Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their Black Death Rager World Tour, in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. Gwar’s fall tour kicked off at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Virginia in September and concluded in Baltimore in November.Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua Fixtures Open the Floodgates on Gwar’s Fall 2022 Tour
NovaStar at the World Cup 2022
The LED screens at the various stadiums displayed considerable surprises during the World Cup 2022 in Qatar and brought fans a diverse and rich visual experience. Not surprisingly, NovaStar lit up the LED screens in eight stadiums for the World Cup 2022. NovaStar is very proud to have been part of three consecutive World Cups; it shows great recognition from the industry and customers.Read More »NovaStar at the World Cup, Not Just on the Pitch
Angry Badger Productions is excited to announce that renowned, award-winning Lighting Designer/Director of Photography Lonnie Juli has joined the ABP team as Chief Creative Officer. With four decades of network television production experience with both CBS Network and NBC, Juli brings to ABP, traditional high standards and a focus on cutting-edge technology and streamlined operations. His operational experience is invaluable to Angry Badger’s clients in streamlining workflows and controlling costs to provide exceptional results.Read More »Lighting Designer Lonnie Juli Joins Forces with Angry Badger Productions
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in movie theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “Covid safe” seating plan that could be implemented when restrictions on live shows were finally eased.Read More »Daniel Thibault Creates Big Looks on a Small Stage for BIG SOMETHING with CHAUVET Professional
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris, and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »Ayrton Lighting Rig Shines on European Leg of Kid Cudi’s ‘To the Moon 2022 World Tour’
Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting Founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the show to date.Read More »DCLighting Keeps it Fresh on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ with Versatile Elation Lighting
Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the Clash of Clans World Championship and the Clash Royale League World Finals at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in the world battled for titles in a live esports environment as games were also streamed worldwide.Read More »Supercell’s Clash Fest Esports Tournament in Helsinki Lit with Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE Fixtures
Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park National Stadium in Glasgow, in mid-July and simultaneously made history as the first independent act—and the first Scot—to sell out multiple nights at the venue.Read More »Pete Hutchison Spices up Gerry Cinnamon’s Summer Tour with Ayrton
“I want to break barriers. I want to try new things.” Jubin Nautyal told an interviewer this summer. The 2022 IIFA Awards Playback Singer of the Year, has certainly done this with his music recently, moving gracefully through genres ranging from romantic Bollywood ballads to the foot tapping “Humma Song,” to his hit rap tune “Meethi Meethi.”Read More »Roosevelt Dsouza Creates Connectivity For Jubin Nautyal With CHAUVET Professional
No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain, however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the crew at The Lighting & Sound Company made sure of that.Read More »Maymont ‘Garden Glow’ Event Enchants Visitors with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures
“It’s been a while, but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you again.” The multi Brit-Award winning band did indeed get a good look at their legion of loyal fans as they blew the roof off 13 sold-out venues, thanks to a dynamic lightshow run on ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M console that featured ample amounts of engaging audience lighting.Read More »ChamSys Helps Kaiser Chiefs Engage Crowds on UK Tour
PRG Proshop will be holding an online auction for used Lighting, Video, and Audio equipment to refresh PRG’s rental inventory. Bidding will begin on January 9, 2023 and will take place online only. You will find a wide variety of high quality, professionally maintained equipment across multiple production disciplines at this event. Everything will be performance tested prior to sale and sold in an “as-is” condition with a no-returns policy.Read More »PRG Proshop Winter Auction Takes Place Online Beginning Jan. 9, 2023