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Video of the Week: Behind the Scenes of Lighting for Hans Zimmer Live

For the Hans Zimmer Live tour, John Featherstone (show designer/co-founder Lightswitch), Hailey Featherstone (lighting director) and Chris Herman (lighting programmer) create the concert lighting looks driven by the narratives of the various Hans Zimmer scores. The range of looks and emotions conveyed through the lighting support the dynamic and iconic music. EventElevator visited the team at Festhalle Frankfurt in Germany during a stop on the tour. 

The Winners of the 4th International Drone Show Competition Announced

 SPH Engineering proudly announced the results of the 4th International Drone Show Competition, showcasing an impressive array of talent and creativity from participants across 24 countries with 105 applications in 8 diverse categories — the competition demonstrates the growth and innovation in the drone show industry. The results were unveiled in a presentation featuring a collaborative drone show with Sky Elements Drones, that illuminated Las Vegas sky with 400 drones, letting the whole city know about 22 outstanding winners.

Behind the Scenes at the Sing Out Loud Festival with LD Ed Warren

Mumford & Sons’ longtime lighting designer Ed Warren shares a glimpse into his favorite features of the ChamSys MQ500M Stadium console – from live busking to portable programming, skipping through audio cues, creating a dynamic inclusive experience for the audience at St. Augustine’s Sing Out Loud Festival.

A Spectacular Worthy of a Las Vegas Opening Ceremony

The FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX Opening Ceremony took place with a star-studded event on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Created and executive produced by Brian Burke Creative, along with stage architects STUFISH Entertainment Architects and lighting designer Tom Sutherland of DX7, the opening ceremony was the first of its kind for Formula 1. In the grand tradition of Las Vegas spectacles, the opening ceremony kicked off Grand Prix™ weekend with an enormous production. Along with the 20 participating F1 drivers, the show included Andra Day, Bishop Briggs, J Balvin, Journey, Keith Urban, Steve Aoki, Thirty Seconds to Mars, will.i.am, and Kylie Minogue.

CMA Awards Tribute to Jimmy Buffett

During the 57th Annual CMA Awards on November 8, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN,  Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, Alan Jackson, and Zac Brown Band paid tribute to Jimmy Buffett. Here are those performances. The CMA Awards, known as Country Music’s Biggest Night™, aired live on ABC and is now available to stream on Hulu.

A few shorts from the 38th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The 38th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place on Friday Nov. 3 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. This year’s class of inductees were Performers Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, and The Spinners. Musical Influence inductees were DJ Kool Herc, and Link Wray; and the Musical Excellence Inductees were Chaka Khan, Al Kooper, and Bernie Taupin. Here are a few short highlights and some more details of the production.

A Look at the Designs of ‘Wicked’ as it Celebrates 20 Years on Broadway

‘Wicked’ is celebrating its 20th anniversary today, having opened at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway October 30, 2003. Directed by Joe Mantello, the show’s incredible design work and production elements have brought Oz to life for 7,718 performances on Broadway. Eugene Lee’s scenery; Susan Hilferty’s costumes; Kenneth Posner’s lighting; and Elaine J. McCarthy’s projections, are as spellbinding today as they were when the Emerald curtain rose two decades ago. In this wonderful series of videos the ‘Wicked’ designers and associates take us inside their stunning work on Broadway’s fourth longest running show.

The Engineering and Flexibility of NYC’s new PAC

New York City’s new Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) has been praised for its design since it opened this fall. Lower Manhattan’s dynamic new 129,000 sq.ft. home for the arts has the flexibility to rearrange its three theater spaces such that they can transform into 10 different proportions that collectively reconfigure into more than 60 stage-audience arrangements with capacities ranging from 90 to 950 seats.

LUMA 2023 Transforms Binghamton

LUMA, founded in 2015 by a street photographer, a film editor and an event planner, expected a crowd of 3,000. Then 30,000 showed up. Every year the crowds have grown as the LUMA festival transforms the New York State city of Binghamton’s buildings into projection mapped art installations.  This giant outdoor vibrant and dynamic art gallery includes not only projection mapping but also light installations, and immersive live performance. The 2023 event once more amazed and engaged visitors. 

The Sphere Experience is a Two-Part Multi-Sensory Experience

The Sphere Experience, the next-generation of live entertainment, has opened in Las Vegas, offering stunning visual displays and immersive technologies. The approximately two-hour program begins in the Atrium with one-of-a-kind immersive experiences created specifically for Sphere, here guests will gain a better understanding of how technology amplifies our human potential. The atrium is curated by five humanoid robots – named Aura – that serve as interactive guides to Sphere. Aura was developed using next-generation technology in robotic mechanics and artificial intelligence. The Sphere Experience then continues in the main venue bowl for a muti-sensory cinematic experience at an unparalleled scale as audiences experience Darren Aronofsky’s Postcard from Earth. A visuals-only video is provided here.

A Look at U2:UV ACHTUNG BABY LIVE AT SPHERE

Here is a look inside The Sphere in Las Vegas from this past weekend when U2 took to the stage with the opening of their highly-anticipated ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere’ shows at the launch of the cutting-edge venue. The 25-date run of shows celebrates the band’s acclaimed album ‘Achtung Baby’, as well as its accompanying industry-defining ‘ZOO TV’ Tour which broke the mold. U2 provided fans a fully immersive experience, utilizing every part of Sphere’s LED screen – the world’s largest and highest-resolution – into a gallery that showcased bespoke art while performing on a turntable stage.