LONDON – Adlib supplied lighting and sound for the autumn tour for The Specials. Adlib’s Simon Pettitt designed the lighting. It’s his second tour with The Specials in the LD role following an autumn 2014 trek, when Pettitt was freelance before joining Liverpool-based Adlib full time in 2015.
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UK – Lighting designer, Louisa Smurthwaite utilized the award-winning Jands Vista system to provide an elegant lighting design for hotly tipped Oxford indie rock band, Glass Animals’ recent biggest UK headline show at London’s iconic Roundhouse venue. Their latest album, How To Be A Human Being, was released in August to much critical acclaim, and their debut amassed over 200 million Spotify streams.
NETHERLANDS – Apropos this November’s supermoon, which had celestial observers bathing in the moonlight of the largest full moon in years, Dutch symphonic metal band Delain is touring Europe this fall on a “Moonbathers” tour and using the versatile effects of Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Bar™ LED battens to complement the big-hook metallic rock show. Lighting designer on the tour is Nick van Balen
TRENTO, ITALY – Twelve Robe BMFL WashBeams were utilized by artist and lighting designer Mariano de Tassis in a breath-taking and installation at the mausoleum of Italian patriot and Irredentist Cesare Battisti in Trento, Italy. The installation was produced by Filmwork Factory to celebrate the centenary of the death of Battisti. The original idea of highlighting the mausoleum with 12 powerful beams shooting up into the night sky to match the 12 columns of the monument was Mariano’s himself, pitched to the Municipality of Trento.
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HANNOVER, De. –: the Daimler AG booth was illuminated with the latest fixtures from GLP at the world’s most important trade fair for commercial transport and logistics, which took place in Hannover in late September. The world market leader in commercial vehicles presented 70 trucks, vans and buses from brands Mercedes-Benz, Fuso and Setra. The premieres were brought to life thanks to an impressive 144 GT-1 discharge lamp fixtures from GLP.
UK – Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting for the current Tom Odell tour, a lively mix of dynamics and style created by Jonny Gaskell who has been on-board with the popular singer / songwriter since April this year. The current touring campaign follows the launch of his second studio album, “Wrong Crowd”. The tour started earlier in the year and included a festival run, with this leg being the first full on production design tour carrying a full lighting rig … for which west London based Colour Sound made some new investments.
MADRID – Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid, is Spain’s biannual style statement for the international fashion stage, and a forum in which Robert Juliat’s Merlin followspots were able to work their magic. Entrusted with its high-profile lighting design, Citylight S.L., a leading Madrid-based rental, sales and installation company, boosted its lighting inventory with the purchase of four Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to ensure the country’s hottest fashion moments were bathed in light of the highest quality.
NELSON, NEW ZEALAND – A prominent rocky outgroup in Tasman Bay, Nelson’s Fifeshire Rock was once feared as a shipping hazard. In years since, it has become one of New Zealand’s treasured national landmarks. Standing some 14 meters above the high tide mark, it is often the subject of photography and artworks. Recently, Nelson’s Civic Trust desired to make the rock an round-the-clock attraction by lighting it. To accomplish this, MDR Sound & Lighting supplied AV Architects Ltd with a CHAUVET Professional Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixture.
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ISRAEL – When two of Israel’s biggest singing stars – Yehuda Poliker and Shlomi Shabat – get together and play onstage live … It’s a BIG deal and a hugely exciting performance spectacle that’s always well received. Needing a big lightshow with lots of power and presence … that’s why lighting designer Eyal Tavory chose a large Robe orientated rig – including 35 x BMFL spots to give the impact that everyone was anticipating at a recent show at the Rishon Lezion Amphitheatre.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – For their Oct. 26 show at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, which kicks off a trek through Latin America in support of their 10th album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, Musique Xpress Lights provided 49 Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving heads and 16 COLORado 4 IP RGBW linear wash fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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CZECH REPUBLIC – Milos has just released a second video as part of a three-month push to increase awareness about its crowd barriers. In this video, Area Four Industries R&D director Marc Hendriks provides information on the technical design and construction of Milos barriers, as well as their optimal use in real world situations.
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LONDON — YouTube needed an assist with three studios — two which were double height — where YouTubers with more than 10,000 subscribers could book free studio time for content creation. The company turned to lighting consultant Peter Daffarn, who worked with Photon Beard and Doughty for a rigging assist.
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