Morrissey has completed an extensive tour of the USA travelling with Allen & Heath iLive modular systems to manage FOH and monitors.
The tour culminated with a headline performance at LA's FYF Festival. The systems comprised iDR10 MixRacks with an iLive-80 Surface at FOH and iLive-112 on Monitors.
Posted on: 28/10/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
The new Zero 88 FLX lighting console by Eaton made a massive difference to the power and control that lighting designer Guy Thatcher had at his fingertips on the main stage at the 2015 Tilfest event in Cambridgeshire.
Technical production, including all lighting and sound, for Tilfest 2015 was provided by Phantom Power headed by Clive Nicholes, a Cambridgeshire based rental and production company supplying festivals, live events, dance and theatre shows. The FLX console is a new purchase...
Posted on: 28/10/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Italian electropop band, The Kolors, recently concluded their Kolors Live 2015 tour in Langhirano, with the help of Martin Audio's MLA loudspeaker array.
The bands last show of the tour was the Festival del Prosciutto di Parma for which the rental company All Access provided its ground-breaking MLA to Fare BIS Fare, service company founded by Giuseppe Bisbano. The configuration adopted by PA manager, Paul 'Red' Talami, consisted of eight MLA elements per side (including an MLD Downfill)...
Posted on: 28/10/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When punk rock band, Beatsteaks, had the idea of staging a fund raiser for refugee support organisations at the Dresden Eventwerk, Complete Audio offered their services.
Fielding his Martin Audio MLA Compact system, André Rauhut, who heads Complete Audio, reported that the band had originally planned to end their 2015 touring schedule at the Lollapalooza Festival until this came along. "And it turned out to be the longest Beatsteaks show ever running to two and a half hours!" It...
Posted on: 28/10/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Recently the English band played their Soulboys of the Western World world tour with a lighting and stage design by Patrick Woodroffe.
The lighting was operated by Lighting Director and programmer Roland Greil using two MA Lighting grandMA2 full-size consoles and four MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) which were controlling nearly 130 moving lights and, amongst others, 315 LED panels. Roland stated, "It was our intention to have a straight and elegant design that could provide theatrical...
Posted on: 28/10/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
It's a place where Skrillex DJs in an igloo, The Prodigy once (allegedly) played so loud the cows didn't produce milk for three weeks, and PA equipment is ferried 2,000 metres up a mountain via cable car. Welcome to Broadwick Live's Snowbombing - the greatest show on snow, which TPi discovers, is far from the usual run-of-the-mill festival.
Nestled in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, less than an hour's drive from Innsbruck, is the town of Mayrhofen. The last week of the ski season...
Posted on: 21/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When phenomenally successful R&B star, Usher, embarked on his latest tour - The UR Experience - he replied on the cream of production providers. Kicking off in Montreal, Canada, in November 2014 and ending at the O2, London, in March, it spanned the glove, visiting various continents and thrilling fans the world over. During its final leg in Europe, TPi's Kelly Murray visited the crew to talk tech talent and creative vision.
The UR Experience's touring team is led by industry veteran...
Posted on: 21/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Following the release of their critically acclaimed 2014 album 'The Mindsweep', British post-hardcore troubadours Enter Shikari returned to UK stages this February to deliver an eclectic mix of punk rock, dubstep, and drum and bass, all tied together by the band's famously energetic show design. TPi got acquainted with the team behind the tour.
Having emerged from the emo furor of the early noughties, Enter Shikari quickly distinguished themselves as a band with staying power. Determined...
Posted on: 21/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
In 2009, British singer Paloma Faith released her debut album 'Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?' and became a mainstay on the UK airwaves. Her infectiously bubbly personality soon gained her an army of fans, and her live performances have become a huge selling point for the artist. The recent recipient of a Brit Award, Faith is going from strength to strength as she embarks on her first full production arena tour. TPi talks retro glam and customisation at Leeds First Direct Arena.
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Posted on: 21/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
The latest AniMotion live painting, digital art and music show was presented by Aurora Nova as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The power of original painting created in real-time and projected onto stunning architecture accompanied by live music is a special collaboration between projection artist Ross Ashton, virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and acclaimed visual artist and painter Maria Rud.
