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GLP Fixtures Light Nena TV Special Marking 40-Year Career Milestone

LD Manuel da Costa’s rig included 44 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes.

GLP Fixtures Light Nena TV Special Marking 40-Year Career Milestone

HAMBURG, Germany – A concert featured on Germany’s ZDF honored “99 Luftballons” singer Nena on her 40-year career milestone with a show staged at Hamburg’s Mehr! Theatre on Sept. 22. The special featured a set by Jürgen Hassler and lighting design by Manuel da Costa along with a parade of celebrity well-wishers. The rig included GLP impression X4’s and X4 Bar 20’s along with 44 of the company’s recently-launched JDC1 hybrid strobes.

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Photo by Todd Moffses

Halsey’s “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour” Rig includes 4Wall-Supplied Claypaky Scenius Fixtures

CLEVELAND, OH – Halsey recently completed the North American leg of her “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” world tour, which ran from Sept. 29-Nov. 22, and Claypaky Scenius Profile lighting fixtures, provided by 4WallPA, lit the way. The tour, the biggest yet for the 23-year-old singer-songwriter, supported her eponymous second album and included special guests Party Next Door and Charli XCX. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky products in North America.

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Library Of Congress Glows Bright White with Chauvet Professional

Library Of Congress Glows Bright White with Chauvet Professional

WASHINGTON, DC – Critics have rightly hailed the US Library of Congress’ Great Hall as a monumental triumph of architecture. Effortlessly balancing form and function within its spacious confines, the two-story room alternately awes and inspires with its towering Corinthian columns, Romanesque arches, double staircase and a gold-ornamented ceiling that exudes the unbridled optimism of its 19th century designers.

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Photo by MH Vogel

Robe for Rolling Stones No Filter

PARIS – Thirty-Six Robe BMFL Spots were workhorse moving lights on the recent Rolling Stones ‘No Filter’ European tour, part of a spectacular and epic lighting design created by Patrick Woodroffe. Patrick and associate designer Terry Cook of Woodroffe Bassett design (WBD) worked closely with stage architects Stufish on developing the show’s overall aesthetic.

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The band's Nov. 11 show at Trafalgar Square was followed by the EMAs at Wembley. Stageco provided an assist.

U2 Rocks Trafalgar Square, Honored at EMA’s at Wembley, with Production Assist from Stageco

LONDON – U2 give special performance on Nov. 11 at Trafalgar Square in London. The free show for 7,000 fans took place on the eve of London’s first opportunity to host the MTV European Music Awards for 21 years. Stageco supported both the Trafalgar Square concert and the 24th annual MTV EMA’s at SSE Arena, Wembley, where the Irish four-piece were honored with the coveted Global Icon award.

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Albert Chauvet accepts his Gold Star Award for Best New Effects Light. He's pictured here at left with PLSN editor Nook Schoenfeld.

Chauvet Professional Maverick MK Pyxis Earns PLSN Gold Star Award for Best New Effects Light

LAS VEGAS – Chauvet Professional’s design team felt that they broke new ground earlier this fall when they introduced the multi-functional Maverick MK Pyxis, a new eye candy effect that can do double and triple duty as a wash or beam. Now they have a shiny new accolade to support this belief, as they earned the first-ever PLSN Gold Star Product Award for Best New Effects Light at this year’s LDI Show.

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