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IPS and Limited Edition Event Design Help Barbie Shine at UK Premiere with CHAUVET Professional

“A dazzling achievement, both technically and in tone… with impeccable attention to detail.” That’s what the highly regarded RogerEbert.com film reviews had to say about this summer’s runaway box office hit Barbie. The words also work well to describe the UK premiere of the universally acclaimed movie that took place July 12th at Cineworld Leicester Square.Read More »IPS and Limited Edition Event Design Help Barbie Shine at UK Premiere with CHAUVET Professional

Casper Performs High above the Hurricane with GLP

Between June 16 and 18, one of the highlights of the German festival season took place in Scheessel, northern Germany, with the staging of the Hurricane Festival. The enormously versatile German rapper Casper, who rocked the River Stage on Saturday night, was one of the headliners of the festival alongside Muse, Kraftklub, Die Ärzte, Placebo, and Queens of the Stone Age. Thanks to a mobile bridge that stretched almost five meters above the heads of the audience, a special festival moment was created that will live in the memory for a long time.Read More »Casper Performs High above the Hurricane with GLP

Jose Lorenzo Commends NX4™ Control on UK Dance Productions

In 2022, lighting professional Jose Lorenzo used Obsidian’s NX2™ lighting console to great success on Giovanni Pernice’s This is Me dance show, so when the Strictly Come Dancing star decided to tour a bigger show in 2023—Made in Italy—the designer again turned to Obsidian, but this time upgraded to the greater control possibilities inherent in the NX4™.Read More »Jose Lorenzo Commends NX4™ Control on UK Dance Productions

Iconic Paradiso Updates with CHAUVET Professional

From the outside, the sturdy three-story former church with a central clock just off Leidse Square in Amsterdam looks much like any of the other majestic stone structures built in northern Europe during the late 19th century. Inside, though, this building’s walls reverberate with the echoes of a very unique musical heritage that began 55 years ago when it was reborn as Paradiso, with an inaugural concert by Pink Floyd.Read More »Iconic Paradiso Updates with CHAUVET Professional

First Robe FOOTSIES in the US on CMA Fest

Tim McGraw performs on stage during day four of CMA Fest 2023 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN. Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images

Lighting Designer Mike Swinford of UpLate Design Inc. loves new tech as much as he loves the chance to be the first to use it, so he was delighted when everything aligned for rental company Fuse Technical Group to invest in the first Robe FOOTSIE luminaires to arrive in the USA… which he utilized as a key lighting element for the 2023 CMA Fest.Read More »First Robe FOOTSIES in the US on CMA Fest

Chris Lisle Creates Dynamic Light Canvas at Bonnaroo with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures From 4Wall

With stars like Zeds Dead, STS9, Louis The Child, Subronics, Liquid Stranger, Walker & Royce, and Alesso, The Other Stage at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival served up plenty of EDM firepower. Only a beefed up, high-intensity lighting rig could match the ferocity of this music – and that’s precisely what Chris Lisle provided with help from 325 CHAUVET Professional fixtures, which like the rest of the rig were supplied by 4Wall Entertainment.Read More »Chris Lisle Creates Dynamic Light Canvas at Bonnaroo with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures From 4Wall

Bobby Allen Joins OSA International as Executive Vice President of Entertainment

Bobby Allen

OSA International, a full-service production company with offices in Las Vegas, Nashville, and Chicago, is expanding its executive team with the appointment of industry veteran Bobby Allen as Vice President of Entertainment. OSA has tapped the industry veteran to grow its touring division.Read More »Bobby Allen Joins OSA International as Executive Vice President of Entertainment

Crowd Safety Symposium Heads to Houston, Nov. 5 & 6, 2023

The Event Safety Alliance has just announced that ESA’s Crowd Safety Symposium is headed to Houston this November 5-6, prior to the Event Safety Summit. Join them for this immersive two-day workshop, where you’ll gain valuable insights into the four fundamental aspects of crowd safety and learn essential techniques for planning and managing safe pedestrian flows.