Nearly 50 Chroma-Q Color Force II 48 luminaires were a central feature of the Pyramid Stage lighting rig at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, providing powerful coloured illumination and eye candy during both daytime and evening performances from high-profile artists including Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Craig David, Chic, Barry Gibb, The National, First Aid Kit and many more. Mark Cunniffe, LD for Sunday night headliner, Ed Sheeran was impressed by the output of the fixture, commenting: “I loved the Color Force IIs. They worked really well in a daylight application.” Kirk J Miller, lighting director for Katy…
Author: Stewart Hume
Parklife Festival and Manchester City Council are proud to announce a partnership with The 10,000 Hours Foundation as part of the initiative’s launch in the city. Designed to organise volunteering projects in partnership with dance music festivals, the collaboration aims to enable fans to be a part of positive social change – launching with a volunteer-led renovation of Harpurhey Community Centre and Garden on Saturday 1st July. Volunteers are needed this Thursday, June 29th and on Saturday 1st. Parklife Festival will be utilising its social media influence to recruit volunteers from its fanbase. The helpers will engage in all sorts of activities as part of…
A perfect example of ‘calm before the storm’ can be found on the Rimini beach in Italy, where LITEC has constructing a sophisticated LIBERA series Alusfera II roof for upcoming concerts to be held during the Summer Beach Arena event. Running from 24 June to the 30 July, the Summer Beach Arena concert series features exciting live and DJ sets by national and international artists from sunset until late in the evening. More photo and video updates to follow after the event kicks off! www.litectruss.com
Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn ‘H’ Cruickshank said they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough. The IP44 rated LightSky AquaBeam is designed especially for outdoor live events and productions, and has been rigorously tested in the most exacting conditions, including enduring months of continuous extreme weather like driving…
Immersive Spanish party brand, Elrow, has made its Welsh debut with the spectacular Singer Morning dance event in Cardiff – in the grounds of Glamorgan Cricket Club’s Sophia Gardens. The picturesque gardens played host to a capacity 6500 dance fans on the Sunday afternoon. Reinforcing the sound for headliners Eats Everything and Patrick Topping on May Bank Holiday Sunday was James Jewry from Cheshire-based Soundteks, who brought in Manchester based VME with their award-winning Martin Audio MLA and MLA Compact loudspeaker arrays. Jewry designed and specified the MLA system on behalf of the dance giant Elrow, purely based on the city centre location of the site. Nine elements…
beyerdynamic has announced as of June 1, 2017, the Administrative Board named Dutchman Edgar van Velzen as the company’s new Managing Director. Together with Wolfgang Luckhardt, long-standing Managing Director, he is now at the helm of the Heilbronn, Germany-based audio specialist. Most recently, van Velzen was CEO of Teufel GmbH in Berlin, Germany. “We value the extensive experience that Edgar van Velzen brings to the company and are delighted to have acquired such an accomplished audio industry executive – and someone who knows exactly how to handle the challenges of the digital age,” remarked Professor Wolf Michael Nietzer, Chairman of…
Since opening on Broadway in 1972 and being turned into a smash-hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, Grease has cemented its place in musical history. The unforgettable show is now back for a brand-new UK tour. Following its work on previous West End and touring runs of the show, WL has been called upon to supply the lighting equipment. This current production of Grease stars Tom Parker (The Wanted) as Danny Zuko, alongside Danielle Hope as Sandy and Darren Day as the Teen Angel. The show is being lit by Mark Henderson and the Associate Lighting Designer is Stuart Porter.…
The Spaladium Arena in the stunning Croatian coastal town of Split was the venue for the 2017 Porin Music Awards (AKA ‘the Porins’), a glamourous, high profile evening which honours the achievements and talent of Croatian artists across a diverse mix of genres and 30 categories and is broadcast live on the national HRT network. Lighting Designer for this year was HRT’s Marko Foretić who chose to work with a moving light rig of over 160 Robe fixtures, supplied by one of the leading Croatian rental companies, Promologistika. He worked closely with Promologistika’s Miro Hrg who designed the set and video elements. Foretić’s ideas for the…
Redditch based SSE Audio Group has won the Medium Business Award at the annual West Midlands Business Awards ceremony held at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. The contribution made by firms in the West Midlands towards boosting the region’s economy was recognised at the Business Masters awards. Almost 200 guests attended a ceremony at Edgbaston Stadium to see the firms and individuals honoured for its efforts. SSE Audio Group provides services to the live events industry. Established in 1976 for sound equipment hire and sales, SSE is now the largest UK supplier in this sector with offices in Redditch, London and…
