Steve Thomas, 67, died March 11, after a courageous battle with cancer. Thomas was a long-time live event professional whose career included worldwide tours as site coordinator/tour production with artists including Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, and George Strait.Read More »In Memoriam: Steve Thomas, 67
This month’s Buyer’s Guide covers lighting consoles from a variety of manufacturers and distributors. Click here for details on control desks from ADJ Lighting, Altman Lighting, Avolites, Baxter Controls, Inc., Blizzard Lighting, ChamSys, ETC, High End Systems, MA Lighting, MEGA-LITE, Obsidian Control Systems, Pathway Connectivity, Vari-Lite, and Vista by Chroma-Q.
A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting and rigging technologies, is pleased to announce the North American launch of Follow-Me Track-iT during #LDI2022. Follow-Me Track-iT is a scalable remote manual followspot and performer auto-tracking system ideal for the entertainment industry.Read More »Follow-Me Partner A.C. Lighting Inc. Launches Follow-Me Track-iT at LDI 2022
Production/Lighting Designers LeRoy Bennett, Roland Greil, Peter Morse, and Charles B “Cosmo” Wilson were recently invited to join the LIT Lighting Design Awards judge’s board for the upcoming 2022 awards.
The largest open-air concerts ever held in Munich, and the largest in Germany this year, took place at the Munich Exhibition Center in August with more than 300,000 fans total attending shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene Fischer and Robbie Williams. Roland Greil lit the epic shows and massive 150-meter wide stage using a rig that included over 450 Elation Professional luminaires.
Not that Medellin needs putting on the map of course, but the Colombian reggaetón superstar and the city’s very own pretty boy/dirty boy sold out its Atanasio Girardot stadium in a matter of nanoseconds for this one-off homecoming show that was as spectacular as it was popular, complete with an amazing light show created by Alain Corthout using over 200 Robe moving lights.Read More »Robe Helps Maluma Put Medellin on the Map
For the current Genesis tour, The Last Domino?, Roland Greil, co-lighting designer with show designer Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Designs, chose five MDG theONE™ dual haze and fog generators, citing the need for an excellent canvas of haze on which to paint their lighting design for this iconic band’s potentially last tour.Read More »MDG theONE™ Provides the Canvas for Genesis The Last Domino? Tour
English rock band Genesis’ The Last Domino? tour overcame postponed, cancelled and rescheduled dates to resume again last September. The tour marks the first reunion of the band since 2007, and has in its lighting inventory 64 Ayrton Karif LT ultra compact 300W LED beam-spot fixtures.Read More »Ayrton Karif Shines Through for Genesis The Last Domino? Tour
As a famous guitarist once sang, all things must pass. Phil Collins, who at 19 played congas on the George Harrison album of the same… Read More »Genesis The Last Domino? Tour