German event technology service provider DLP Motive supplied full technical design and production – staging, automation and kinetic elements, lighting, sound, video, and LED screens – to ESL Gaming for the 10th anniversary of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) e-gaming tournament, including two three-day events staged at the 10,000 capacity Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, and the 18,500 capacity Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.Read More »Getting Extreme with Robe
Crowded House are among Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic, popular, and successful bands, with a string of melodic hits like “Better Be Home Soon”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Something So Strong” and others, some stretching back to the 1980’s, all still infectiously foot tapping in 2022 when they hit the road again after re-forming in late 2019.Read More »Robe Dreams with Crowded House
Cambridge, UK-based company CEG announced they now have 13 Robe RoboSpot systems, meaning CEG holds one of the largest rental-only stocks in the UK and these make up over 500 Robe luminaires currently available.
Classic and crossover violinist David Garrett is a unique, interesting, and fun artist to light requiring a mix of treatments inspired by multiple visual genres, which is one of the many aspects – and challenges – relished by Lighting Designer Gerard Maijenburg who has worked with him for the last seven years. The European leg of Garrett’s current Alive tour featured over 200 Robe moving lights, picked by Maijenburg to energize his design.Read More »David Garrett is Alive with Robe
For the U.S leg of Phoebe Bridgers’ 2022 world tour, Gateway Studios & Production of St Louis provided LD Spike Kienholz Inglis of Spike Design with a Robe moving light rig. The setup included 24 MegaPointes, 24 Spiiders, 16 Tetra1s and six FORTES.
The much-anticipated 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) proved every bit as thrilling, visually dramatic and sonically entertaining as music fans globally have come to expect of this high-profile live broadcast extravaganza! This year it was staged at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, and lit for the third year by Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design.Read More »Robe Rocks at the 2022 VMAs with LD Tom Sutherland
Phish’s North American summer tour united the collaborative lighting team of Chris Kuroda, longtime lighting designer for Phish, and associate designer Andrew “Gif” Giffin, who have created a dynamic and eye-catching design with the help of 72 Robe Tetra2 moving LED bars and 60 Robe Spiiders. The band has amassed a loyal, enthusiastic, and cross generational following over the years and are known for their genre-blending extended jams and innovative improvisations.Read More »Phish’s Summer Tour Hits the Road
Production company OTD Global called on the imagination and flair of new Israeli-based creative visual design practice, LEAD, headed by Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner,… Read More »Robe Hacks the Galaxy and Embraces the Moment in Berlin
The Colours of Ostrava music festival returned to the former Vítkovice steelworks in Ostrava, Czech Republic over four days in mid-July. Prague-based SMART Production oversaw staging, rigging, lighting, video and audio for most of the stages, with the Liberty Stage getting extra visual impact with a Robe-centered rig provided by rental specialist AV Media Events.
Guitar legend, enigmatic master of imagination and indie impresario Jack White – who shot to international prominence as one half of The White Stripes –… Read More »Robe Helps Supply Chain Issues for Jack White Tour
For Vasco Rossi’s “Vasco Live 2022” stadium tour, which packed 11 huge venues in Italy, LD Giovanni Pinna chose nearly 300 Robe moving lights to be the heart, soul, and backbone of the rig, relying on MegaPointes, Spiiders and LEDBeam 150s.
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