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Modular NX1™, New NETRON Devices Highlight PLASA Offerings for Obsidian Control Systems

Modular NX1™, New NETRON Devices Highlight PLASA Offerings for Obsidian Control Systems

Obsidian Control Systems invites lighting control professionals to Stand D50 September 3-5 at the 2023 PLASA show at Olympia in West London. Sample a host of new innovations including the modular NX1 lighting console and latest ONYX software, as well as the world’s first IP65 data distribution range and other NETRON data distribution devices. Read More »Modular NX1™, New NETRON Devices Highlight PLASA Offerings for Obsidian Control Systems

Tyler Veneziano Mixes Subtlety and Color for Breaking Benjamin with CHAUVET Professional

Sometimes, less is indeed more. Tyler Veneziano has no problem with that theory. The talented designer is a huge fan of the CHAUVET Professional Rogue R1 FX-B with its five individually controlled RGBW moving heads. He particularly likes the fixture’s infinite pan and tilt. But when lighting multi-platinum rockers Breaking Benjamin on their North American tour earlier this summer, Veneziano stopped himself from using this feature at points during the band’s 90-minute, 17-song set.  “I love the infinite pan and tilt, but I didn’t want to over-use it and become predictable,” he explained. “My plan was to save theses looks for key moments to maximize their impact.”Read More »Tyler Veneziano Mixes Subtlety and Color for Breaking Benjamin with CHAUVET Professional

Strategically Using Video and Pyro for Stadium-sized Concerts

Ha Hau, Manager & Field Production Designer for ILLENIUM’s Trilogy:Colorado concert at Denver’s Empower Field (formerly Mile High Stadium), shared some insights on how video and pyro can be used to draw everyone’s attention at stadium-sized concerts into the emotional flow of a stadium-sized show—even for those in the nosebleed section. “These venues are not meant for concerts, they’re meant for football where you watch everything on the field,” he said. “When it comes to a concert, you see everything at one end for the most part. I wanted to take advantage of having the field and make it part of the visual aspect. When you have the nosebleed seats, the seats are so high and watching everything happen at one end of the field of the stage is not as immersive. So, I wanted to create an immersive experience from the field for the people that are up high.”

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Norwood Productions Invests in Robe

Chris Norwood (back row, center) and some of his amazing team from Norwood Productions. Photo: By Louise Stickland

“It’s all about the people,” states Chris Norwood of Norwood Productions, explaining his people-first management style, and echoing a phrase actively embraced and promoted by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR. However, good, reliable, and flexible kit also helps a business thrive, and Johannesburg-based Norwood Productions has invested in some of Robe’s most compact fixture ranges to further the company’s growth – starting with LED Beam 100s and now also including LEDBeam 150s and LEDBeam 350s, with some Spikies on order. The Robe purchases – eight of each fixture – are perfect for the current size and scale of the events they are providing with top notch technical production.Read More »Norwood Productions Invests in Robe

Petter Nilssen Chooses MDG Me2 for Postgirobygget Summer Tour 2023

Norwegian band, Postgirobygget (named after Norway’s main post office in Oslo), which began life in 1994 under the name The Pissed Off Sons, quickly gained traction with their debut album Melis, which sold nearly 200,000 copies and spent a total of 70 weeks in the VG Chart. Since then, they have embarked on an annual summer tour, performing at festivals and venues in front of audiences ranging from 2000 to 18,000 people. The band is often rightly dubbed Norway’s summer band.Read More »Petter Nilssen Chooses MDG Me2 for Postgirobygget Summer Tour 2023

Full Color Blinder from ROXX® Lights up the Audience at this Year’s Smukfest

The mood was high at Smukfest in Skanderborg when Denmark’s perhaps most beautiful festival took place on August 2 to August 6. 40,000 guests flooded the festival grounds every day to experience 5 days of performances by great international and Danish artists on the five different stages – and the odd rain shower.Read More »Full Color Blinder from ROXX® Lights up the Audience at this Year’s Smukfest

ADJ Lighting Gets the Party Started at Feest in Het Park Festival

The Feest in Het Park festival (AKA ‘Party In The Park’) is an annual weekend-long celebration hosted in the Reeshofpark, a large public park situated in the suburbs of the Netherlands city of Tilburg. Across two separate stages, more than 70 ADJ fixtures were supplied for this year’s festival by Ultrasound Productions, which utilized both moving heads and static washes to illuminate the performance spaces with vibrant colors and fill the sky above the park with impressive aerial effects.Read More »ADJ Lighting Gets the Party Started at Feest in Het Park Festival

PROLIGHTS on Stage with Blanco’s Innamorato Tour

PROLIGHTS products illuminated the Innamorato Tour of Blanco, the young artist reigning over the Italian music scene. Following the great success of the Blu Celeste Tour, boasting 35 sold-out dates, Blanco has once again astonished his fans with his inaugural stadium tour, securing his position as the youngest Italian artist to perform on these prestigious stages. The awe-inspiring events took place at Rome’s Olympic Stadium and Milan’s San Siro Stadium, where the singer delivered an overwhelming performance, paying meticulous attention to every detail and presenting a setlist that encompassed the best of his repertoire, accompanied by a visually stunning scenography.Read More »PROLIGHTS on Stage with Blanco’s Innamorato Tour

Robert Juliat at PLASA 2023

Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2023 with its exclusive distributor for the UK (England, Scotland, and Wales), Sound Technology on Stand C22.The stand will feature Robert Juliat LED products, focusing on RJ’s award-winning Sully 4C profile and Fresnel fixtures and Tibo HE in the generic ranges, Dalis 862 variable white and Dalis 864 4-color Footlights, and RJ Arthur LT 800W LED long-throw 4°-10° followspot. Robert Juliat’s real-time position-tracking system, SpotMe, will also be presented.

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New Elation Proteus™, Fuze™ and KL™ to Show at PLASA 2023

Elation is excited to present an exceptional line-up of new lighting tools September 3-5 at the PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Discover how Elation continues to push the boundaries of possibility in the world of entertainment lighting. Visitors to Elation Stand D50 will be some of the first in the UK to see the latest cutting-edge luminaires in the company’s Proteus™, Fuze™ and KL™ lines, along with other innovative lighting solutions designed to elevate the live entertainment experience.Read More »New Elation Proteus™, Fuze™ and KL™ to Show at PLASA 2023