Skip to content

Bon Jovi ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ 2017 Tour

Nimblist concocts another great show design. Photo by Steve Jennings

Bon Jovi ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ 2017 Tour

PLSN caught up with Bon Jovi’s longtime designer Doug “Spike” Brant of Nimblist, the company he runs with Justin Collie based out of Lancaster, PA. Together the two designers and their team put on various immersive entertainment projects, live sports, broadcast specials, festivals and special events and most notably concert tours with the likes of Lady Gaga, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, just to name a few. We spoke with Brant about his work on the current Bon Jovi — This House Is Not For Sale Tour, along with lighting director and automation programmer Joe Bay.

Read More »
The Lumineers' 'Cleopatra' tour design expanded with the venues as the band moved up into larger performance spaces.. Photo by Todd Kaplan

Lighting Up the Lumineers – Cathedral Style

[caption id="attachment_275349" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Lumineers' 'Cleopatra' tour design expanded with the venues as the band moved up into larger performance spaces.. Photo by Todd Kaplan[/caption]

Unique “Organ Pipe” Look Gets Additional Video Halfway Through Sell-Out Tour

“They are big, ugly, and intimidating when they are sitting in their set carts,” Jason Rothberg says of The Lumineers’ set for their Cleopatra world tour. “But once they are flown, lit and have content going through the Sceptrons, they make a beautiful transformation.”

Read More »
GLP X4 Bars at the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2017

Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show with Lady Gaga Includes GLP GT-1 and X4 Bars

HOUSTON – Lady Gaga gave a scintillating, high-flying performance at the Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at the NRG Stadium in Houston. Opening with God Bless America on the roof of the stadium she leapt to the stage before cramming seven of her greatest hits into the 12-minute show. The acrobatics throughout were stunning. Everything, from ‘Shooting Star’ drones flying in unison above the stadium to create the American flag to the stage surrounded by fire and Glow Motion torches, was top drawer.

Read More »
Lady Gaga's 'Piano Dome' was covered with Ayrton MagicDot-XT fixtures. Photo by Kelly Coffey.

Ayrton Helps Lady Gaga Bring Warmth to the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl Halftime Show

HOUSTON – On Feb. 5, Houston, Texas played host to the NFL’s Super Bowl LI, at NRG Stadium. Entertaining the crowds in the hotly anticipated Pepsi Zero Sugar Halftime Show was Lady Gaga, whose performance earned the respect of millions in an intense 12-minute spectacular that was viewed by over 115 million people worldwide. The show was another world-class collaboration from co-production designers, Bruce Rodgers of Tribe Inc., LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works, and lighting designer Bob Barnhart of 22 Degrees.

Read More »
FOR-A HVS-100 Express

FOR-A HVS-100 Express

FOR-A’s HVS-100 Express will be featured at NAB 2017 in booth C5117. The HVS-100 Express is part of the company’s offerings which will be featured at the show. It expands the company’s 1 M/E HVS-100 video switcher series.

Read More »
Sharpy setup at Complex Nightclub NYE event

Complex Nightclub NYE Event Lights Up with Claypaky Sharpys

MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands – Nearly 100 Claypaky Sharpys were used for an eight-hour light show to 2,000 partygoers at an underground club hosted by Dutch techno music agency Claydrum at Complex nightclub, Maastricht for New Year’s Eve. Dutch production designer Joël Lemmerling, from Maastricht-based production company, Stöd, selected 96 of the multi-award winning Sharpy fixtures to create a fastidious design formulated by gridded white, colored and UV light beams and clever manipulation of angles. 

Read More »
Jack Whitehall U.K. Comedy Tour Gets Adlib Assist

Jack Whitehall U.K. Comedy Tour Gets Adlib Assist

LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib continues its work with top comedians having just supplied full production – sound, lighting and video – for Jack Whitehall’s sold out, three week ‘At Large’ UK arena tour. The Liverpool based company was delighted to be on the road with one of the UK’s most exciting and successful talents having previously supplied production for his ground-breaking 2014 arena tour which was staged in the round.

Read More »

Lara Wedding Venue in Israel Lit with 60 Robe Viva LED Spots

[caption id="attachment_275330" align="alignnone" width="800"]LARA – the ultimate wedding experience uses Robe VIVA LED spots[/caption]

KANNOT JUNCTION, Israel — The wedding industry in Israel is a highly competitive sector with rivalry among the top venues to offer the best facilities, making good technical production in the main reception rooms an absolute key to ensuring each event is trending. So when Nesher Edri launched his new enterprise Lara, he specified 60 Robe VIVA LED spots. For this venture he has used his experience, knowledge and enthusiasm from running another leading wedding venue, Signal – where he originally started as the sound and light jockey –  to ensure LARA would be a premium choice for The Big Day.

Read More »