Elliott Mountford Goes Crazy with Charli XCX and GLP Live by Thomas Richard - February 16, 2020 At the age of 16, Elliott Mountford set up his Ti22 lighting design company with a view to providing lighting and video integration on live shows. Little more than a few months later he was handling his first arena show at Wembley. Now still only 19, and from a background in
DOUBLE OR NOTHING WITH ALLEN & HEATH Live by Thomas Richard - February 14, 2020 Tom Deimbacher with dLive, photo by Le Luca Bei. For more than 20 years, Allen & Heath has provided audio support to Viennese rockers, Wiener Wahnsinn, who perform around 120 gigs each year from local shows to some of the biggest open-air festivals across Europe. Freshly equipped with a dLive C3500 and
Jo Campana Reflects the power of Claypaky for Francesco Renga Live 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 Live 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
Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 Is The Progressive Solution For Haken Live 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 Live 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
Claypaky Fixtures Exude Glamour on Dita Von Teese’s Australian Tour Live by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 Image by Claire Alexander The ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, returned to Australia with her most lavish touring show ever, “Glamonatrix.” It was the first outing for Phaseshift Productions’ Claypaky Sharpy Plus fixtures, which are capable of being both a perfect beam light and a perfect spotlight. Dita’s Production
Maná Wraps North American Tour with ClayPaky Fixtures Live by Thomas Richard - December 30, 2019 A large complement of Claypaky lighting fixtures hit the road with Mexican pop rock band Maná when the multi-Grammy Award winners launched their North American Rayando el Sol Tour in September. The tour is named for the band’s first hit single. Maná was founded in Mexico in 1986 and has become
Vari-Lite’s VL10 BeamWash delivers endless versatility for Fever 333 Live by Thomas Richard - December 28, 2019 Image ©Joe Dick Lighting designer Hayden Borgars included the VL10 BeamWash from Vari-Lite in his design for the UK tour by California ‘rapcore’ band, Fever 333. Using the VL10 BeamWash for the first time, Borgars found its unprecedented effects versatility, speed and power to be a perfect fit for his design. With
GLP Lights in Full Pixel Mode on Keith Urban Festival Tour Live by Thomas Richard - December 18, 2019 Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design, along with creative director Brian Burke, provided lighting and production design for country singer Keith Urban’s Summer Festival Tour, which has been running this past year. The lighting rig comprised mainly GLP’s popular X4 Bars and JDC1 hybrid strobes. As well as providing creative direction for