USA: Sweet Dreams for Robe on Børns Tour Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018 Being involved creatively with innovative emerging artists is always exciting, and lighting designer Matthieu Larivee has relished the chance to work with American singer / songwriter Børns on his current ‘Blue Madonna’ tour, which sees the interesting young star receiving plenty of attention and acclaim. Matthieu decided to put 15 x
AUS: Superfly And TAPFS – Outline’s Latest Design Shines On Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018 The Australian Pink Floyd’s 2018 tour marks 30 years of celebrating the music of one of the most influential bands of all time. In those three decades TAPFS have sold in excess of four million concert tickets, performed in 35 countries and were even engaged by legendary Pink Floyd guitarist
USA: Hog 4 Controls Evanescence’s Synthesis Live Tour Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018 LD Marty Postma of NY-based Retinal Resonance A High End Systems Hog 4 console is touring the world with rock group Evanescence. LD Marty Postma of NY-based Retinal Resonance has been using the Hog 4 console to control Evanescence’s Synthesis Live tour in North America. Postma designed and operated this tour
GBR: Claypaky helps create sacred geometry for Rag’n’Bone Man Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018 Lighting designer Will Potts found inspiration in the subtle shapes of nature for his current lighting and show design for award-winning singer Rag’n’Bone Man. Potts’ design incorporates ‘sacred’ geometric shapes and an illustrated backdrop of personal significance to the singer. To carefully light these elements, he chose the Claypaky Scenius
NLD: Don’t Let Daddy Know About Robe! Live by Thomas Richard - May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 Don’t Let Daddy Know (DLDK) is one of the biggest international EDM parties taking its cool Ibiza roots and transitioning into a worldwide dance phenomenon known for spectacular production values. The 2018 Amsterdam edition, produced by Dutch7, returned to the renowned Ziggo Dome for two nights, for the first time
DNK: Robe MegaPointes on Solid Ground for Alex Vargas Live by Thomas Richard - May 7, 2018 Danish singer, songwriter and music producer Alex Vargas played a special one-off concert at Copenhagen’s 16,000 capacity Royal Arena … with a set and lighting design by Theis Wermuth of creative visual practice, Create This. Theis has been working for the artist since 2016 and when this show was announced, he
GLOBAL: The Script go round the world with dLive Live by Thomas Richard - April 30, 2018 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of their eponymous debut album, Irish rockers The Script are currently on a world tour, with FOH engineer Steve Pattison (Amy Winehouse, Wet Wet Wet, Glasvegas) behind the controls of an Allen & Heath dLive system. Supplied by rental and production specialists Adlib, Pattison’s
USA: Axient Digital Dominates the Stage at 2018 ACM Awards Live by Thomas Richard - April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 Broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the 2018 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards featured themes of return and remembrance. Host Reba McEntire made her return to the podium after several years away, flashback performance pairings recalled country hits of 25 years ago, and the
USA: The unique sound of Gorillaz heard across the world Live by Thomas Richard - April 30, 2018 The Gorillaz tour in support of their latest album ‘Humanz’ grew to be the band’s most successful ever and the hot ticket of 2017 in the USA and Europe. Part of that success is down to some nurturing tour-craft by Production Manager Joel Stanley. “The tour started off with some warm
USA: Davey Taylor Runs Ultra Festival Rig For Empire Of The Sun With ChamSys Live by Thomas Richard - April 17, 2018 From the fantastical other-worldly stage setting with its psychedelic video images that unfolded like blossoming flowers, to the dancers dressed like plants and pink Valkyries, Empire of the Sun’s March 23 performance at Ultra Music Festival offered all the visual magic that fans crave from this Australian electronic music duo.