Italy - Founded in the early 80s, Elio e Le Storie Tese (which translates roughly to "Elio and the Tense Situations") is an Italian pop/rock band that evolved from the underground Zappa-esque "Rock demenziale" scene of the late 70s. Their ...
Tags: musicians, JBL Vertec, audio
Popular Northern Irish band Two Door Cinema Club continued the latest UK leg of their Beacon world tour with a very cool lighting design by Squib (Chris Swain) which included 32 x Robe LEDBeam 100s and 10 Robe MMX Spots, all supplied by ...
PLASA's Technical Resource Office announces that the RDM and sACN Developers Conference and Plugfest returns for 2013 and will take place on the 25-27 April, in the UK, at Gatwick Manor, London Road at Lowfield Heath, just south of Gatwick ...
Tags: PLASA, Technical Resource Office, RDM
It was the proverbial 'match made in heaven' when lighting designers Ladislav Hork and Zdenek Mcha chose to use Robe moving lights at the core of their design for legendary singer Karel Gott's recent tour. The tour played arenas ...
Germany - Rental company Sound Linear, based in northern Westfalia, has completed a diverse run of shows with its new Nexo STM modular line array PA, after taking delivery of the first system in Germany from Nexo distributor audiovation. ...
Tags: Sound Linear, STM system, line array PA
The award-winning W-DMX technology by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was once again used on Canada's prestigious Grey Cup halftime show produced by Electric Aura and featuring famed Canadian performer Justin Bieber. The Canadian Football ...
Tags: W-DMX technology, Wireless Solution Sweden AB, Grey Cup halftime show
UK - Lighting rental company Siyan continued its long standing working relationship with cult band Marillion, supplying a floor package to lighting designer Yenz Nyholm from newIllumination for their latest run of dates in Europe. These ...
UK - Sound rental company Wigwam Acoustics has confirmed its purchase of a Nexo STM Series modular line array system, after two years of involvement in its development. In STM terminology, Wigwam's package is 48 sets; 48 x M46 main ...
PLASA has announced the members of the 2013 PERG Council who are responsible for overseeing the activities of the Production Equipment Rental Group which serves the needs of the film and digital community within PLASA. The PERG Council is ...
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UK - West London-based rental company, Entec Sound & Light were asked to supply lighting, trussing and rigging for a high profile one off concert by Malaysian Chinese superstar Fish Leong at Wembley Arena. Entec was working for the show's ...
Tags: Entec lights, lighting, lighting designer
lululemon athletica inc. announced that Robert Bensoussan has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Bensoussan’s appointment reflects lululemon’s increasing international focus and his addition expands the ...
Tags: lululemon athletica, Robert Bensoussan, Board of Directors
UK / France - SSE Audio Group has acquired French lighting company M.E.S through its French subsidiary Melpomen. Both MES and Melpomen have bases in Nantes and Paris and have worked together extensively on sound and lighting projects in ...
Tags: lighting company, LED units, lighting
Germany/Austria - Lighting designer Tino Weinhardt from Dessauer based rental company i:TECS Germany recently lit two high profile gala fundraiser events - in Munich and Vienna - for the Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe. Together, these ...
Tags: Robe Lights, Lighting design, ECS Germany
Luc Peumans from Genk, Belgium based creative visual design practice, Painting With Light, has designed stage and set lighting for the first arena touring production of Dreamworks' Madagascar LIVE! Brought on-board by Netherlands based ...
Tags: Luc Peumans, Painting With Light, LED
Leading UK lighting rental company Siyan invested in additional Robe MMX Spots to keep up with the demand for these popular fixtures and a busy autumn order book. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire based Siyan, headed by Nick Valdez, services ...