VUE powers 2019 Lights On Festival Live by Thomas Richard - October 29, 2019 The 2019 Lights on Festival – Curated by H.E.R., featured a multi-artist R&B lineup in Concord CA. The Concord Pavilion brings people from all around the Northern California bay area cities and has been the site for many tour stops for the last 3 decades. The festival featured performances by H.E.R.,
Alluring Elation Proteus Draws a Crowd at Life is Beautiful Festival Live by Thomas Richard - October 28, 2019 Life is Beautiful Festival organizers posed a challenge to lighting designer Rob Ross in the run up to the 2019 event in Las Vegas – get more attendees to use an alleyway corridor to travel between stages instead of the over-packed main street thoroughfare. Ross succeeded with a 450-ft long, immersive environment that
LUCK OF THE IRISH THRIVES WITH ALLEN & HEATH Live by Thomas Richard - October 28, 2019 It may be widely known for its Germanic roots and mass celebration of beer, bowling, and bratwurst, but this town is also the site of Irish Fest —the world’s largest celebration of Irish music and culture— which this year utilised dLive and SQ Series consoles from Allen & Heath. Held downtown
BTS World Tour Showcases Breathtaking AR Content Live by Thomas Richard - October 26, 2019 Boy band BTS have sold over 15 million albums worldwide, making them South Korea’s best-selling artist of all time. They are continuing their world domination by thrilling fans around the globe with their ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself’ World tour. The 20-date tour is a stadium extension of the band’s successful headlining tour
PROLIGHTS Panorama IP Airbeams are a Beacon of Light for Harrogate 1571 Live by Thomas Richard - October 26, 2019 PROLIGHTS Panorama IP Airbeam moving beams recently lit up North Yorkshire’s skyline with stunning big air looks for ‘Harrogate 1571’, part of ‘Harrogate Welcomes the World’ celebrations supporting the UCI Road World Cycling Championships and acknowledging the spa town’s heritage. The lighting installation was commissioned by Harrogate International Festivals, a major
PR Lighting on tour with El Chaqueño Palavecino Live by Thomas Richard - October 26, 2019 Known as ‘El Chaqueño Palavecino’, in reference to being born in the Province of Chaco, Argentina, Oscar Palavecino undertook a recent theatre tour, with an inventory of sound, lighting and LED screens provided by Buenos Aires-based Caio Sonido, and including a large number of fixtures from PR Lighting. The lighting rig
Electro-Voice and Dynacord Delivers Pure Tone at 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival Live by Thomas Richard - October 26, 2019 Founded and organized by Eric Clapton, the Crossroads Guitar Festival is a two-day music event and trade show that benefits the Crossroads Centre substance-abuse rehabilitation facility in Antigua. The 2019 edition was held at American Airlines Center in Dallas, with the indoor arena augmented by an all-day outdoor Village Stage
Vari-Lites star at the heart of Utopia Live by Thomas Richard - October 21, 2019 The epic Utopia concert by Latin American music superstar Romeo Santos broke the all-time concert gross record for a performance at the MetLife Stadium in the USA. At the heart of the show’s rich visual design, Yamil Charif and Richard Vicens of YC3 Lighting Design specified more than 100 lighting
Group-PDA Puts Belgium’s First Claypaky Mini-B Fixtures to Work News by Thomas Richard - October 20, 2019 Recently, Group-PDA, which provides sound, video and lighting rentals for the events industry, has become the first company in Belgium to acquire Claypaky Mini-B LED beam fixtures. Group-PDA purchased the Mini-Bs from AED Distribution, a leading distributor of such top AV brands as Claypaky to various regions in Europe. The Mini-B is
Robe MegaPointes Get Vertical for KVIFF Opening Ceremony Live by Thomas Richard - October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 Those lucky enough to attend the Opening Ceremony (OC) of the 2019 – and 54th – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) were treated to a gravity-defying vertical dance performance featuring large-format projection and eight aerialists from Jednotka Rychlého Nasazení (Rapid Action Unit) who were creatively directed by brothers Michal