International News

LONDON – In demand lighting and production designer Steven Bewley selected the Claypaky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures to create signature lighting looks for alternative rock band ‘Nothing But Thieves’ on their debut album tour, which ended with a sensational show at London’s iconic O2 Academy Brixton. For the tour’s UK leg Bewley, whose recent production design for rapper Wretch 32 received significant recognition across social media, enlisted 32 x Mythos and 10 x Sharpys from audio and lighting production specialist Nitelites.

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ANTWERP, BE – Belgian superstar rockers Clouseau ended the year and start 2017 on a high note with a large-scale version of their ‘Clouseau Danst’ tour concept, staged over four sold-out nights in December and January at the 20,000 capacity Antwerps Sportpaleis.Painting with Light delivered another spectacular show design encompassing lighting, video, stage, set and automation … plus DMX controlled wristbands worn by  the audience each night.

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[caption id="attachment_273846" align="alignnone" width="800"]Clouseau Danst plays the Sports Palais[/caption]

ANTWERP, BE. – Entertainment engineering specialists WIcreations supplied automation elements to help Belgian superstar rockers Clouseau ramp-up the drama and fun for their biennial end-of-year spectacular shows at the 20,000 capacity Antwerp Sportpaleis venue. The band is in the middle of playing four sold-out shows that started in December and conclude in January – following an extensive theatre tour ongoing through most of the year to support their innovative and popular “Clouseau Danst” album.

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ISTANBUL — Authorities in Turkey are still searching for a gunman who fired 180 bullets from an AK 47, killing 39 and wounding 65 people celebrating New Year’s Eve at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. About 600 people were in the club at the time of the seven-minute attack, according to reports. Witnesses reported that the gunman shouted “Allahu akbar” while firing his weapon inside the venue after killing a police officer and bystander outside. He then left his weapon, changed clothes and exited the back door, blending into the crowd.

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[caption id="attachment_273812" align="alignnone" width="800"]l “Dirty Dancing” returned to London’s West End in December playing the Phoenix Theatre[/caption]

LONDON – Popular musical “Dirty Dancing” returned to London’s West End in December playing the Phoenix Theatre following a regional UK tour with a lively production that originally premiered in Italy in 2015 where it played Milan and Rome. This production has also toured in Spain and Mexico with additional troupes. Lighting has been created by leading Italian LD Valerio Tibeiri who seized the opportunity in London to upgrade the original lighting rig and use nearly 70 x Robe moving lights – a combination of BMFL Blades and LEDBeam 1000s – as the primary luminaires.

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[caption id="attachment_273806" align="alignnone" width="800"]Alternative Festival Experiences at Bluedot[/caption]

ENGLAND AND WALES –  An array of Claypaky fixtures were selected by leading Manchester-based technical supplier Audile to provide extraordinary stage lighting for two of last summer’s more alternative festivals; the inaugural Bluedot ‘festival of discovery’ and boutique arts and music experience Festival No.6. Held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire underneath the famous Lovell telescope and debuting this year, Bluedot offers a three-day program of music, art and culture, flavored with science and space exploration.

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WORLDWIDE – Lighting designer Tom Campbell has selected an Avolites Tiger Touch II and backup Quartz to control his richly empathetic lighting design for metal-core band Bullet for my Valentine (BFMV) on their recent worldwide tour in support of their 2015 album ‘Venom’. The Welsh rockers returned with a show-stopper of a tour, studiously lit, designed and controlled by Campbell who counts Anna Calvi for which he won a Knight Of Illumination Award in 2015, Katy B, Leon Bridges and John Grant in his resume.

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LONDON — Knight of Illumination Award-winning lighting designer Tom Campbell has used a predominantly Claypaky rig in his recent redesign of Welsh heavy metal rock legends Bullet for my Valentine’s (BFMV) current fifth studio album tour Venom. Campbell’s full touring rig contains 26 Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20s, 20 Claypaky Sharpys, 14 Claypaky Stormy CCs and six Claypaky Mythos.

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[caption id="attachment_273781" align="alignnone" width="800"]BedRoom Club in Cypress gets Help from ADJ light fixtures[/caption]

LIMASSOL, Cyprus — A new day-and-night lounge bar in Cyprus, BedRoom Day N’ Night, has an open-air design that gives the whole venue a sea view and an exciting light show by night. The Breeze Group brought in Nicosia, Cyprus-based SP Megasound Ltd, which provided eight Inno Spot LED moving head spot fixtures along with four Inno Color Beam LED beam effects from ADJ for the the open-air venue.

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NORWICH, U.K. -The lighting designers of musicians Jason Derulo, Dizzee Rascal and Chase and Status requested Claypaky Sharpys and A.leda B-EYE K10s as key fixtures in their rigs at the UK urban music festival Sundown. Responsible for the mainstage festival rig was Mick Freer, Head of Concert Touring at award-winning production and hire outfit Hawthorn that provided the lighting, rigging, drapes, FOH control systems and followspots for Sundown’s mainstage.

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[caption id="attachment_273768" align="alignnone" width="800"]Scenius shows up in Kazakhstan[/caption]

ALMATY, Kazakhstan – For Madina Saduakasova’s recent concert in the Palace of the Republic, Almaty, Scenius Profile and Scenius Spot fixtures made their Kazakhstan debut. The 24 Scenius Spots and eight Scenius Profiles joined close to 200 other Claypaky luminaires to deliver impressive lighting looks for the popular Kazakh artist’s concert.

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BRIGHTON, U.K. – British metalcore outfit Architects have stormed through Europe in support of their critically acclaimed new album ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’, with Claypaky fixtures providing blast-beat perfect strobing and high-impact gobo projection to complement the band’s exhilaratingly relentless sound. The Brighton-based juggernauts rounded off the tour by playing a sold-out show at Brixton’s O2 Academy for the first time.

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