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LONDON – Contemporary UK folk band Bellowhead celebrated their 10th anniversary with two high profile shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. LD Emma Thompson created an eye-catching design using Robe CycFX 8s, Pointes, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100 moving lights – all from Robe’s ROBIN range.

HAMBURG, Germany – For Scooter’s European tour, 20 Years of Hardcore, German LD Jerry Appelt chose a rig that is amply represented by Clay Paky fixtures: more than 100 Sharpys, 26 Alpha Spot HPE 1500s and 12 Alpha Beam 1500s. PRG Hamburg provided the gear.

MACAO – LD Alessio de Simone credited CAST Software’s wysiwyg for its pre-viz assist withThe Rhythm Of Life, a multimedia show presented in Macao’s ancient city center. “We placed all the projectors as called-for in our wysiwyg documentation, turned on all the moving heads – and every scene position was exactly as it had been in our pre-visualization. With small adjustments for pan and tilt, gobos and beams were perfect – just like they had appeared in our designs, 10,000km away,” de Simone said. 

LONDON – Mojo Barriers is keeping McBusted’s screaming fans safe as the British supergroup heads across the UK on its first ever arena tour. Working to CAD drawings Mojo is providing 48m of standard aluminium barriers and corners configured to form a golden circle which is situated inside the curved catwalk, alongside a secondary barrier line. A further 40m is used on the C-stage.

ITALY – LD Jo Campana used 20 Robe ROBIN Pointe moving lights to created an intimate atmosphere for Italian singer-songwriter, film director and author Luciano Ligabue’s “Mondovisione” tour. The gigs for this leg of the tour primarily visited smaller towns, and the whole vibe of the production was to present a ‘back-to-the-roots’ style of show where the singer could communicate in a close and personal way with his fans.

COPENHAGEN – Several hundred pieces of GLP impression X4 LED moving lights were used at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. LD Kasper Lange said, “Right from the beginning I had been looking for a powerful RGBW LED wash for the audience light. I have been using GLP Impressions for the past four years and am particularly impressed at the output, zoom and stability of the X4 fixtures.”

LONDON – This year’s We Are FSTVL upped the ante on several fronts, expanding the event to two days, increasing the level of production and securing an action-packed line-up with main stage headliners Richie Hawtin and Fatboy Slim. Providing the visual spectacle for this EDM event, Colour Sound Experiment deployed five trucks of kit, 26 crew, around 500 square metres of their proprietary BT LED screen, over 350 moving lights and a shed-pile of strobes, blinders and atmospheric effects to the site, where all their elements were co-ordinated by Crew Chief Andy Melleney.

Challenged to create a fully flexible rig that looks fabulous in a wide variety of venues, is quick and easy to rig and de-rig and will fit into one truck, LD Luc Peumans from Painting With Light designed a rig that includes eight DMX controllable electric ribbon lifts fitted with lights. Divided into eight fabric columns flown at the back, the eight letters of C-L-O-U-S-E-A-U are spelt out along the bottom of the strips.

Following success of the “27 Club” at the St. Pauli theatre in Hamburg, the show has packed up and hit the road, taking along its nine Clay Paky Sharpy Washes. According to LD Roland Greil, adapting the lighting rig to various theaters is eased by the compact design of the Sharpies. “… the Clay Paky Sharpy Washes, are unbeatable precisely because of their extraordinary power packed into such a compact body.”

BRISTOL – Downtown Bristol was buzzing with great music and vibes at the weekend for the third ‘Love Saves the Day’ Festival, a multi-stage event in Castle Park right in the heart of the city. Headliners included Annie Mac, SBTRKT, Jamie xx, Eats Everything and many more. For the first year, lighting and visuals rental specialist Fineline – also based in Bristol – was asked to supply lighting equipment, LED screens / media server control, rigging and a visual production design for the Main Stage … which seriously upped its production values from 2013 in line with the profile of the festival which sold out its 12,000 capacity on both days.

For more details, visit www.finelinelighting.com