Posted on: 01/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Colour Sound Experiment continued its frenetic 2015 summer festival season supplying lighting to 12 major stages, 24 smaller performance areas and eight bars at the 2015 Secret Garden Party (SGP) event staged in Abbots Ripton near Huntingdon UK.
The picturesque SGP site occupies a portion of the grounds of a Georgian farmhouse with its own lake, river and landscaped gardens. It was launched in 2004 as an alternative to more mainstream events and has been a great success, still maintaining...
Posted on: 01/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Mersea Island in Colchester, Essex is one of the most tranquil spots in the county, with estuary views, boat yards and ideal fishing locations. It was also home to Anchorage Beach Club, a pop-up venue that hosted a four-day event last week and brought island life to a beach club setting.
Produced by Phil Marfleet and James Robinson, the event, which was the first of its kind, saw over 1000 guests attend during the four days. Having previously worked with White Light, Phil called upon the...
Posted on: 01/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Merseyside-based lifting, control and rigging specialist Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) has recently supplied LoadGuard hoists to various worldwide rigging companies for outdoor touring purposes in festivals such as Glastonbury and Wacken Open Air.
The LoadGuard Hoist was introduced in 2009, originally seen as a fantastic hoist for venue installs seen in venues all over the world such as Glasgow Emirates Arena and Velodrome , The ACC Liverpool Arena and The World Trade Centre in Dubai. The reputation...
Posted on: 01/09/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
American rock band ZZ Top may be nearing 50 years together, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group shows no signs of slowing down, as they continue selling out shows across all of North America. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for ZZ Top in a design made to match the band's rock sound. Lighting Designer Gabe Hodge built on the previous year's design which consisted of 18 lamp bars with 6 GRN LED pars per bar, six Colour Kinetic Colorblaze 72 LED strip lights, and eight Elation CUEPIX...
Posted on: 21/05/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
QSC has announced the release of the new "Rent It Now" program, which connects customers with participating QSC rental companies. The "Rent It Now" program link allows visitors to QSC.com to easily and quickly find participating dealer rental locations that rent QSC products including TouchMix compact digital mixers, K, KW and KLA powered loudspeakers and more for portable live sound applications.
Posted on: 21/05/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Clocking up a landmark quarter of a century of business in the industry, lighting, rigging and visuals rental company Fineline celebrates its 25th glorious year in 2015, with a schedule that is already action packed with a wide range of work from music tours and festivals to corporate events.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
At NAB in Las Vegas, audio specialist Sennheiser introduced its AVX wireless microphone systems for video cameras that ensure totally stress-free audio capture. The amazingly compact AVX receiver plugs directly into the XLR of a camera, where it automatically pairs with the microphone and switches on when the camera does.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
In 2004, L-Acoustics released Soundvision, the first 3D sound system design program capable of operating in real time. Rapidly adopted by sound designers around the globe, L-Acoustics has since stayed committed to keeping Soundvision up to date with users' needs and compatible with current software and hardware platforms.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Hugely popular UK singer songwriter James Blunt recently played his first show on the 'paradise isle' of Mauritius, at the 3500 capacity Swami Vivekananda Centre (SVICC) just outside capital city Port Louis in a show promoted by Music Machine & Immedia.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
After creating and presenting spectacular events and special projects worldwide for the past 10 years, the events division of the Cirque du Soleil, which has seen impressive growth, becomes 45 Degrees.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Before pop star Enrique Iglesias set out to play some of the world's largest venues for his 2014 Sex and Love Tour, he consulted Travis Shirley, his long-time Creative Director and Show Designer.
Posted on: 15/04/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
PRG, a leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, has announced that it will combine several business units to create the new PRG Music Group.
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Posted on: 24/02/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Rhapsody in Rock is an annual series of live shows, which combines classical and rock music, performed by a symphony orchestra alongside its founder - Swedish pianist Robert Wells - a contemporary band and vocalists.
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Posted on: 24/02/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Acoustic pop superstar Ed Sheeran is currently undertaking a major worldwide tour, accompanied by Lighting and Production Designer Mark Cunniffe who uses super-powerful Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpys to tackle Sheeran's video-heavy theme.
