International News

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AARHAUS, DENMARK – Musikhuset Aarhus – also known as Aarhus Concert Hall – in Aarhus, Denmark, is the latest in a number of high profile theatre venues in Scandinavia to invest in Robe, with a substantial purchase of 78 x Spiider LED wash beam fixtures. These are primarily designated for use in their main hall where they will be “workhorse fixtures’ explained head of lighting Ole Nielsen.

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[caption id="attachment_280771" align="alignnone" width="800"]Fashion Drive gets a fresh look[/caption]

MONTERREY, MEXICO  – Fashion Drive is a world-class shopping center in Monterrey, Mexico, that offers all the amenities of modern retail. Located in the city’s contemporary municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Fashion Drive is a high profile shopping center whose modern design goes beyond shopping to embrace leisure, entertainment, dining, and even a hotel. Opened in March 2017, the modern shopping mall features top fashion brand stores and stretches across four levels.

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[caption id="attachment_280482" align="alignnone" width="800"]Mojo Barries- Stanley Jilesen[/caption]

UK – Mojo Barriers is supplying almost 2km of its specially designed touring barrier this Autumn to a range of this year’s most anticipated tours, November 2017. With Mojo’s European office supplying tours including The Rolling Stones, Queens of the Stone Age and Queen & Adam Lambert, and the US office working with Katy Perry, Gorillaz, Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruno Mars, 21 Pilots and Nick Cave, Mojo Barriers is in the midst of a busy touring season.

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[caption id="attachment_280471" align="alignnone" width="800"]Chase & Status Brixton Show[/caption]

LONDON – Popular UK DnB band Chase & Status played a high-profile sold-out show at London’s Brixton Academy – only their second live appearance in the UK this year after headlining the Lovebox Festival – for which show designer / director Andy Hurst created a high-energy collage of lighting, lasers, set and video to keep their enthusiastic fan base stoked with visual treats! Lighting equipment and crew was supplied by Blackburn based HSL whose association with the band goes back several years.

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NETHERLANDS – After almost 2 months of beta, the final Resolume Avenue & Arena 6.0.0. Download is now open to everybody. Come and get it.… Read More »Resolume Release vs 6.0.0 Software

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[caption id="attachment_280419" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe Laver Cup 2017 takes place in Prague[/caption]

PRAGUE – Robe BMFL moving lights – a mix of 108 x BMFL Spots, WashBeams and Wash XFs, plus 80 x Spiider LED wash beams – proved a perfect match to light the first Laver Cup international tennis tournament. The Laver Cup is a brand new indoor hard court men’s tennis competition staged for the first time in Prague’s O2 Arena … with the action broadcast worldwide on TV. The BMFLs were the primary light sources for the main show court, which saw two exciting  teams – Europe (captained by Björn Borg) and World (captained by John McEnroe) – battle it out for the trophy!

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[caption id="attachment_280399" align="alignnone" width="800"]FX Road Lights invests in CORE Lighting[/caption]

LISBON – Lighting production company FX Road Lights, based in Portugal, have announced their first purchase of CORE Lighting ColourPoint Mini uplighters, the newly released product by the British manufacturer, as part of their investment into corporate markets. The Lisbon-based company have invested in 48 units to go immediately into production and dry-hire stock. The ColourPoint Mini debuted this year, complementing CORE Lighting’s product range as a smaller and cost-effective version of the ColourPoint, a best-selling uplighter in the United Kingdom.

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[caption id="attachment_280391" align="alignnone" width="800"] Enter Shikari[/caption]

LEEDS, UK – Ayrton’s magic touched audiences once again at the UK’s 2017 Slam Dunk Festival tour, which was headlined by innovative and futuristicband, Enter Shikari, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of band’s debut album Take To The Skies. Slam Dunk is an alternative music festival that tours the UK cities of Leeds and Birmingham and the town of Hatfield, preceded by warm up shows at The Dublin Academy and Belfast Limelight, and with Enter Shikari adding a further headline date in Barrowlands.

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[caption id="attachment_280386" align="alignnone" width="800"]Hi Niteclub in Ibiza [/caption]

IBIZA – A sizzling 2017 Ibiza summer season saw new clubbing experience Hï burst on the scene with fresh energy and impetus mainlined into the heart of the Balearic dance scene, fuelling the buzz, hosting the world’s most significant DJs, attracting a huge fan following and etching extraordinary memories on the psyche via incredible visual productions created by Romain Pissenem and his team from High Scream. Over 200 Robe moving lights helped Romain define Hï’s two spaces – the Theatre and the Club.

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[caption id="attachment_280371" align="alignnone" width="800"]Crane opens in the UK[/caption]

BIRMINGHAM, UK -Full service production company, Stage Production Co., is supplying all the production for a new and unique multi-purpose event space in Birmingham (UK) called Crane and has turned to Elation Professional products to fulfill the lighting brief.  Crane, which opened on September 29th, is a huge space with a raw industrial feel in the heart of the Digbeth district of central Birmingham. Along with elevated ceilings, iron beams and exposed brick work, the space is defined by two 5-ton rolling cranes that span the width of the building and roll down its length on steel girders.

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PRAGUE – Czech pop rock band Kryštof celebrated their 25 year anniversary in style with a sold out arena tour and a massive two night concert at the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, where they played two tumultuous shows to over 70,000 fans marking this incredible career achievement. They also released a special new album this year – ‘25’ – to coincide with an extensive live performance schedule. Full production – including around 100 Robe moving lights – for the tour and the stadium shows was supplied by ZL Production who have a long association with Kryštof.

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[caption id="attachment_280365" align="alignnone" width="800"]PUR and Friends[/caption]

GERMANY – The six musicians of PUR keep their fans waiting for a whole year, there has to be a very good reason. And a gigantic, one-off concert provided the answer, as for the sixth time at the Veltins Arena, 65,000 fans flocked to the ‘PUR & Friends’ concert. This gave them the chance not only to celebrate their band, but also a number of high-profile guests. Among them were Andreas Bourani, Daniel Wirtz, comedian Bülent Ceylan and Max Giesinger. The success of this mega event was assured at the beginning of the year, when all tickets were sold out in a very short time.

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