Green Day Expresses Condolences After Aerialist’s Tragic Fall at Madrid Festival

MADRID – On July 7 at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, acrobat Pedro Aunion Monroy, 42, who had been performing in front of a crowd of 35,000 attendees, died after falling nearly 100 feet. As investigators tried to pinpoint the cause, festival organizers and Green Day were criticized for continuing with their show despite the tragedy. In a statement, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong expressed condolences and made it clear that, had the band been aware of the accident, they would have opted against performing. Festival organizers, meanwhile, pointed to “security issues” as the rationale for not cutting the concert performances short. They also expressed condolences.

NETHERLANDS – On 5th May 1945 the Netherlands was liberated from the Nazis. Initially the date was marked every five years with a celebration of liberation, but in 1990 May 5th was designated an annual national holiday in the Netherlands. The day is now commemorated by celebrations across the country, including music festivals held in one of the major cities of each of the Netherland’s 12 provinces. In Limburg, the festival is hosted in the city of Roermond and ADJ lighting was used to provide eye candy effects and illumination for one of the principle stages.

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BÉZIERS, France – For French rapper Soprano’s current tour, Victorien Cayzeele from All Access Design (AAD) specified Robe Spikies and BMFL Blades supplied by Dushow.

AUSTRALIA – The Brolga Theatre in Queensland’s Maryborough is a typical regional venue – its 900 seat proscenium arch theatre hosts an international ballet troupe one night, Jimmy Barnes the next, and a local dance school the day after. Though the venue is just 17 years old, changes in technology mean replacement lamps are no longer available for their wash lights, leading the staff to assess how to upgrade for the future. The future, as they see it, is Elation’s Platinum Seven RGBWAC-UV LED wash.

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LONDON – You can take the band out of Southern California, but you can’t take So Cal out of the band.  Completing the European leg of their world tour in Birmingham recently, Linkin Park’s ‘One More Light’ is a departure from the group’s earlier work.  Smooth, subtle, and sometimes moody, the band’s evolving sound is complemented by the tour’s lighting designer, Celine Royer. Seventy-four Solaris Flare Q+ fixtures play a key role in her design.