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“Magnificent”: U2 are touring the globe with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 august 2009
In 1980, when a little known Irish Band called U2 released its first album “Boy”, hardly anyone noticed. Even the first gigs were played in front of only a handful of guests. Today this is completely beyond belief. After hits like “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “New Year’s Day”, “Where The Streets Have No Name”, “One”, “Discotheque” or the Bob Dylan cover “All Along The Watchtower” Larry Mullen Jr., David "The Edge" Evans, Adam Clayton and Paul "Bono Vox" Hewson are now one of the biggest bands in the world. They’ve teamed up with artist like B.B. King, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash, received awards in every country worldwide and met the Pope, the US President and the UNO Secretary-General

Take That grandMA2 to the Circus

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 august 2009
Take That, the UK's favourite 'boyband', hit the road this summer on their massive "Circus" stadium tour, with a spectacular lighting rig designed by Patrick Woodroffe and a stage set created by Es Devlin, Take That and the tour's artistic director, Kim Gavin. The stature of the tour - produced by TPO (The Production Office) headed by production manager Chris Vaughan - reflects the massive popularity of Take That. This started in the early 1990's and continued with even more enthusiasm in 2006, after one of the most meteoric band 'reformations' of the decade.

From Russia with grandMA:
Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 august 2009
This year's Eurovision Song Contest, the 54th edition of the famous show, took place at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia. It was the biggest contest held to date, with 550 tons of production equipment in 42 trailer trucks sent to Russia’s capital. Nearly 2,000 square metres of LED screens plus approximately 700 moving lights were assembled. 42 artists participated in the contest. For control of most of the massive lighting rig, Lighting Designer Al Gurdon used a grandMA system consisting of 4 x grandMA full-size consoles and 16 x MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors).

Double grandma power:Tina Turner hits the road with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 august 2009
At nearly 70, most people have retired from their working life – that for sure does not apply to Tina Turner. The “Queen of Rock” still has the same if not more power than at the beginning of her illustrious career nearly 50 years ago! After an eight year absence from the stage, she is now back with a world tour spanning North America and Europe that combines everything to make the ultimate Rock ’n’ Roll show. Based on a production design by Baz Halpin and a set design by Mark Fisher of Stufish, Turner is backed by some of today’s finest lighting technology.

AC/DC gets charged up with grandMA on its “Black Ice Tour”

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 august 2009
Rock legends AC/DC are electrifying sell-out crowds on their first tour in eight years, and grandMA is plugged into the excitement. The band’s long-awaited Black Ice World Tour comes on the heels of its “Black Ice” album for Columbia Records and takes as its theme the first track, Rock ’n’ Roll Train, with the stage featuring five curved trusses reminiscent of a railroad station’s roof beams. It’s the best show they’ve ever done,” declares the band’s lighting director Cosmo Wilson. “Every tour gets progressively better. AC/DC has always done larger-than-life things, and they love a huge set so this time we have a huge train on stage.”

Robe For Doll Domination

Lighting Product Stories Published: 5 July 2009
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based LD Scott Warner is using all-Robe moving lights including fixtures from the new Digital Series on his rig for the Pussycat Dolls popular “Doll Domination” tour, currently in Europe, with lighting equipment being supplied by UK-based HSL.

AC/DC Rocks with Clay Paky

Lighting Product Stories Published: 29 January 2009
Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300 fixtures are currently on tour with one of the most successful rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. For over 30 years, AC/DC has been selling out tours worldwide and they show no signs of slowing down. Their current Black Ice World Tour, which began in late October, supports their platinum selling Black Ice album, and the press has been raving about their incredible live performance.

The rocket man rocks again: grandMA accompanies Elton John’s UK Tour

Lighting Product Stories Published: 13 january 2009
Elton John kicked off his flamboyant “Red Piano” tour in the UK at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, with Lighting Designer Kevin "Stick" Bye operating the show using a grandMA console. Tim Routledge of grandPA - a new programming, training and control supply house dedicated to the MA Lighting platform - was brought in to assist Bye in programming the desk during the very short rehearsal period at Lite Structures’ facility in Wakefield.

Bandit Lights Queen & Paul Rodgers

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 January 2009
Bandit Lites is currently supplying full lighting production for the Queen & Paul Rodgers tour, which features a stunning lighting design by Baz Halpin.

Shiny happy show:
grandMA on tour with R.E.M.

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 january 2009
The grandMA is circling the globe with Lighting Designer/Director/Programmer Susanne Sasic for R.E.M.’s world tour in support of the Athens, Georgia-based alternative rock band’s latest album, “Accelerate.” “We have carried a grandMA full-size for lighting control on all of our shows this year; it is definitely my console of choice,” says Sasic. “The entire summer leg of this tour has been either European festivals or different local productions of our own shows.” The grandMA controls the entire rig of moving lights, fixtures and dimmers.

Bandit Accelerates with REM

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 January 2009
Bandit Lites continues its working relationship with innovative US-based lighting designer, Susanne Sasic and maverick alternative rockers, REM, supplying full lighting production for the current UK outdoor stadium shows, European arena tour and UK/European festival circuit section of the “Accelerate” tour.

