American post-hardcore band Our Last Night recently hit the road with a versatile lighting system designed by Jose Antunes and provided by Bandit Lites. With more than 2.62 million followers on YouTube, Our Last Night is known for their powerful covers of songs, where they infuse mainstream hits with a hardcore edge.
PRG was one of the first users worldwide to use the Cameo ORON H2 IP65 hybrid moving head with phosphor-laser engine in a live production. The pioneering laser moving head provided spectacular beams and effects on the main stage of this year’s OMR Festival 2024 in Hamburg. PRG and lighting designer Ben Marquardt (QConcept) placed eight ORON H2s on the floor in front of the huge projection screen on which all the talks and presentations in the large hall were projected.
ROE Visual was an official event supplier for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, held in Malmö this May. Partnering with Creative Technology, ROE Visual’s cutting-edge LED products delivered a spectacular visual experience, enhancing the event’s global broadcast and live performances.
InfoComm 2024 takes place this week in Las Vegas, with exhibits open during the show floor hours: Wednesday, June 12 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ; Thursday, June 13 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ; Friday, June 14 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. There will be a lot to see at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Here is a roundup of some exhibitors displaying new and upgraded products for your consideration. Be sure to stop by their booths as you are walking the show floor.Read More »Products to Catch at InfoComm 2024
The creative process never rests. Like a ship sailing toward the horizon, it never “gets there,” but constantly evolves in pursuit of the next new thing. This quest has animated the music of multi-platinum prog rock legends Yes for decades, as they’ve boldly pushed musical boundaries in multiple directions – something they continue to do today. Those who packed Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on May 20 for the final show on the UK-EU leg of Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer’s Classic Tales of Yes tour savored this irrepressible energy as the two-set show kicked off with the dramatic sounds of “Machine Messiah” and wove its way through a collection of classics, including a seven-minute rendition of the uplifting “I’ve Seen All Good People.” After a short intermission, the show thundered back to life with the haunting “South Side Of The Sky.”Read More »Martin Dudley Lights ‘Classic Tales of Yes’ Tour with CHAUVET Professional
PROLIGHTS products illuminated the TV show ‘The Passion’. broadcast in the Netherlands and Germany, and produced by Media Water Production, KRO-NCRV, and RTL Deutschland. The lighting setup provided by Light Image included PROLIGHTS’ battery-powered Smart BatWash fixtures and EclFresnel CT+SIP luminaires.
Groundbreaking choreographer and contemporary dance innovator Andrew McNicol presented the world premiere of Upstream, his first collaboration with the Companhia Nacional de Bailado (CNB) – the National Ballet of Portugal – for which he asked acclaimed Lighting Designer Yaron Abulafia to create scenography and lighting for the performance which was staged at the São Carlos Opera House, Lisbon, Portugal. Upstream was presented as part of a trilogy of works, together with Baracco Concerto by the late George Balanchine and Workwithinwork (which originally premiered in 1998) by William Forsythe – three distinctive works from very different eras and generations of choreographers based on classical dance.Read More »Robe T1s Go ‘Upstream’ for National Ballet of Portugal Production
ETC announces the talented students that will be a part of the 2024 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program in North America. Through the program’s online networking events, students will meet a range of industry mentors. ETC’s late Founder and CEO Fred Foster started the program in 1999, recognizing the critical role mentorship plays in any lighting professional’s career.Read More »ETC Introduces 2024 Fred Foster Student Mentees
Writing about this year’s edition of the Stereofunk Festival, one critic declared: “it isn’t just a music festival; it’s a vibrant D.I.Y community… a whirlwind of art and culture.” At the center of this “whirlwind” (at least as far as the performances on the main stage were concerned) was Steve McCracken of Mac-Events, who used the ChamSys Stadium MagicQ MQ250M to busk lightshows for Wanda Dee, iconic hip-hop artists from The Bronx, Vengoboys, a Top-10 Dutch Euro-dance group, and Urban Cookie Collective, a UK electronic duo, along with a wide range of other global acts.Read More »Steve McCracken Celebrates Stereofunk ‘First Festival of Summer’ With ChamSys
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Cincinnati-based rock band The National’s touring lighting crew appreciated using a mix of Robe BMFL Blade and Spiider wash beam moving lights for their show at Auckland, New Zealand’s Spark Arena venue, for which equipment was supplied by rental company NW Group / Oceania, and used to great effect to realize a touring version of Michael Brown’s production lighting design. The National played the Australia and New Zealand leg of their ongoing world tour in February and March in a show that embraces new material from two albums including the latest Laugh Track and continues through 2024.Read More »The National Works with Robe in New Zealand
Grammy winner Eladio Carrión’s performance on stage has as many facets as diamond. Blasting his way through a freestyle repertoire of trap, reggaeton and other sounds, he leaves no stone unturned as he takes fans on a musical journey. On top of that he leaves them laughing too, drawing on his background as a comedian to serve up witticisms along with his music. The stage on Carrión’s The Sauce Tour shines as brightly as a diamond too, thanks to a fast-moving and majestic lightshow by renowned Lighting Designer, Andrés Campos. Read More »Andrés Campos Creates Sparkling Show For Eladio Carrión with CHAUVET Professional