Las Vegas residencies are on the rise. PLSN got quick design details on some of the current shows playing in Nevada’s entertainment hot spot. Luke… Read More »Residency Round-Up and News of the Road
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Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators launched The River is Rising headlining tour Feb. 8-March 26, hitting 28 major U.S. cities. “I don’t have… Read More »News of Slash, Lane 8, Louis Tomlinson, LaMontagne, More
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Reba’s 2022 Tour: Hase Retires, Hare Takes Reins David Hare started out January in an expected way: he was handed the reins as lighting designer… Read More »Designing and Directing Tours for Reba McEntire, Imagine Dragons, Shinedown, AJR, Kacey Musgraves, Greta Van Fleet, Tool and More
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Rock band Angels & Airwaves continues on their 2021-2022 World Tour, with March dates in the U.K. on the calendar. Lighting Designer Lee Duck says… Read More »Lighting Angels & Airwaves, Harlow and Hagar on Tour
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Michael Bublé’s longtime show designer/LD Kurt Wagner and the crew followed a playbook of Covid precautions on tour and returned home safely. There were no… Read More »Bublé’s Safe Bubble, Dance Gavin Dance, TSO and Lighting Chicano Batman
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With this issue, Nook Schoenfeld is retiring as a seven-year editor of PLSN. At the same time, he’s flipped the off switch in his lighting… Read More »LDs Musing About LD Nook Schoenfeld
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A fog of uncertainty hangs in the air from continuing cancellations and rescheduled dates to 2022. Yet there are some signals of a return to… Read More »Onward Through the Fog
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Venues across the country are all experiencing it: The Big Load-In. Never has the task felt so sweet as it does to countless crews who’ve… Read More »The Big Load-In
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Lighting programmer/designer Cosmo Wilson has taken on a new role as director of lighting services for the new Gateway Studios & Production Services in St. Louis,… Read More »LDs are ‘Thankful to be Working’ as New Productions Launch
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Directors are commanding the familiar “House lights, go!” in more headsets lately as tours kick off around the country. Designer Watch checked in with LDs… Read More »“House Lights, Go!”
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Debi Moen reports on more LDs who, after a lengthy live event lockdown, are getting busy with gigs. But if the future looks bright, the industry is still just getting back on its feet.
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After the year-long, live event lockdown, the industry is slowly getting back to work. How is the pandemic affecting upcoming productions? Designer Watch asked LDs… Read More »Returning to the Road
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