Motorhead LD Caio Bertti Using Avolites Sapphire Touch Console

LONDON – Preferring to control the show on the fly, Motorhead’s LD Caio Bertti has been using a Sapphire Touch console from Avolites. “There’s no cue-list, there’s no time coding, it’s just in my head and fingers. You have to play the board, which is why I chose the Sapphire Touch. It gives me more freedom and I can run through the options on the songs very quickly. The new software is also very useful now that we have the foot tracking back-up mode just in case. For me, specifying the Sapphire Touch was a matter of necessity.”

LIVERPOOL, England – Adlib has supplied audio and lighting design, equipment and installation for the University of Liverpool’s Mountford Hall, the Stanley Theatre and The Courtyard. For lighting of Mountford Hall, 12 Robe Pointes are joined by 12 x Martin MAC Aura LED wash fixtures and six ETC Source Four Zooms for key lights and specials. For effects, there are eight 2-lite blinders, Atomic strobes and two Martin Magnum 2500 hazers, all run from an Avolites Pearl Expert console.

MILTON KEYNES, U.K. – Impact Production Services has added 24 of SGM’s P-5 wash lights to their inventory. Owner James Mason, who set up the Milton Keynes-based company 16 years ago, took the decision after sub-renting some of the fixtures for a project. Afterward, he ordered the two dozen RGBW fixtures from SGM UK. IPS managing director James Mason is pictured here, left, with senior technician Ian Brown.

VERACRUZ, Mexico – Solotech provided video projection equipment, display and control systems, LED screens and lighting for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games.

ADELAIDE, South Australia – As part of a general redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval arena, the ULA Group installed 30 GRIVEN Emerald colour changers designed to wash the arena in team colors. 

SITTARD, The Netherlands – The total refurbishment of the new Volt nightclub included an entirely new lighting system from Elation Professional. The main performance room features Satura Spot LED Pro and Platinum Wash ZFX Pro moving heads as well as EPAR QW LED PAR Cans.