based company has invested in a further 165 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 and 84 GT-1. The GT-1 promises to offer the best of three worlds; spot, beam and wash in one unit, with a zoom ratio of 22:1. The GT-1 also sets new standards in terms of handling, maintaining the baseless design…
Europe’s largest folk music festival celebrated another successful year with Adam Hall Group’s Gravity stands being an essential part of the festival. The Danish Festival has been one of the most important folk music events since the mid ’70s. With summer temperatures, more than 11,000 music fans from across Europe enjoyed shows by the folk and Americana music scene’s elite. These included top acts such as The Avett Brothers, Jason Isbell, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal. Ashley Cooke, Production Manager and responsible for Tønder Festival’s lighting and sound production, relied on the Adam Hall…
The nonstop 24-hour live streamed marathon with feeds from around the world, saw the unveiling of 30 new Roland and Boss products a wide range of artists like Linda Perry, Smallpools, Echosmith, Mike Garson, Saint Motel, DJ Pierre. Lighting these performances for the event was a collection of Chauvet Professional gear, including Rogue R1 FX-Bs, Rogue RH1 Hybrids, Rogue R2 Washes, Rogue R1 Washes and Next NXT-1 moving LED panels. “The concept of 909 Day is The Future Redefined,” said the event’s Lighting Designer Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions. “For the Live Stage we needed something that could look both…
Canadian quartet Marianas Trench kicked off their debut European tour at the end of September with production support from Entec Sound & Light and their newly purchased S21 consoles. In preparation for their European Vacation tour, Marianas Trench’s Tour Manager/FOH Engineer, Melvin Godfrey and Monitor Engineer, Mike Rowland liaised with Entec’s Head of Sound, Jonny Clark, about the most practical console package for the trip. This resulted in Entec’s purchase of a pair of DiGiCo S21 desks, as Clark explained: “They’ve come over from doing arenas and wanted to maintain their standard of consoles for these smaller dates. DiGiCo is…
Kew the Music is a programme of music events that takes place over six nights at the historic Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, south-west London. This year’s event witnessed headliners The Corrs, Simply Red, Will Young, Jools Holland, Bjorn Again and Gypsy Kings, play to over 40,000 people during the week. The stunning grounds of Kew are a far cry from the churned up fields of many a UK Festival but whilst for those in attendance the bucolic setting offers prosecco-fuelled partying of the most civilised sort, the narrow pathways and tree-lined lanes present an altogether different face to the…
The company is delighted to confirm its participation with the very first Production Futures event taking place on 6th October at Production Park in Wakefield. “We believe in investing time and energy to nurture the skills and enthusiasm for our industry from the next generation of technicians, designers and producers,” stated oShaun Pearce, MD of Pearce Hire whose company has an established intern programme with local college PRC (Peterborough Regional College). He continued: “We have a long-held commitment at Pearce Hire to engage with those students studying at PRC, offering internships with us, which often leads to seasonal or even full…
GearSource Europe is pleased to announce the relocation of its European office to the historic Horton Kirby Paper Mills in South Darenth, United Kingdom. The office and warehouse functions are now located in what was once known as‚ Building 25‚ in the original 1820 mill complex is a local landmark alongside the railway viaduct, that spans the delightful Darent Valley. The increase in space provides better warehousing facilities, offering greater diversity in the type and quantity of equipment we can stock to serve GearSource’s clients compared to our previous location which was unable to handle the growth we have experienced,” said…
A look back at the company who this year celebrated its fourth decade in the live events industry. Founded by Roger Barrett and Maddy Sheals back in 1976, Star Events set itself up as a touring sound specialist. The company’s first contract, in 1976, was with singer/songwriter Carol Grimes. Star went on to provide for the likes of Split Enz, the Rock Against Racism tour of 1979 and Miles Davis in a similar capacity. Star Hire stages made its debut at Notting Hill Carnival 1983. Barrett and Sheals were determined they could make a better, safer job of it than the…
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Atomic announce a new modular product line, the FABlok. Proceeding the company’s award-winning FASTwall and SuperWall systems, the FABlok system consists of panels built with expanding fabric and tabbed inserts that pack small but play big when assembled to create the 3D panels. The FABlok product line takes all things that fabric does well and combines it with Atomic’s patented SuperLever connector system. As with all of Atomic’s products, the extensive R&D process resulted in a new product line built specifically for event designers to use creatively all while keeping modularity, logistics and budget in mind. FABlok can be built into walls,…
At the helm of lighting design for the James Bay success story since 2014 is Liam Tully. Currently, his full design is stacked full of Clay Paky Mythos and Ayrton Magic Blade-Rs and he is a firm follower of MA Lighting control using a grandMA2 Light as the main board, onPC Command Wing as back up and MA NPU for DMX distribution. “From a control perspective, I moved to an MA setup a few months before taking on James Bay,” opens Tully. “Everything works seamlessly together. For the festival events on this tour, it is almost a given that there will…
On behalf of Festival Republic, Dick Tee of Enteetainment, was thrilled to be asked to look after the technical production management of the recent Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) show in Milton Keynes Bowl, working alongside Production Manager Jake Berry, who was representing Festival producers ‘Insomniac’. EDC UK returned to Milton Keynes Bowl for a one-day electronic dance music party that is unlike any other with the very biggest EDM and house DJs in the world performing in front of 50,000 fans. The main stage built by Serious Stages was some 70 metres wide and incorporated a huge Owl, a Dragon and…
Tour sound pioneer, Clair Global, is currently providing its services for Fifth Harmony’s 7/27 Tour throughout the US, selecting an Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system, to manage FOH. The dLive system, comprising a S5000 Surface and DM64 MixRack with Dante card, was recently purchased and added to Clair Global’s rental inventory. Matt Lawrence is Fifth Harmony’s FOH Engineer and has mixed the pop and R&B group’s highly-successful recent tours in Asia and South America. Lawrence chose the dLive for Fifth Harmony’s current tour which celebrates their second album, 7/27, released in May. The US tour started in July…
