International News

EUROPE – The current Take That Live 2015 tour, promoting the band’s seventh studio album, III, is the sixth major tour for which Brilliant Stages has constructed bespoke staging for the eternal boy band since the company first built a stage set for the band in 1994.

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Following a successful event at last year’s festival, XL Video, working with Technical Producer, Nick Diacre, has once again produced a significant achievement in 180? live mapping for Shangri-La’s Heaven Stage at the Glastonbury festival 2015.

ITALY – Italian superstar Vasco Rossi is currently engaged in his summer Live Kom 15 stadium tour which is completely sold out, and will see the legendary singer play to nearly 1 million fans, with another stunning lighting and show design by his long term LD, Giovanni Pinna featuring Robe BMFLs.

WORLDWIDE – Todd Rundgren “Global” album release tour LD Martin Thomas selected Robe gear for the tour’s lighting array.

SOUTH AFRICA – Madame Zingara’s South African traveling theatical experience recently celebrated its 15th year of production with an all-new technical upgrade from Gearhouse Splitbeam that featured a light & audio array featuring gear from Meyer Sound, Martin, Sennheiser and Robe.

U.K. – Track systems specialist Triple E has loaned a quantity of ERAIL track and components to Taking Part at London’s Young Vic Maria studio theatre for a production called The Remarkable Case of K.

U.K. – Technical theatre student Bradley Allen has used an Avolites Titan Mobile armed with the new Titan V9 operating system to light a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Colchester Institute. 

MUNICH – After around two months of preparation, Munich Allianz Arena hosted one of the largest corporate events that the impressive stadium, situated in the north of the Bavarian capital, is likely to have seen in its ten-year history. Flash Art and Exponauts’ Jens Hillenkotter commissioned GLP impression X4 Bars for the event.

MUMBAI – Star Dimensions India Pvt Ltd provided an array of Elation Professional lighting gear for a live event in Mumbai that accompanied a milestone for the well-known DJ, Armin van Buuren. His radio show, A State of Trance, has been underway since 2001, and on June 6, 2015, it aired its 700th episode.

BUCHAREST – Temple Media Romania supplied PR Lighting LED fixtures for a two-day music & arts festival in Titan Park.

SANTIAGO, Chile – Fifty Robe Pointes added to the fun and excitement of the Opening Ceremony kicking off the 2015 Copa America international football tournament for South America’s national teams which is being staged in Chile.

SPAIN – The latest additions to the Philips Vari-Lite product line, the VL4000 Spot and VL4000 BeamWash, have been demonstrated in four of Spain’s major cities as part of exclusive Philips Vari-Lite distributor for Spain Entertainment Equipment Supplies’ (EES) annual roadshow.