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Datum Creative and Elation Pulse Bar Pay Tribute to NYC Skyline at We Belong Here
02/12/2024 - Production News
USA – We Belong Here has been uniting EDM lovers on Miami's beautiful Virginia Key Beach for the past three years and has now hosted their first-ever festival experience in New York City amid Central Park’s lush greenery and panoramic skyline views. Held on 4-6 October at historic Wollman Rink, design collective Datum Creative created a fully immersive 360-degree experience for festival-goers, including a stunning visual tribute to the city’s skyline using Elation Pulse Bar strobe and effect lights.
Vache Baroque brings together Focusrite brands for operatic miracle
02/12/2024 - Production News
UK – Performances of Pergolesi’s 1735 three-act opera L’Olimpiade were experienced as never before by audiences in the grounds of The Vache, a Grade II*-listed estate in Chalfont St. Giles, recently.
Laroc Guarujá Ranks Among the Best, Powered by Outline GTO
02/12/2024 - Project News
Brazil – Laroc Guarujá, the newest addition to the iconic Laroc Club brand, has quickly earned its place among the most prestigious venues in the world of electronic music. The club’s Valinhos unit was ranked the tenth best club globally in 2024 by the renowned British magazine DJ Mag.
Tube uk supplies WOMEX in Manchester
02/12/2024 - Production News
UK – Billed as “The most diverse music meeting in the world”, WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo) is an international music event, renowned for staging a vibrant annual gathering of music professionals and music enthusiasts. WOMEX features live music, films, a trade fair, panel discussions and presentations in a different European location every year, showcasing breakthrough artists and talent from around the globe.
Kygo for Video Design
29/11/2024 - Production News
Europe – After production rehearsals in Copenhagen’s Royal Arena, Kygo kicked off his current European tour with four dates in Denmark, Sweden and Norway before heading into central and southern Europe. “We’ve just finished a run through his home market in Scandinavia and it pretty much sold out,” said production manager Joel Stanley. “Kygo has developed musically as a performer, though remained rooted in his own personality; he’s much the same person he was ten years ago. That's a strength.” That said, the tour is tinged with a certain sadness, as Stanley explains.
Let there be light: PIXERA brings holy glow to church projection mapping tour
29/11/2024 - Production News
Germany – The PIXERA media server by AV Stumpfl is the backbone of PROJEKTIL’s latest EONARIUM tour, an immersive projection mapping project that merges digital artistry with historic architecture across 30 iconic churches and cultural sites in Europe. AV Stumpfl’s real-time media processing, compositing and management system seamlessly handles the stunning visuals that bring these unique and sacred spaces to life, transforming each venue into a canvas of light and sound.
grandMA3 for Spectacular WorldSkills Lyon 2024 Closing Ceremony
29/11/2024 - Production News
France – Leading French production design studio Concept K provided a full creative solution including scenography and lighting design with grandMA3 control, for the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 WorldSkills Competition, staged in the 60,000-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais (OL Stadium) at the Eurexpo complex, Lyon, France.
DMI-KLANG improves in-ear monitoring for The BossHoss, making nightly sound checks a breeze
29/11/2024 - Production News
Germany – Thanks to KLANG’s immersive mix capabilities, touring with The BossHoss became a trouble-free experience for sound engineer Manuel Knigge, with the whole tour benefitting from immersive mixes via the DMI-KLANG expansion card, installed in their DiGiCo SD12. Monitor mix intelligibility improved and band members were instantly more comfortable with their mixes, providing Knigge with a smooth and efficient workflow that freed him from extensive sound checks at every venue the band visited during their summer of outside events.
Dora Showtechnik Raises a Toast to XTA MX36
29/11/2024 - Production News
Germany – The largest folk festival in the world, the 189th edition of the Oktoberfest took place recently on the Theresienwiese in Munich. Across the event’s 16-day duration, more than six million guests of all ages visited the site, spreading out across streets, tents and beer gardens to take advantage of a huge variety of entertainment on offer and slaking their thirst with more than seven million litres of beer. One key venue at the site is the Paulaner Festzelt tent, which has been an integral part of the event since 1895.
Anna Western to Step Down After 25 Years of Stage Electrics Service
28/11/2024 - People News
UK – Stage Electrics has announced that Anna Western, the company’s sales director, will step down from her role on 28th February 2025.
Towering Strength That Goes Even Higher
28/11/2024 - Equipment News
Introducing the New GS500N medium-duty square (500 x 500mm) truss line from TAF, with all straights and corners coming with a connection kit as standard. The GS500N line has the highest vertical loading capacity from truss in the TAF portfolio that features a fork connection system, allowing you to build your towers higher than ever before!
Martin Dudley Connects UB40 to Fans on Red, Red Wine Tour with Help From Chauvet Professional
28/11/2024 - Production News
UK – It was just past 9pm when UB40 took the stage at OVO’s Wembley arena on 1 November. A short time later, perhaps a minute or two after the exuberant crowd settled down, the walls of the sold-out arena reverberated with music, not just from the band, but also from the 12,000 or so fans who joined them in singing “Here I Am” And “Homely Girl.”
GLP lights celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
28/11/2024 - Production News
Germany – On 9th November, the city of Berlin, representing the entire country, celebrated the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead of a central celebration at the Brandenburg Gate, this time it decided on a decentralised concept with five stages. In addition, 5,000 posters designed by Berliners, lined up in a row to trace the course of the former wall.
Planar Simplicity range enhanced and extended with P Series 4K LCD displays
28/11/2024 - Equipment News
Leyard Europe has announced the arrival of the Planar Simplicity P Series, a brand new, high resolution, digital signage, streaming and media-playback display unit.
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