Radiohead”ing” for a green lighting future: MA Lighting and Element Labs join the British artists on their innovative tour

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 january 2009
There are some bands that have inspired lighting design for decades to come. Bands such as Genesis, Pink Floyd, U2, The Rolling Stones and The Cure have done so in the past. In many ways their shows are still remembered as some of the best ever. Right now Radiohead is following in these footsteps with a lighting design that illustrates exactly what the words “creative LED” mean. Based totally on LED, the lighting and visual design of their current tour was done by Andi Watson, and is controlled via two grandMA full-size and four MA NSPs.

Avolites Gets Rocked with Def Leppard

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 January 2009
An Avolites Diamond 4 Vision console is rocking its way around the world with maverick heavy metal band Def Leppard on their current "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" tour. They have just finished a 2 month UK and European section.

Canadas Queen of Pop is back on the road again: Celine Dion tours with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 10 january 2009
Success is often proven by numbers and 200 million albums sold is a testament to the Franco-Canadian artist Celine Dion. With her current album “Taking Chances” Dion completed her five year run at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace and is back on the road travelling around the globe again. Her world tour leads to five continents, 24 countries, 84 towns and features 124 shows. Lighting Designer Yves Aucoin uses for the show an MA Lighting grandMA system composed of one grandMA full-size plus one as back-up, one grandMA replay-unit, seven MA NSPs and four MA 2Port Nodes.

grandMA and Bon Jovi team up again

Lighting Product Stories Published: 27 August 2008
Once again Bon Jovi has taken grandMA on the road. The band’s 2006 “Have A Nice Day” tour, which was the first to carry a HD video system with it for the duration of the tour, employed a grandMA for lighting and video control. Now, Bon Jovi’s “Lost Highway” world tour is concluding with a pair of grandMAs in tow.

Go East: grandMA system used
for Eurovision Song Contest 2008
in Serbia

Lighting Product Stories Published: 18 June 2008
Televoters from 43 countries have decided - the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the name “Confluence of Sound” is Dima Bilan representing Russia with his song “Believe”. The spectacular Final at the Belgrade Arena consisted of entries from 25 countries. Lighting Designer Per Sundin is an old hand at designing the Eurovision Song Contest. From 2002 till 2005 he created every year a spectacular show for the average 100 million viewers worldwide. Like in 2007 and 2006 the event was again controlled by a sophisticated grandMA system.

CHAUVET on Tour
with Linkin Park and mxpx

Lighting Product Stories Published: 18 june 2008
New York, NY- Lighting designer Joey Bradley was asked to provide a raised, illuminated platform, or ego riser, for the Spring Linkin Park and MXPX tour. The team at See Factor designed an ego riser filled with 6 CHAUVET COLORado™ 1 units, which adhered to the specified guidelines of being compact, durable, and easy to set up.

Bandit Lights Girls Aloud

Lighting Product Stories Published: 19 June 2008
Bandit Lites is again working with Leeds-based Production North and continuing its fruitful relationship, this time with Girls Aloud on their UK arena tour.

Bandit Rocks with
Westlife at Croke Park

Lighting Product Stories Published: 19 June 2008
Westlife’s spectacular Croke Park Stadium show in Dublin was enjoyed by a sold-out live audience of 85,000, with Bandit Lites supplying all onstage lighting.

Bandit Lights Mark Knopfler

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 April 2008
Bandit Lites is supplying lighting equipment and crew for the UK, European and US sections of Mark Knopfler's 2008 world tour, which kicked off in Amsterdam at the end of March.

ADLIB Lighting on Velvet Revolver

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 April 2008
ADLIB Lighting supplied equipment and crew for the recent Velvet Revolver UK tour. They first worked with the band on their very successful 2007 tour.

Bandit Supplies Westlife

Lighting Product Stories Published: 7 April 2008
Bandit Lites UK has supplied lighting equipment and crew to Westlife’s much acclaimed “Back Home” UK arena tour, which marks an incredible 10 years as one of the most successful pop bands of the century.

Celine Dion with Robe in South Africa

Lighting Product Stories Published: 29 March 2008
Celine Dion kicked off her “Taking Chances” world tour with 9 dates in South Africa, where lighting equipment was supplied by Gearhouse South Africa.

The legend rocked and rolled again: Led Zeppelin came, saw and conquered London’s O2 Arena with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 27 February 2008
The return of their idols with a famous concert at London’s O2 Arena was like a dream coming true not only for the generation who grew up with the songs of Led Zeppelin, but also for their children who discovered for themselves the expressiveness of tunes like “Kashmir”, “Stairway to Heaven”, “Black Dog”, “Immigrant Song” or “Whole Lotta Love”. Just as a side note, the last concert of the legendary four artists took place in Berlin way back in 1980. The death of drummer John Bonham shortly after sealed the end of the quartet. Now back again on the stage with Bonham’s son Jason at the drums, Led Zeppelin once again proved their fame to be more than justified. The event was organized as a tribute to the late Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records, who signed the band’s first record contract. Lighting designer and show director Dave Hill created the event for the 20.000 “chosen” ones, out of 20 million potential tickets buyers, to be part of it by using two grandMA full-size and two MA NSPs.