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Posted on: 24/02/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
108 of Solaris LED's unique new Mozart lighting fixtures are featured in the spectacular show designed by Eric Wade of FOHShow for the 2014 - 15 Usher "UR Experience World Tour."
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Posted on: 24/02/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Usher kicked off his current "UR Experience" tour in November with Elation Professional's award-winning Sniper multi-effect light used extensively throughout the show as a key accent element including laser simulation.
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Posted on: 24/02/2015 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
UK indie rockers The Courteeners UK headlined the NME / Radio One stages for this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, complete with a rig of Robe moving lights specified by their lighting designer, Dan Hill.
Posted on: 27/10/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
HARMAN's dbx today announced the introduction of its model 676 Tube Mic Pre Channel Strip, a vacuum tube-based microphone preamplifier that offers a host of flexible sound-tailoring options to deliver extraordinary audio quality in recording and live sound applications.
Posted on: 27/10/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
With a floor surface of 350,000 sq metres, the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, is the second world's largest administrative building.
To celebrate the 555th anniversary of the capital city, the city cultural centre mesmerised a crowd of 100,000 with the world's largest videomapping projection ever made on an administrative building, using over 100 digital projectors.
Posted on: 27/10/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
d3 Technologies have just released their latest software, d3 r11.3. New features include 16K resolutions, Enhanced Video Capture, Video Input Patching, Audio Output Patching and Improved SockPuppet DMX Integration.
Posted on: 27/10/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Festival fans can now officially have their say on this year's festival season as voting in the sixth edition of the European Festival Awards is live.
More than 300 European Festivals, from the smallest to the largest, representing 33 countries will be vying for the Best Major, Medium-sized, Small, New and Indoor Festival Awards, plus the highly coveted Best European Line Up Award.
Posted on: 27/10/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Adamson partner Alpha Sound was recently tapped to provide a substantial Adamson Energia sound reinforcement system for the AIA Real Life: NOW Festival held in Seoul, South Korea.
Posted on: 26/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Energy drink brand Relentless has teamed up with Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro to host an intimate fan gig and exclusive brand experience at Troxy on 22nd November.
Posted on: 26/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Now in its 17th year, Italy's La Notte della Taranta (Night of Tarantula) is both the country's biggest music festival and its most important event dedicated to traditional culture.
Three weeks of live concerts culminated in a huge show in the town of Melpignano, where four Yamaha CL and QL consoles weaved ancient and modern music seamlessly together.
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Posted on: 26/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When the famous Rock in Rio Festival returned to Lisbon (Portugal) this summer, and crowds of up to 350,000 swarmed to the Parque da Bela Vista, they zeroed in on the main stage lit by 120 GLP impression four LED heads.
Posted on: 26/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
One of this year's 'Oscars of Invention' goes to the Osram Itos Phaser 3,000, honouring the development of the first LED/laser-based white light module.
Osram has been announced as one of the winners of this year's 'R&D 100 Awards' for the development of the first LED/laser-based white light module.
Posted on: 26/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Jonathan Rouse is a very busy man. This year his programming skills have already been much in demand, working on shows as diverse as the 'X' Factor Live Tour, Sarah Brightman, Boyzone, Ed Sheeran, the Robbie Swings Both Ways Tour and most recently the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Posted on: 18/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When Telemundo's third annual Premios Tu Mundo awards show took to the stage at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was on-hand to support the star-studded spectacular, providing RF equipment and on-site expertise for the red carpet, morning show and live broadcast of the pop culture awards program.
Posted on: 18/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Blackburn, UK based lighting and visuals specialist HSL renewed its long standing working relationship with Massive Attack supplying a floor package to the European leg of the band's 2014 summer tour which kicked off in Sofia and Istanbul and played a series of headline shows and festivals.
Posted on: 18/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Ready to hit the new season with force, eclipse Staging Services has made a significant investment in 36 Vari-Light VL3500 Wash FX luminaires; renowned for being the most versatile wash luminaire on the market.
eclipse are the only supplier in the region to stock the lights and are positive that they will become a sought after item by event organisers and promoters alike.
