Alice Merton on Mint +4 Tour with GLP Live by Thomas Richard - April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 From mid-February to early March 2020, German-Canadian singer Alice Merton was on the road to promote her long-awaited debut album MINT +4. Merton, who had already caused an international sensation with the song No Roots back in 2016-2017, is also known in Germany as a jury member of the popular
Outline’s Newton At The Heart Of Tool’s Fear Inoculum Live by Thomas Richard - April 14, 2020 Multiple Grammy Award-winning, genre-defying LA band Tool are in the midst of a world tour following the 2019 release of their latest album Fear Inoculum, their first recording since 10,000 Days some thirteen years previously. Tool’s dense, multi-layered and polyrhythmic sound is mixed at FOH by Alan ‘Nobby’ Hopkinson while the
Elation Chorus Line Dynamism on Display on Marea “El Azogue” Tour Live by Thomas Richard - April 9, 2020 Spanish band Marea has been rocking for over 20 years as one of the most popular Rock en Español bands around. In 2019, the band released their first album in eight years, “El Azogue,” and promptly hit the road in support with renowned Spanish lighting designer Miguel González on board
Jamie Thompson Digs Deep into GLP’s Portfolio for Script Arena Tour Live by Thomas Richard - April 9, 2020 MIRRAD lighting designer, Jamie Thompson, has been accompanying Irish rock band, The Script, for most of the 12 years they have been touring. And for much of that time GLP’s unique LED automated lighting solutions have formed a central part of his inventory, dating right back to the original impression
d&b GSL Series Drives the Punch and Power of Slipknot Live by Thomas Richard - April 5, 2020April 8, 2020 Since 1995, U.S. metal band Slipknot has been delivering their uniquely aggressive style of music to hard-core audiences around the world. With nine band members, a Slipknot concert is a loud, chaotic, and even shocking experience—just what their fans want. But there is definitely a high level of order, A/V production,
Robe for Véronic DiCaire “Showgirl” tour Live by Thomas Richard - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Montreal-based visual design practice Luz Studio, headed by Matthieu Larivée, created the eye-catching production design at the core of French-Canadian singer and impressionist Véronic DiCaire’s current “Showgirl” tour, which had a very successful launch in Canada in December 2019, then toured arenas in Europe … before the Coronavirus pandemic took
TiMax 3D Immersive Audio for Tool Arena Tour Live by Thomas Richard - March 31, 2020 Cult icons of progressive metal, Tool, have just completed the southern-hemisphere leg of their extensive and technically ambitious arena touring schedule, supporting the launch of the long-awaited album, Fear Inoculum. As they headed to Australia and New Zealand, it was confirmed that the tour’s one-of-a kind, TiMax SoundHub-driven 3D surround sound
Claypaky Xtylos Make their US Debut with Post Malone Live by Thomas Richard - March 24, 2020 The Posty Fest, rapper Post Malone’s second annual live music festival held in his hometown of Dallas, marked the first use of Claypaky’s new Xtylos in the United States. Creative Directors and Designers Lewis James and Travis Brothers tapped 178 Xtylos fixtures for the event. Xtylos is a compact beam moving
CHAUVET Professional Captures the Mystique of Thrice through Lenny Sasso Live by Thomas Richard - March 24, 2020 At the base of Mount Vesuvius, believed the Roman poet Virgil, lay the entrance to the underworld. Ancients were said to call this gateway to the dark, foreboding tunnel beneath the deadly volcano “Vheissu.” The haunting image of this mythical passage seems to rise like volcanic steam from the intense
No Hunting For High And Low With A-ha On Alcons Live by Thomas Richard - March 20, 2020 In 2019, 35 years after their debut album Hunting High and Low made them global stars, Norwegian pop legends A-ha set off on a world tour, playing the album in its entirety alongside more of the band’s hits. In February the 2020 leg of the tour kicked off at the