COLOGNE, Germany – European lighting and visuals designer Manfred Ollie Olma of mo2 design tried out 12 of Robe’s new Pointe moving lights for a recent episode of “Die Ultimative Chart Show.” The program is broadcast weekly on RTL and recorded at Nobeo 8 Studio in Hürth, near Cologne.
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MOSCOW – Clay Paky’s A.leda Wash K20 luminaires and Sharpys have teamed up to create a Las Vegas-style light show to launch at new floating restaurant in Moscow. The locally-based Arlecchino Group, which supplies lighting to events across the region, provided A.leda Wash K20s and the Sharpys for the launch of the restaurant on a boat, named ‘Seagull,’ moored in the city’s center.
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UK – For three days and three nights, 135,000 Glastonbury Festival revelers saw their favorite headline acts, lit by some of the best lighting designers, play the Pyramid Stage. Taking care of the festival house rig was head of lighting, Andy “Fraggle” Porter, who chose Clay Paky’s Alpha Profile 1500s and Alpha Wash 1500s to deliver beam shaping, vibrant color and bright effects to the long-running event.
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SOUTH KIRBY, Yorkshire, UK – LS-Live was chosen for both production rehearsals and staging rental for four headline acts at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in Pilton, Somerset. The three-day event in June is one of the largest greenfield festivals, which this year attracted 175,000 people to experience an eclectic line-up of live music, entertainment, stalls and art installations.
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LONDON – Production manager Kevin Hopgood has been working with Mark Knopfler since 2006 and has developed a strong relationship with Paul Crockford, Knopfler’s manager and his team. With Hopgood’s recent move to SW19, it was a logical step for the newly formed production company to take on the logistics of Knopfler’s current tour.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazil’s new music star, Luan Santana, performed July 7 for a DVD shoot at Fazenda Maeda in Itu, near São Paulo. Spectrum Design e Iluminação provided lighting, which included 36 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, 60 Clay Paky Sharpys and other lights.
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HITCHIN, UK – Set manufacturer Brilliant Stages has played the leading role in supplying the stage set for Robbie Williams’ Take the Crown stadium tour. Brilliant Stages’ General Manager, Tony Bowern was tasked by the tour’s production manager, Wob Roberts, to oversee the design, construction and delivery of elements including a series of replicas of Robbie Williams’ head, on-stage tracking solutions, a multi-tiered main stage with protective roofette and a curved header topping the massive back wall.
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COLOGNE, Germany – To create “Lux Eucharistica,” a dynamic audio/visual show gracing Cologne Cathedral’s recent Eucharistic Congress 2013, the management called on illumination-art specialists Friedrich Förster and Sabine Weissinger of Casa Magica of Tuebingen, southern Germany. They, in turn, enlisted Matthias Strobel, an ETC Ion control desk expert to help program the projections and Selador light.
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LONDON – AEG Live appointed London-based LarMac Live (LML) to help produce three themed environments at the 2013 Barclaycard ‘British Summer Time’ series of concerts in London’s Hyde Park. Staged by promoters AEG Live, the 10 days of activities – two weekends of three shows each headlined by The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie and Jennifer Lopez, Elvis Costello and Ray Davies – took the whole Hyde Park ‘live’ concept into another dimension.
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ITALY – Italian fans enjoyed a display of lights, lasers, and effects at rock legend Vasco Rossi’s sold-out stadium tour this year. For maximum visual impact, designer Giovanni Pinna specified 64 of the new Lase-Array systems from ER Productions of London, along with 14 Look Solutions Viper Deluxe smoke machines.
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SYDNEY – Robe supported UK based LD Simon Brockwell of SBLD to help his interactive work, ‘The Nocturnal Pianola,’ one of the eye-catching exhibits at the 2013 Vivid Festival of Music, Light & Ideas in Sydney, Australia.
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