International News

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Twenty i-Pix BB 2×2 LED fixtures made their live event debut on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2010. Andy "Fraggle" Porter rigged three on the overhead trusses and used others for "camera candy" and general stage washing.

JOHANNESBURG – Philips Vari-Lite's South African distributor, DWR Distribution, recently delivered 120 Vari-Lite fixtures to Gearhouse Splitbeam, the specialist theatre lighting division of the Gearhouse South Africa Group of Companies.

OSLO, Norway – LD Al Gurdon made use of 88 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200 fixtures for the layered looks that served as an important visual element for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.

PADERBORN, Germany – German distributor Lightpower GmbH staged its sixth triennial Lightpower Open Days in early May at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum. The two-day event drew more than 1,000 guests from 30 countries, and multi-lingual translation was available for those attending sessions led by LDs including Patrick Woodroffe, Rick Fisher, Manfred "Ollie" Olma and others.

POTSDAM, Germany – Event services company Satis & Fy, with locations throughout Germany and a presence in the Netherlands as well, acquired 28 of PR Lighting's XLED 590 moving head wash lights, which have been used for tours by the Scorpions (with LD Rainer Becker), and, currently, Nena (with LD Vince Foster).

JOHANNESBURG – SABC's studios for the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer competition have been equipped with Robe ROBIN 300 Spot and Wash moving light fixtures.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Cool Britannia, a music and soccer festival staged recently at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) was lit by C&S Lighting using some of the 80 Robe fixures that C&S recently purchased through Robe distributor DWR.

LONDON – After touring with Beyonce and recording her debut album in New York, Katy Shotter performed a homecoming concert at the Fairfield Halls in London's Croydon borough.

JOHANNESBURG – The Czech Republic may not have fielded a soccer team for the 2010 FIFA Word Cup, but the country had a noticeable presence during the event's official "Kick Off Concert" staged at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg – Czech-made Robe fixtures were part of the rig.

OSLO, Norway – The 56th Eurovision Song Contest included three live broadcasts – two semi-finals the finals – with a combined live audience of over 45,000 and an estimated 200 million TV and internet viewers. Broadcast by NRK from Telenor Arena, there were singers from 39 countries and an equally-impressive assembly of crew and gear backstage.