Neg Earth supremo Dave Ridgway came to the assistance of Creative Director and Lighting Designer Terry Cook when he was seeking the kind of raw power from a new generation washlight that audiences at an AC/DC show might expect. Ridgway recommended GLP’s impression X5 IP Maxx. Cook’s conclusion: “It brought meanness, real character, and was unapologetically angry. It was definitely an AC/DC light.”
Creative Director Patrick Woodroffe, Lighting Designer Terry Cook and Associate Lighting Designer/Lighting Director Ethan Weber give us a look at The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds Tour. Plus we get the vendor views from lighting provider Upstaging and video supplier Nighthawk Video.
PLSN spoke with Silent House Studios LD Cory FitzGerald and STUFISH Senior Partner Ric Lipson on their design for Weekends with Adele at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. “One of the big challenges was finding a fabric that we could project onto that would be bright and clear but that would also be dark enough when you didn’t want it to be lit with projectors,” noted Lipson. “We worked with a company called Carbon Black. They have a fabric that is a very dark gray. It’s essentially covered in a coating that reflects the laser projection in a much brighter way than a traditional projection surface. That became the silver bullet for making the projection look great on the sliding panels.”
A look at Solotech’s support for the visual production of the ‘Weekends With Adele’ residency shows at Caesars Palace’s Colosseum in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas- and Los Angeles-based full production and rental specialist, 3G Productions LLC, has invested in a substantial amount of Kinesys automation kit, adding to its already robust inventory. The purchase comprises 500kg and 1,000kg Kinesys Elevation Liftket motors with Elevation drives, Vector control console, multiple PD-ES Array Power Distros, and all necessary Libra Cell digital load cells, Libra Pro controllers, and networking switches. Read More »3G Productions Invests in Kinesys
“Billboard” magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. The Showtime section within PLSN’s January 2023 issue focuses on the lighting, staging and video production teams and equipment supporting these tours.
The Rolling Stones took to the road this summer for their first European tour since 2018 with their new show, SIXTY, in celebration of their… Read More »Ayrton IP Fixtures Tour Europe with The Rolling Stones
TV, broadcast, and event lighting rental specialists, Version 2, was proud to supply the moving lights, control, cabling, and power distribution infrastructure for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at the Palace, catering for the needs of all four stages and the audience areas, including the Royal Box, which had been built in front of Buckingham Palace.Read More »Version 2 Supplies Lighting and Control Infrastructure to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at the Palace
Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival returned to the Las Vegas Speedway for the second time in seven months. The annual festival hosted more than 300 artists and upwards of 300,000 attendees. 4Wall Entertainment provided over 1,500 light fixtures, rigging and video for three out of 10 stages: bassPOD, wasteLAND, and stereoBLOOM.
Load-in for the festival started a week prior to opening night, led by 4Wall Project Managers, Dallas Gaspar (bassPOD), Jonathan Daroca (stereoBLOOM) and Will Cowles Meyer (wasteLAND).Read More »4Wall Provides Over 1,500 Light Fixtures, Rigging, & Video Equipment for Three EDC Stages