Posted on: 18/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Rockshows live on impressive effects. For this reason, pyro effects have often been used until now. But for everybody who wants to achieve the wow-effect of pyrotechnic at a small price and with easy use, there is an alternative: The NSF-350 from Eurolite.
Posted on: 18/09/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Starting its road journey in November 2013, Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience tour - of which he is the Creative Director - is a truly captivating technical masterpiece. The Nick Whitehouse produced show is playing live in support of not one, but two studio albums, and has become a critically acclaimed box office hit. TPi's Kelly Murray spoke to the ground crew on the tour's UK leg and the creative team in the us, to hear the insider thinking on the intricate details of this extensive live...
Posted on: 07/08/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Created and designed by Baz Halpin, 18-month long tour Prismatic is Katy Perry's biggest and most demanding to date. Achieving creative perfection throughout, alongside the plethora of props and costumes, there are technical firsts with software integration never seen before on a tour of this size. TPi's Kelly Murray chats to the crew...
As we pull up the the LG Arena in Birmingham on an uncharacteristically hot and sunny English day, troupes of crew members and trucks full of wardrobe...
Posted on: 07/08/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
17-year-old rising star Lorde may have no experience of touring, but her creative vision and handpicked crew ensure her talent is suitably represented via the production. TPi caught up with the crew at her headline London show at Brixton academy.
Posted on: 07/08/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Grammy winning Canadian band Arcade Fire's fourth album Reflektor is a bold electronic dance work produced by James Murphy. The live show in support of it draws strongly on mirrors, off centre surreal carnival disco influences and epic sound requirements. With some heavyweight suppliers from both sides of the Atlantic, Arcade Fire's two Earls Court shows in June put on a live production worthy of the iconic venue. Simon Duff reports from London.
Posted on: 07/08/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
The phenomenon of the boy band began about half a century ago with the mania that followed the Beatles' every move and it's fair to say that every generation since has produced its own version. From the Bay City rollers to the Osmond brothers and, of course, the first version of Take That, each one has followed a similar path. A clean cut and cute profile producing a massive following in the girl teen and pre-teen market; global sales and an intensive touring schedule followed by another album....
Posted on: 07/08/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Originally filmed in X Games gold medalist, Travis Pastrana's backyard, Nitro Circus has now become a worldwide phenomenon. The adrenalin-charged, live action sports show involves 40 elite, extreme athletes, performing an insane range of daredevil tricks. TPi hit the high speed tracks to find out more about this new kind of circus...
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Posted on: 02/03/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
With a highly successful eighth studio album, 'Graffiti On The Train' released on the band's own record label, Stylus Records, Welsh songsmiths Stereophonics embarked on a UK Arena tour.
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Posted on: 02/03/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Marking their 10th anniversary and introducing their new album 'Brand New Machine', Chase & Status brought thumping bass and a heap of special guests to Manchester arena.
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Posted on: 02/03/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
In support of will.i.am's re-released '#willpower', his fourth studio album, complete with new songs and a host of remixes, the singer undertook a European arena tour taking in 11 shows in 15 days through France, England, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Posted on: 02/03/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
On April 22 1993, a tragic event took place in London, UK, that would not only take one life away, but destroy the lives of an entire family and shake the nation. On that night, over 20 years ago in South East London, 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was murdered in an unprovoked racist assault. The aspiring architect was unknown to his killers and to this day it's thought that not all those responsible have been brought to justice. The significance of this mindless crime has resonated with the British...
Posted on: 24/01/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Bryan Ferry's 'The Jazz Age' tour serves as a delightful, yet humbling reminder that talent is talent and expert production is not always about masking or changing what's there, but about bringing it out into the light...
The Sage Gateshead was the perfect venue to catch the Bryan Ferry Jazz Age Tour. Not only is Ferry a local boy but the venue itself has wonderfully warm acoustics, perfect for the mix of music he presented.
Posted on: 24/01/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Sub Focus delivered immersive electronic dance music at London's Roundhouse. The gig featured a custom-built led stage designed by London-based immersive and Show Designer, Giani Fabricio at the heart of the visual set-up The tour is in support of the new album 'Torus' and TPi sent Simon Duff to experience the 90-minute drum 'n' bass, house and dubstep celebration.
