Pierre E Roy was the LD for Rock La Cauze festival. The main stage hosted 19 acts, rock and metal artists, along with some reggae bands. When all was said and done, all involved with the festival went home happy thanks to Roy’s passion for absorbing the music and persona of every act, along with a versatile festival rig that featured CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
‘Sonne/Luft’ (‘Sun/Air’), the latest work by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Elfriede Jelinek, transformed Schauspielhaus Graz into the gleaming interior of a spaceship with a futuristic video set-up managed by PIXERA, AV Stumpfl’s multi-award-winning media server system for real-time media processing, compositing and management.
Green Day continues The Saviors Tour 2024 with Claypaky Tambora Flash fixtures from Upstaging accompanying the band on their world tour. Tambora Flash is a unique hybrid fixture that acts simultaneously as a strobe, wash and blinder, specifically designed for use in a linear array. The band’s sold out global stadium tour will play over 60 dates.
Hamburg’s historic Kampnagel performing arts center premiered the multi-disciplinary dance show ‘Reparation Nation’ in September, featuring a three-projector-strong panoramic visual backdrop driven by a Hippotizer Nevis+ Media Server. The production is an interactive installation of dance, opera, visual art, live soundscapes and polyrhythmic beats.
‘Love & Laughter’, a collaboration between R&B singer Toni Braxton and stand-up comedian Cedric the Entertainer, is a Las Vegas residency at the 3,200-seat Chelsea theatre at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The shows marked the American concert debut of GLP’s JDC2 IP versatile new hybrid strobe – specified by Lighting Designer Ryan Healey, and were supplied by Volt Lites.
Nothing excites the imagination quite like a tunnel. Mysterious passageways to unseen worlds that wait on the other side, these dark, uncertain subterranean paths have been the subject of fascination and legends since ancient times. What better setting to serve as an immersive backdrop for electronic music and rave artists at Brussels’ Listen Festival?
Homebrew in Cape Town, South Africa, has invested in new Robe LEDBeam 150s for the most recent series of popular games show, ‘Wheel of Fortune’. The LEDBeam 150s were specified by Head of Lighting Daniel Louw, who oversees all things lighting related for a few productions at the film and television production facility.
From now until October 4, 2024, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year Award – the best regional lighting company – in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies on the ballot down to just six. Be sure to vote today!
The Nominations process for this year’s Parnelli Awards closes on October 11, 2024, so you only have 12 days left to get your nominations in! Nominations are now being accepted for the Parnelli Awards and the Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards, so be sure to have your say and nominate. The Parnelli Awards will be be held in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 24, 2025, during the NAMM Show.
One of the most anticipated musical reunions, Creed went back on tour for the first time since 2012. The award-winning rock band embarked on a 40-show tour that boasted sold out performances. Lighting Designer Mathias Kuhn worked with Bandit Lites to supply a lighting system worthy of the epic, soul-lifting sound that has inspired and elevated fans for decades.
Ayrton Rivale and Domino lighting fixtures and grandMA3 full-size consoles played a key role in DJ John Summit’s sold-out, five-and-a-half hour show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (MSG). Chicago-based LEC was the lighting vendor for the performance, the kickoff of Summit’s “Comfort in Chaos” tour.
‘The Bridge from the Future’ show, which was performed in Bratislava before over 100,000 spectators and an international TV audience, was part of Jean-Michel Jarre’s multi-year ‘City in Concert’ series. The lighting element of the concert was designed by Jordan Babev and Davide Pedrotti of Blearred Milan design studio in Italy with an array of Chauvet Professional products.