HSL supplied a large floor-and-roof lighting package consisting of over 180 fixtures which was specified by Show Designer Andy Hurst for Swedish DJ duo Axwell^Ingrosso’s set in the Steel Yard. The large industrial strength temporary venue structure has been making a few appearances around the UK and was erected in Victoria Park, Hackney, for a two day dance music extravaganza, Steel Yard London, presented by Creamfields over the late May bank holiday weekend. In addition to overseeing the show’s general visuallity, Hurst worked closely on a Lighting Design with Dan Robinson who programmed and operated lights for the show, while Hurst…
Elation Lighting, based in Los Angeles, has been successfully offering Arkaos Media Master Express software for the past five years, as well as integrating Arkaos Kling-Net protocol into many of its lighting products. Elation has now entered into an agreement with Arkaos and A.C. Lighting Inc. to start selling Arkaos media servers to Elation’s U.S. and Mexico dealers. A.C. Lighting has been the exclusive North American distributor for the ArKaos range of media server solutions since 2012. The agreement between A.C. Lighting Inc. and Elation opens access to these powerful media servers to the entire Elation dealer network in the U.S. and Mexico. Eric Loader, Elation Professional Sales…
Renkus-Heinz is proud to announce promedias AG as its new exclusive distributor for Switzerland, delivering new product support, after sales care and training opportunities to Swiss customers. “We were seeking a distribution partner capable not just of meeting rising demand, but of providing an unequalled customer experience,” explained Renkus-Heinz Technical Sales Manager for Europe, Michal Poplawski. The appointment follows a period of growing success for Renkus-Heinz in Switzerland, with a number of challenging projects having already drawn on the beam steering excellence of the Iconyx range, as well as the new C Series and built-to-order T Series loudspeakers for installation.…
The Belgian electro rockers set out on a limited run of European shows to mark their first new music in 11 years, Transient Program For Drums And Machinery, and to put a complete Allen & Heath audio setup through its paces. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/26 Photos: Babycakes Romero www.soulwax.com www.allen-heath.com www.ampco-flashlight.com
When Lighting Designer Sam O’Riordan was tasked with pitching a new design for rock duo Royal Blood, the idea of ‘encapsulation’ came rather quickly. The result? A stunning mix of visual technology that brought an academy-sized show to the forefront of TPi’s attention, as Kel Murray reports. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/12 Photos: Kris Goodman, Hannah Meadows & Alice Exaddi www.royalbloodband.com www.affectivedesign.co.uk www.negearth.com
“Massive – it really was massive,” enthused The Vamps’ Tour Manager James ‘Fin’ Findlay, reflecting on the stage set-up for the opening night of the band’s UK and Ireland arena tour in Sheffield the night before. Here at Glasgow’s Hydro the available floor space means that the stage has been greatly reduced, yet it is still an impressive set-up. The idea is to give the fans, regardless of their position in whichever venue on the 13 UK dates, a close-up view of the band. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/60 Photos: Andrew Benge www.thevamps.net www.productionnorth.co.uk www.sseaudiogroup.com/Wigwam/Home www.prg.com/uk/en www.pyrojunkies.com www.flybynite.co.uk www.jumbocruiser.com www.aegpresents.co.uk www.aikenpromotions.com www.altour.com
At just 23 years of age, Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr, or Stormzy as he’s known to his masses, has become one of the UK’s most respected grime artists. Yet his talents aren’t restricted to a recording studio; the genre defying south Londoner is working alongside a dedicated team of touring professionals who ensure his live shows are worthy of a global audience. TPi’s Kel Murray attends the Gang Signs & Prayer tour finale at Brixton Academy, which was filmed live for YouTube and included guest appearances from Wretch 32 and Ed Sheeran. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/48 Photos: Joe Okpako http://thefifthestate.co.uk www.mabdulle.com…
After setting the bar so high at Eurovision 2016 in his native Sweden, Ola Melzig knew the follow-up in Ukraine would be a different prospect altogether. Despite a laundry list of challenges and more than a few logistical complications, Melzig’s hand-picked international crew managed yet again to deliver a truly world class production. TPi’s Ste Durham was on site in Kyiv to find out how. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijun17_digitallr/30 Photos: Saskia Gaulke, Ralph Larman, Marco Kempen, Nora Ryan, TPi www.eurovision.tv www.m-m-pr.com www.prg.com www.litecom.dk www.fix8group.com www.green-hippo.com www.elationlighting.com www.riedel.net www.black-box-music.de www.pyro.fi www.gravity.de www.nepinc.com www.opertec.tv www.cyber-motion.com www.malighting.com www.digigobos.com www.unbrandedexperience.com www.ampco-flashlight.com
“Just seven days before the concert was when we found out.” So said Lez Dwight of Britannia Row Productions, the morning after the specially arranged One Love benefit concert at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 4 June. “Clair Global’s office in the US were the contracting party for the Ariana Grande tour and when she decided to do the charity event after the Manchester terrorist atrocity they contacted us directly, sensing that this was going to snowball, which is exactly what it did.” This was always going to be tricky; if nothing else Grande’s touring equipment was tied up in Manchester…