"Having a real-time live element that links what the audience is hearing to what it is seeing, is the key to everything that...
Posted on: 24/01/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
The British pop star covers all bases on her live tour, which includes showers of pyrotechnics, LED video screens and a complex audio mix. Sarah Rushton-Read reports for TPi.
In pop sensation Jessie J's fast-paced UK arena show Alive, every beat is packed with stunning lighting, video, special effects and heart pumping sound. Working in synchronicity with the singer, the visual artistry of Vince Foster's sleek set and lighting design, Show Director Paul Caslin's clever mix of video production...
Posted on: 24/01/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Definitely one of the live highlights of the year - filmmaker and journalist Adam Curtis' intense collaboration with live dance Massive Attack, is visceral, emotional work that is challengingly cerebral and structurally liberates. It invites the audience to open their minds and explore notions of how our world is shaped through managed scenarios. Louise Stickland saw the tour in Manchester, England and Druisburg, Germany to experience the art show in all its glory.
Posted on: 24/01/2014 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Michael Bublé's latest touring creation saw the Canadian artist sell out venues in the UK and Ireland before performing in arenas across the US. TPI's Zoe Mutter attended one of the o2 arena shows in London to meet the crew responsible for the production's success.
Posted on: 08/10/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
American rockers Kings of Leon pushed their latest tour to new levels, incorporating ambitious automation, unique visual effects, a flexible and powerful audio configuration and striking show design from Paul Normandale. TPI's Zoe Mutter met with the family-orientated team to discover how the production was brought to life.
Posted on: 08/10/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
One half of electricfly productions - and LD - Nick Jevons, has once more supplied the visual designs and production manifesto for the British leg of Global Gathering. Now in the 6th year of its collaboration with the festival, the creative experts talk to TPI's Kelly Murray about keeping afloat with innovative show designs which are seen by over 50,000 people across the two-day event.
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Posted on: 08/10/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
In the summer of 2012 the one word tripping off most Londoners' tongues was 'Legacy'. While great things were taking place east of the city (for the London Olympics), over in the west end, Hyde Park was suffering the combined problems of restrictive sound levels, environmental noise pollution and curfew infringement during its concert season. TPI hit Hyde Park one year on to hear about the latest sonic developments...
Posted on: 08/10/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
900 acres of Somerset farmland, 177,000 people on site and three full days of music, entertainment, political speaking, campaigning, and other worldly activities marked the return of Glastonbury. Now considered the world's largest green festival, Michael Eavis and the festival's 25,000 staff once again drew a worldwide... audience to some of the most spectacular live production feats of the British summer. Although the Rolling Stones may have caught the attention of many, TPI's kelly Murray discovered...
Posted on: 03/09/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
900 acres of Somerset farmland, 177,000 people on site and three full days of music, entertainment, political speaking, campaigning, and other worldly activities marked the return of Glastonbury.
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Music Bank has been officially involved with the festival for 21 years. As well as supplying individual artists on request the company also supplied the generic backline and risers to so many of the iconic stages and areas of the festival. These requests come from the production...
Posted on: 03/09/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
For an artist known for his larger than life stage presence, Robbie Williams' exquisitely designed stadium production, take the crown, needed to be awash with inventive pyro, ambitious flying sequences, incredible sculptural elements and explosions of colour. TPI's Zoe Mutter spoke to the innovative team behind the tour at the Etihad Stadium.
Robbie Williams was the first artist Wob Roberts [Snow Patrol, Coldplay] production managed, working on every tour since they first joined forces...
Posted on: 03/09/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When electronic pop duo the Pet Shop Boys embarked on the Electric tour, the creative minds of Es Devlin, Rob Sinclair and Treatment Studios joined forces with the technical excellence of NEXO's STM system from Capital Sound, Creative Technology, PRG, Total Solutions and laser magic from ER Productions. Zoe Mutter met with Production Manager Thomas Stone's team to explore Electric's iconic style and technical achievements.
"This is more of an art and design or theatre based production...
Posted on: 03/09/2013 Categories: News from TPi Magazine