USA: DiGiCo Desks Shine on Mike Shinoda’s Solo Tour

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by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019

One thing that pretty much any experienced touring mix engineer can agree on is that you always pad your input/output number request to a certain degree because rare is the tour where those needs will not increase as the tour progresses. So it might seem odd that when the current

USA: Wall of Paladins Delivers Overwhelming Color on Stone Sour Tour

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by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019

Stone Sour may be the opening act on the U.S. leg of Ozzy Osbourne’s “No More Tours 2” tour but the American hard rock band is making an impression with the help of lighting designer Scott Warner and a dynamic wall of color. On the road since late August with

USA: Robe for Dead & Company

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by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019

Dead & Company’s critically acclaimed 2018 tour kicked off in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Xfinity Center and returned for a two-night stand at iconic venues such as Citi Field in New York; Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin; Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco, California; and Folsom Field in

USA: KYVA Design Brings Big Looks To Brothers Osborne

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by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019

Standing over 6’3” tall with broad shoulders and rugged features, the Grammy-nominated country music duo Brothers Osborne cast a striking image on stage. Their already-imposing presence is accented even further on their current tour by a wall of truss and light designed by Chris Reade and Jay Ballinger of KYVA

DEU: 160 Elation Proteus Hybrid Radiate at Parookaville Festival

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by Thomas Richard - January 7, 2019

On July 20th, the Parookaville music festival in Weeze, Germany, opened its doors for the fourth year for three days of electronic and house music delivered by some of the biggest DJs of the genre such as David Guetta, Zedd, Armin van Buuren, and Hardwell. With 80,000 music lovers in

USA: JDI Productions and Elation Lighting for Quicksand and New Found Glory

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by Thomas Richard - December 21, 2018

For post-hardcore music fans the summer of 2018 was something special as two of the genres best, New York-based Quicksand and Glassjaw, teamed up on a 20-date, co-headlining tour across the U.S. JDI Productions, Inc. of Rhode Island served as lighting vendor for Quicksand with an Elation Professional lighting rig

DEU: No Restrictions at Nature One with Elation Proteus Hybrid

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by Thomas Richard - December 19, 2018

Every year on the first weekend in August, tens of thousands of EDM fans converge on the former missile base of Pydna in central Germany for Nature One, one of Europe’s most diverse and popular festivals. This year, around 54,000 people came together to party on 23 “floors” along with

ESP: Chus Fernandez Adds Impact To Pablo Alborán Tour With CHAUVET Professional

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by Thomas Richard - December 19, 2018

Chart-topping Spanish artist Pablo Alborán has been drawing record crowds for his Prometo Tour as it works its way through Spain and South America. Providing powerful visual support for the Grammy-nominated singer/musician’s show in Madrid is a dramatic lighting design by Chus Fernandez that features CHAUVET Professional Nexus Aq 5x5

NLD: Robe Rides the Storm

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by Thomas Richard - December 19, 2018

It’s not every day that the chance comes up to light a large-scale musical spectacular starring over 100 majestic Friesland horses, geese, a dog, a falcon … together a few famous actors and singers as well, so Marc Heinz relished the opportunity of working on “De Stormruiter” (The Stormrider) with

GBR: Eric Prydz HOLO Stuns with Holographic 3D FX Powered by Avolites Ai

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by Thomas Richard - December 19, 2018

Demigod DJ Eric Prydz’s mind blowing HOLO show returned from the future this summer, wowing EDM disciples with holographic technology and magical 3D FX. It was the latest development in a long line of Prydz performances which take media server processing and power to the limits of possibility – and