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Variable, Weatherproof Lighting for Sporting Events: GLP ArenaLED1 Touring Highlights the Love of Soccer

Back on 15 November, the German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas presented the official match ball for UEFA EURO 2024 for the first time. The presentation was followed by a five-day event, which took place directly in front of the Berlin Olympic Stadium. In order to put the new ball into immediate use, a temporary round playing field was created in the middle of a specially raised ‘crater’ – this was used both as part of an official program while at the same time being made accessible to members of the public. PRG Germany acted as general technical service provider for the event and used a total of 48 GLP ArenaLED1 Touring systems to illuminate the playing area, with 12 fixtures mounted on each of four arrays.Read More »Variable, Weatherproof Lighting for Sporting Events: GLP ArenaLED1 Touring Highlights the Love of Soccer

A New Level of Creativity at BlizzCon 2023 with GLP

600 GLP X5 atoms populate 150 ‘tree’ towers in expansive set fabrication

GLP pulled out all the stops for lighting designers Mat Stovall and Manny Treeson when video game developer Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon 2023 was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California recently. Held for the first time since 2019 (when Covid intervened), Blizzard reconfigured the space so that all four giant halls were requisitioned to give fans early access to the latest updates for all of its landmark games (World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and Hearthstone) via themed playable stations. Additionally, the arena was converted into a proscenium stage for hosting keynotes, speaker panels, and trailer drops – as well as the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies, all streamed live to millions around the world.Read More »A New Level of Creativity at BlizzCon 2023 with GLP

NIYU Creates Pop-Up Location in Munich with GLP Lighting

Back in September last year, a creative pop-up location for MINI was created for interim use in a department store in Stachus, Munich. The technical planning for the temporary project was created by NIYU GmbH, on whose behalf Roland Greil Lighting Design took over the lighting design and planning. Associate Lighting Designer and Planner Michael Kuehbandner specified 315 GLP luminaires to provide lighting for the multi-purpose rooms. Fifty-five FUSION X-PAR 12Z, 108 impression FR1 TM, 54 impression X4 Bar 20, and 14 KNV Cube – all of which are from GLP – were installed.Read More »NIYU Creates Pop-Up Location in Munich with GLP Lighting

Rising Star Gregor Hägele Tours with GLP

In January 2023, Gregor Hägele set out on his very first tour – a sold-out success for the young German singer-songwriter. That was reason enough to add a further 12 dates to his Mama, ich bin dann mal auf tour (Mum, I’ll be on tour) shows this November – a good decision, both for the musician and his ever-growing fan base. Set and Lighting Designer Johannes Münsch uses variable JDC1, impression E350, and FUSION X-PAR 12Z set-up.Read More »Rising Star Gregor Hägele Tours with GLP

Summer Well Festival Brought to Life by Over 300 GLP Fixtures

One of Romania’s most popular festivals, the three-day Summer Well event, recently celebrated its 12th edition in spectacular style. Promoted by SC Livada Advertising and held annually on a picturesque 24-hectare meadow and forest site outside Bucharest, Summer Well peaked last year when Arctic Monkeys were headlining. However, it emulated this success in 2023 when Florence and the Machine, Röyksopp, and Yungblud headed a line-up of 30 artists, featuring both international bands and DJs.Read More »Summer Well Festival Brought to Life by Over 300 GLP Fixtures

GLP impression X5 IP Bars Have the Edge for Karol G’s Stadium Shows

LD Ignacio (Iggy) Rosenberg has become another early adopter of GLP’s new impression X5 IP Bars, having successfully commandeered 136 units from PRG for Karol G’s recent 13-date American stadium tour. Part of a multidisciplinary design collective, Lightswitch, which specializes in visual design for live entertainment and architectural projects, the lighting designer first became involved with Karol G several years ago. “After two tours with her we were invited back to design the lighting on her Mañana Sera Bonito stadium tour,” he says, adding: “It helps I’m originally Argentine, so there is a language and cultural bridge that helps the design process and transfer of ideas.”Read More »GLP impression X5 IP Bars Have the Edge for Karol G’s Stadium Shows

IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

Karl Saunders (IPS Managing Director), Dave Jackson (Head of Department, lighting, sound & video) and Davis Cmoch (Senior Lighting Technician) with the new X5 IP Bars. Photo: © Tom Warden

Impact Production Services (IPS) has bolstered its vast inventory of stage structures and lighting fixtures with the first 100 new impression X5 IP Bars from GLP, available for hire. Large quantities of these were immediately dry hired to two high profile events, the Glastonbury Festival and the Oppenheimer film premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, as well as making a high-profile appearance with Afrobeats star Wizkid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (with inventory provided by Entec Live).Read More »IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

Odyssey on the Danube: GLP Lights Up Linzer Klangwolke 2023

Ever since 1979, international artists have been pouring their magic over the Upper Austrian city of Linz for the annual Linzer Klangwolke. This is when the Donaupark, situated between the Lentos and the Brucknerhaus, is transformed into a gigantic performance area for what has become the city’s flagship event. The week-long festival always begins with the so-called ‘Visualized Sound Cloud’ (Visualisierte Klangwolke), which attracts around 100,000 spectators and is therefore the largest staged open-air event in Europe with free admission.Read More »Odyssey on the Danube: GLP Lights Up Linzer Klangwolke 2023

GLP Fills the Space for German Hip-Hop Sensations 01099

01099 are currently one of the most successful up-and-coming rap/hip-hop acts from Germany. The quartet, who actually appear mostly in a trio formation, are perfectly geared towards today’s younger generation, hitting a nerve with their sensitive lyrics. In 2021, the successful EP Dachfenster was released, and the following year the four musicians from Dresden (01099 is the postal code of Dresden Neustadt) produced the LP, Altbau. Recently, their almost completely sold-out tour, Schnelle Brille, came to an end. Designer Felix Seidel developed a simple but very adaptable light and stage design for the 01099 tour, using the countless creative possibilities of the GLP JDC1 and impression X4 Bar 20.Read More »GLP Fills the Space for German Hip-Hop Sensations 01099

GLP’s New impression X5 IP Bars Spice Up Wizkid’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Show

When Entec Sound & Light was asked to provide technical services for Afrobeats legend Wizkid at the near 63,000-cap. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it found itself making one of the first deployments of the new weatherproof impression X5 IP Bar from GLP in a concert setting. The Nigerian Made In Lagos star became the first African artist to headline a concert at London’s largest club stadium. But it was his LD, Shepherd Lowrey, who had specified GLP battens. Read More »GLP’s New impression X5 IP Bars Spice Up Wizkid’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Show