Martin Audio MLA’s Capital triumph at record-breaking Sziget

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

This year’s annual 7-day-long Sziget Festival on Hajógyári Island, north of Budapest, was the event’s biggest yet, breaking attendance records on the day that Ed Sheeran appeared. Capital Sound, the event’s long standing main stage sound reinforcement supplier, now has the logistics down to a fine art, hauling Martin Audio’s premier

tvONE drives video walls at one of the world’s largest music festivals

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

tvONE's CORIOmaster has been chosen by custom motion graphic creators Prismax to drive more than 1000 sqm of video walls at Tomorrowland, one of the world’s biggest dance music festivals held in Boom in Belgium every summer. The units were supplied by Belgian reseller, Intronics, and will be used by

Günter Jäckle directs effects with Vari-Lite for Udo Lindenberg

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

Udo Lindenberg, one of Germany’s most enduring rock stars, is back on the road with Live 2019, another trademark spectacular touring production. This time around, lighting designer Günter Jäckle has included 22 x VL6000 Beams from Vari-Lite. Described by Jäckle as, “like a rock and roll circus, revue, craziness, freak-show, rock

CHAUVET ÉPIX Strip IP Create Stunning Looks at European Music Festival for Young People

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

Music has been called “the universal language.” Beautiful proof of this age-old adage echoed along the Belgium-Dutch border for 4 days recently as the small municipality of Neerpelt hosted the 68th edition of the annual European Music Festival for Young People. Attracting performers and music lovers from all over the world,

DAS Audio Aero and Vantec Series land on the beach at Kala Festival

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

Nestled within the mountains of the Albanian Riviera and bathed by the turquoise waters of the Ionian Sea, Kala Festival stands out not only for its location on the stunning beaches of Dhërmi, the festival´s host village, but also for presenting a lineup of top DJs. The second edition of Albania's

ALLEN & HEATH’S SQ ROCKS THE O2 ARENA WITH BRASS AGAINST

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019September 8, 2019

Continuing to turn heads with its appearances at big gigs and prestigious venues, Allen & Heath’s compact SQ digital mixer recently wrapped up a 22-date European tour with Brass Against, including working FOH and Monitors for the band’s support slot with Lenny Kravitz at London’s O2 Arena. Rapidly making a name

Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II Goes On The Road With Les Miserables

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

Now into its fourth decade, Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Miserables is the world’s longest-running musical and continues to enthral theatre-goers as it has since it opened in London in 1985. Based on Victor Hugo’s classic 19th-century novel, the stage show has already been performed in 52 countries and 22 languages,

GLP impression S350 / E350 Make Broadway Debut

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

Be More Chill is a musical with original score by Joe Iconis, based on the 2004 novel by Ned Vizzini. After a 2015 regional theatre production, the musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2018 and is now nearing the end of a successful run on Broadway, at the Lyceum Theatre in England. Lighting has

DiGiCo mixes all the Colours of Ostrava.

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by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

The award-winning Colours of Ostrava festival has once again been a resounding success with an appreciative international audience coming to experience a wealth of music and culture from many genres, and from all over the world. DiGiCo was proud to play a major part in the event, from the main stage

Pangea delivers sensory delight at Glastonbury Festival

by Thomas Richard - September 8, 2019

A suspended moon orbiting the Earth provides the canvas for a mesmerising 3D projected light show. Pyrotechnics and huge balls of flame shoot into the sky. Legendary DJs play from a centre platform to a 60,000-strong crowd in a circular area, drenched in sound courtesy of an L-Acoustics K Series