Behind the Scenes announces the launch of its new affinity fundraising initiative, Ghostlight Groups. The program, created in an effort to raise awareness and funds to benefit the charity, seeks to honor the importance of community and volunteerism in our industry.Read More »Behind the Scenes Announces Inaugural Ghostlight Group
RST (Resources Stage Technologies), an events solutions company based in Dubai, used an array of 260 Claypaky HY B-EYE K25 washes, Mini-B LED moving lights, Xtylos Aqua, Sharpy X Frame hybrid fixtures, and Sharpy Plus Aqua moving heads for a tribute to late Egyptian composer Mohamed El-Mougy at Abu Bakr Salem Stage, an outdoor venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. El-Mougy, known as the Godfather of Modern Arab Music and who died in 1995, celebrates his centenary this year. The star-studded night in Riyadh featured popular singers from across the Arab world paying homage to the man who composed more than 1,000 songs plus music for some 100 feature films and television series.Read More »RST Chooses Claypaky Fixtures to Light a Tribute to Mohamed El-Mougy, the Godfather of Modern Arab Music, in Saudi Arabia
Absen, a leading global provider of innovative LED display solutions, announces the grand opening of its new West Coast Office in Walnut, CA, just outside Los Angeles. This strategic move allows Absen to cater to the growing demands of customers in the western United States with enhanced speed and personalized services. As the second-largest city in the United States, Los Angeles is renowned for its entertainment industry and is also a hub for the petrochemical, ocean, aerospace, and electronics sectors.Read More »Absen Redefines LED Display Solutions with Cutting-Edge Experience Centers Across America
The fantasy world of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is brought to life at Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Northern Ireland with over 1,000 Elation lights supporting its epic storytelling. The new global attraction, located at one of the acclaimed series’ original filming locations at Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge, invites fans to step behind the scenes and discover the making of the celebrated series.Read More »Elation Lights Support Epic Storytelling at Game of Thrones Studio Tour
Lorna Shore doesn’t hesitate to bend or break rules in order to expand their musical horizons, readily adding techno and symphonic elements to their signature metalcore sound. But when it comes to lighting, the band and their LD, Nate Haber, do have one edict that they’re pretty strict about: limit the use of front light. “The band and I have come up with a few guidelines regarding front light,” said Haber. “In no particular order it goes something like this: the default is that they have no front light. Also, we try to keep Austin and his drum set as lit as possible. When Adam has a guitar solo he always needs light; and when Will is talking to the crowd, he needs light too. There are a few other parts in songs where I light the band because it feels right. In those cases, typically, if you can see one member of the band you can see them all, but at this point in time, the band and I really like the silhouette look.”Read More »Nate Haber Pumps Up Lorna Shore Show With CHAVET Professional Color STRIKE M
While not a single moving light source could actually appear on camera, Robe BMFLs, ESPRITES, and RoboSpots played a starring role for three different live concerts filmed for the live sections of the Amazon Prime hit Daisy Jones & The Six. A massive effort and meticulous detail went into crafting the vintage 1970s concert looks for the series by Lighting Director Matt Ardine, and while the hundreds of PAR cans visible at the gigs played their part in the visuality, for practicality, the band key lighting was achieved using Robe innovations.Read More »LD Matt Ardine Creates Classic Rock Looks for ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’
The high lumen output of the Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP from Signify was seen by millions of people for the King’s Coronation Concert, where landmarks across the UK were lit at part of the ‘Lighting up the Nation’ event. Lighting Designer David Bishop sourced 41 VL3600 fixtures, which were rigged outside Sheffield Town Hall in changeable weather with their IP65 rating, to achieve the intricate Union Jack design using their rich colors and optics system.Read More »Vari-Lite VL3600 Fixtures Frame Union Jack Coronation ‘Projection’
Inglewood CA’s 70,000-capacity SoFi Stadium hosted the 39th annual WrestleMania with a blockbuster two-night event enveloped in LED screens and scenic video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer™ Boreal+ Media Servers.Read More »Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers Take on Epic ‘WrestleMania’ Visuals
In celebration of the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, the Palace of Westminster in London was illuminated in the iconic colors of the Union Jack – red, white, and blue. The home of the UK Parliament is a worldwide famous building dating from 1840 with iconic architecture. To illuminate the Gothic-style exterior façade in the national colors, Lighting Designer David Bishop chose a total of 74 Cameo ZENIT W600 LED Wash Lights, supplied by Version 2 Lights.Read More »Parliament in Colors: Cameo Lights up Palace of Westminster
My Mother’s Courage is a bold new theatrical co-production by Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid, Ur Teatro Company and Palma de Mallorca’s Teatro Principal in Spain, recounting a gripping multi-layered narrative based on Jewish Hungarian-born George Tabori’s true story recalling how his mother Elsa Tabori escaped from Auschwitz and the Nazis during the Second World War using her wits and determination.Read More »‘My Mother’s Courage’ in Madrid Lit with Astera AX3 LightDrops
Leading full-service video and lighting company, 4Wall Europe, added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade™ tilt FX bars to inventory this past spring and immediately deployed the units on the European leg of Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori world tour. The Proteus Rayzor Blade is a tiltable linear LED light that can function as a wash, strobe or FX light, all inside a compact IP65 design.Read More »4Wall Europe Deploys Newly Added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade on Depeche Mode Tour
You can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by… Read More »Simon Horn Calls on ChamSys for Anastacia Tour’s Bold Background without Video Wall