Robe Helps Deliver Spectacular LOL OC in Paris

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by Thomas Richard - January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

Image by Bartosz Plotka Creative lighting artist / designer LeRoy Bennett utilised 91 x Robe BMFL WashBeam high powered moving lights – nine working in conjunction with RoboSpot remote operation systems – to help deliver a stunning Opening Ceremony (OC) complete with holographic projection effects, for the of the Riot Games’

Sting sails with d&b for The Last Ships LA opening

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by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

This week at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre, Sting will take centre stage to bring his powerful musical, The Last Ship, to the West Coast deploying a d&b Soundscape immersive sound system. The show (watch) tells the story of two childhood sweethearts set to the backdrop of the collapse of the shipbuilding

Jo Campana Reflects the power of Claypaky for Francesco Renga

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by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020

Jo Campana is with Francesco Renga on his L’altra metà (The Other Half) tour. The name refers to the hidden part of every one of us which can only be seen by looking into the mirror. On the basis of this idea, lighting designer Jo Campana came up with his Uno

30 Seconds To Mars Enter a New Age with Avolites

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by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020

30 Seconds to Mars headed out on an ambitious festival run across Europe, covering 16 countries with audiences of over 40,000 people as well as 2 shows on a private Croatian Island for a “Mars Island” experience. Ensuring the band’s vision became a reality was experienced production designer Tom Campbell of

GLP Lights the Stage for Avicii Tribute Concert

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by Thomas Richard - January 23, 2020

The life of Swedish DJ, songwriter and producer, Tim Bergling (better known as Avicii) who died so tragically back in April 2018, was honoured recently with a tribute concert in Stockholm. Nearly 60,000 fans turned up at the Friends Arena to pay their respects—an all-time Stockholm record for a single

MDG Haze the Clear Winner for Transmission Festival 2019

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by Thomas Richard - January 23, 2020

© Petr Klapper Transmission is Europe's, and possibly the world's, most spectacular trance music festival with a legion of loyal fans who return year on year. As usual, the 2019 event was enhanced by haze from MDG generators which showcased the spectacular lighting and laser shows that accompanied the artists. Transmission is

Robe Dreams Big at Puy du Fou España

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by Thomas Richard - January 21, 2020

Award-winning independent French theme park, Puy du Fou, unveiled its first venture in Toledo Spain with an epic night-time immersive spectacular “El Sueño de Toledo” (The Dream of Toledo), creatively directed by Nicolas de Villiers and the team from Puy de Fou with lighting designed by Koert Vermeulen from Belgian

GLP Illuminates Jägermeister’s Night Embassy in Berlin

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by Thomas Richard - January 17, 2020

Berlin's nightlife is known to be colourful and wild. But rising rents and increasingly stringent requirements are causing the creative spaces in the German capital to shrink. From the beginning of September to mid-December 2019, Mast-Jägermeister SE, manufacturer of the internationally known herbal liqueur of the same name, made a breakthrough

Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 Is The Progressive Solution For Haken

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by Thomas Richard - January 16, 2020

Photo credit: Stephen Schmidt Far from being an ‘uncool relic from the 1970s’, nowadays progressive rock has a sizeable following and is becoming more popular. There are a number of artists following the likes of Muse and Dream Theater into the mainstream, none more so than Haken - a multinational six-piece

Ukrainian popstar turns to Quantum for Russian stadium gig

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by Thomas Richard - January 16, 2020

Ukrainian popstar, LOBODA, recently visited Moscow’s new US$1.5 billion VTB Arena stadium as part of her latest European tour, upgrading to DiGiCo’s premium SD7 Quantum console to create studio quality sound for the 100 channel orchestra-based production. Known by the stage name LOBODA, Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda first came into public view