The Haçienda House Party IV
Now in its sixth year, Haçienda Classical sees orchestral renditions of heritage Haçienda club tracks performed on stage with experimental orchestra, Manchester Camerata. As...
Live At Worthy Farm
It was a heavy blow to this year’s festival season when Glastonbury announced that its 2021 event would not be going ahead. While nothing...
Behind the Scenes at Download Pilot
In late May, I received an email that read: “10,000-capacity, three-day, camping-only test event. Moshing allowed.” I can safely say in all of my...
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
With its global fanbase having to wait an extra year, the 65th edition of Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was back, much to the pleasure...
CIRCUS: The First Dance
On Saturday 1 May, I dusted off the cobwebs from my dictaphone to make the short trip across the River Mersey to Liverpool’s Bramley-Moore...
Sefton Park: Removing the Masks for an Afternoon of Music
In the same weekend that saw our own Jacob Waite head over to the CIRCUS club event in Liverpool (p34), across town, a hard-working...
InKLICK: The Missing Link in Virtual Productions
As we crossed the 12-month COVID-19 milestone, out of curiosity I looked back at some of the coverage TPi was putting out a year...
British Music Embassy: SXSW Online 2021
Since 2009, The British Music Embassy has transformed a corner of Austin, Texas, into a platform for burgeoning UK artists to travel overseas and...
Lindsay Ell: #LiveRedesigned
When it comes to the livestream format, artists, managers, show designers and technical crew across the globe have had their own approach to the...
Designing Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Taking place at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on 6 March 2021 as a COVID-19 secure alternative to the event’s traditional Oxford Street party, organisers...
MIYAVI Virtual Level 5.0: Synthesis
After premiering on 28 December 2020 on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel, MIYAVI Virtual Level 5.0: Synthesis was re-released on Amazon Music on 26 March,...
Suite 102.5 Prime Time Live: Keeping Music [A]live in Italy
Italian radio station RTL 102.5 has curated live entertainment for the best part of 46 years. However, at a time when performing artists, technical...
TesseracT: Portals
Over their 18-year career, TesseracT have become a prolific force on the technical metal-prog scene, famed for their technical prowess and faultless live performances....
Remote Show Productions: The Future of Live Workflows?
For the past 12 months, almost every industry has been searching for solutions to make working from home as effective as possible. This very...
The Next Generation of Competition – Flashpoint Season 2
While much of the world is experiencing some form of mandated lockdown, the number of those turning to video games as a form of...
Liam Gallagher: Down By The River Thames
Creativity thrives under constraint and a 21st Century pandemic is no exception. While in-person audiences in the UK are currently on hiatus, the industry...
Niall Horan: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
While some may argue that too few artists have done their bit to raise awareness for the people of the music industry who since...
Benee: New Zealand’s First Arena Tour Since March
Following a difficult year of dormancy, live music returned to the masses in New Zealand in October. Marking a world first, indie-pop phenomenon and...