COPENHAGEN – LD Kasper Lange used Clay Paky Sharpys in his design for the Danish Music Awards 2012, held in November in Copenhagen and aired on TV2. Copenhagen-based Litecom supplied the fixtures, which were used throughout the show and to a big effect for Danish singer Aura.
MILTON KEYNES, UK – For Swedish House Mafia’s DVD shoot, LD Ian Tomlinson specified Clay Paky Sharpys to add more effects to the show at the National Bowl at Milton Keynes. Tomlinson followed a ‘less is more’ approach, filling the gaps for the camera shots and lighting the stage and audience in a visual onslaught. HSL supplied 60 Clay Paky Sharpys, which were attached to the bottom of the video pods.
LOS ANGELES – Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures and numerous grandMA2 lighting consoles were on hand throughout Budweiser’s Made in America Festival, which entertained crowds on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Labor Day Weekend. Jay-Z and Pearl Jam headlined main stage concerts on Saturday and Sunday. Nick Whitehouse was the lighting designer for the main stage, while John Duncan, Jr. of Pinpoint Lighting was the lighting designer and equipment supplier for the B stage and electronic dance music pad.
CARDIFF, UK – Clay Paky Sharpys provided visual impact at Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ homecoming gig. LD Ian Tomlinson of ADLIB Design used Sharpys for their parallel beam effect, particularly shining the beams into the audience. He chose the fixtures for that laser-like look and the way they cut through other lighting in the rig, he says.
OSLO – Though the Clay Paky Sharpy was not around in the 1990s, it was used to recreate the lighting scanner look of that era in the “We Love the ’90s” concerts across Norway. LD Philip Lindhfelt chose the fixtures for the sold-out tour.