International News

RUSSIA – Big Screen Show recently announced the purchase of four Boreal V4 systems to add to its rental stock.

HERISAU, Switzerland – Stagelight AG of Switzerland has been celebrating the receipt of the very first Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to roll off the production line. Merlin is Robert Juliat’s new 2500W HMI sturdy followspot designed specifically for the touring market.

SWAKOPMUND, Namibia — The 2015 Namibian Annual Music Awards program (NAMAs), staged at the Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre, featured a design from Cape Town-based LD Jonathan Bandli. He used more than 100 Robe fixtures, including 18 BMFL Spots, 24 Pointes, 12 LEDBeam 1000s, 24 LEDWash 600s, eight LEDWash 300s, 12 LEDBeam 100s, eight 600E Spots and six ColorWash 700E ATs. Windhoek, Namibia-based dB Audio Namibia supplied gear for the event, produced by Rockstar 4000.

U.K. – Trailblazing controllable LED design and manufacture house Light Initiative (LI) has lit up this year’s Glastonbury Festival with bespoke creations on Years and Years, Enter Shikari and the mighty Arcadia Spectacular stage.

U.K. – The incredible Arcadia Spectacular stage pumped out some serious visuals at Glastonbury this year created and controlled by blinkinLAB’s Tom Wall using an Avolites Sapphire Media and Ai server.

PILTON, UK — Created by Joe Rush’s Mutoid Waste Company, two artworks, Peace Time Flies and Pagan Crown, provided visual inspiration for the music-loving crowds drawn to the Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid and Other stages in late June. The artworks, depicting a large metallic winged clock and a horn-bedecked pagan headdress surrounding a giant pearl, respectively, were bathed in hues from an assortment of Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc LED fixtures.

U.K. – Avolites Tiger Touch II consoles and Ai media servers were the perfect partners for The Charlatans, as they performed at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl for Summer in the City.

LONDON – XL Video continues its relationship with the Nordoff Robbins music therapy charity, sponsoring the Artist Films for the O2 Silver Clef Awards for the third consecutive year, and by supplying the live video production and technology for the 2015 awards event.

AUCKLAND, NZ – Entertainment Lighting Solutions upgraded the lighting array in Auckland Town Hall’s Concert Chamber with ETC Sensor3s.

Europe – Clay Paky’s award-winning hybrid fixture, the Mythos, has joined Brandon Flowers on his European tour, with lighting designer Steven Douglas making full use of its multi-functionality for the majority of the show’s stunning looks.

AZERBAIJAN – Over 670 Clay Paky fixtures amazed two sold-out audiences of 68,000 at the first European Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, held June 12 and 28 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.

PILTON, U.K. – Green Hippo supplied its Hippotizer V4 Media servers for Glastonbury Festival.