Ray Charles Live!
hits the road with Eos

Lighting Product Stories Published: 2 February 2008
Crowds have been flocking to California’s Pasadena Playhouse to see Ray Charles Live! – the upbeat stage version of the hit movie – before it moves to Broadway in early 2008. The memorable musical numbers are lit by a combined rig of conventional and moving lights, all controlled from ETC’s new Eos® system.

Two legends in concert:
grandMA joins Garth Brooks shows

Lighting Product Stories Published: 27 January 2008
grandMAs played a key role in a series of eight, sold-out concerts in Kansas City featuring country music legend Garth Brooks. The concerts included a simulcast to local cinemas which later aired on cable’s Great American Country network as the 90-minute special, “Garth: One Artist, One City, One Night,” his first televised concert since 2001.

“Apocalyptica” now: grandMA tours with the Finnish artists around the globe

Lighting Product Stories Published: 20 december 2007
What started with four cellists playing Metallica songs has become one of Finnland’s most successful bands - Apocalyptica. The musicians thrill their audiences everywhere they perform with their exceptionally powerful songs - mostly their own material spiced with additional guest artists. Right now Apocalyptica are on their “Worlds Collide” World Tour. Lighting designer Mikki Kunttu created a show to remember, using an grandMA full-size and one MA NSP for controlling the lighting.

HES Shines on
Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Lighting Product Stories Published: 17 December 2007
The 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was a colorful success, thanks in part to High End Systems’ Showgun and Studio Command automated luminaires. The show was held Dec. 8 at Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and was broadcast live to millions of viewers via Dutch broadcaster AVRO.

First Avo Pearl Tiger on Tour

Lighting Product Stories Published: 17 December 2007
The first Pearl Tiger console on tour in the UK was put through its paces on the road by Colour Sound Experiment's Dave "Fletch" Fletcher, lighting designer for Ian Brown's "The World Is Yours" tour.

Bluesrock with brilliance: grandMA accompanies ZZ Top trough the US

Lighting Product Stories Published: 9 Augusti 2007
The ZZ Top “Hollywood Blues Tour 2007” is using a grandMA and grandMA light to control lighting and video displayed on a big, soft LED drape onstage. The celebrated Texas band began their tour in March, will be joined by The Pretenders and The Stray Cats for the summer and then continue solo through October.

Dudes in Dubai:
Aerosmith performed with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 4 August 2007
In early 2007 Aerosmith announced their 2007 World Tour, their first tour that included dates outside North America or Japan in nearly a decade. This current tour led the band recently to Dubai. Production Technology LLC (Protec), a Dubai based rental company furnished and installed the show that was witnessed by a crowd of nearly 16,000 at Dubai Exiles Rugby Club. For control two grandMA full-size were used. During the concert the grandMAs ran in full-tracking backup mode. Because of the good reputation of the grandMA, it was specified for the whole tour.

SHOWGUNs Rock n Roll
All Night with KISS

Lighting Product Stories Published: 28 July 2007
Six High End Systems SHOWGUN automated luminaires recently rocked the rig of two KISS concerts. Performance Lighting of Elk Grove Village, IL, supplied the production, which also included 60 HES Studio Beams.

Visible touch: “Genesis” is turned on again with grandMA

Lighting Product Stories Published: 28 July 2007
The history of Genesis reaches back into the Sixties. After Phil Collins left the band in 1996 things have calmed down around Genesis – until last year when Collins, together with Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, announced “Turn it on again – the tour” for 2007 which is now performed worldwide. Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe has selected two grandMA full-size as his favourite tools. They were used in Multi-User mode for preprogramming and rehearsals. During the concerts they run in full-tracking backup mode.

On the road with the captain:
Elton John and grandMA form a perfect alliance

Lighting Product Stories Published: 28 July 2007
When Elton John performed his gig on the horse racetrack in Iffezheim (Germany) during his current European Tour 13,000 present fans enjoyed a selection of 23 Top-40 hits, 15 Top-10 singles and five No. 1 hits. Lighting designer and director Kevin “Stick” Bye uses for the tour two grandMA full-size, one as backup

Robe Gets In with The Police

Lighting Product Stories Published: 28 July 2007
Thirty-six Robe ColorSpot 2500E AT moving lights have been specified for The Police’s 2007-08 world tour by lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe.

Genesis Spectacular 'Turn It On Again' Tour featuring The Coemar Infinity Wash Xl

Lighting Product Stories Published: 30 June 2007
The moment that Genesis fans have been waiting 15 years for, finally arrived, as Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford reunited for Turn It On Again - the tour. Greeted by Phil Collins in German, "Vie Sind Genesis", a capacity audience of 48,000 in Hamburg's AOL Arena rocked the night away as Genesis powered their way through a set that spanned this iconic band's incredible repertoire.

Genesis Turns It On Again with Robe

Lighting Product Stories Published: 9 July 2007
Robe ColorSpot 2500E ATs are one of the moving light brands specified by LD Patrick Woodroffe for the current Genesis “Turn It On Again” World tour.

Bandit Helps Westlife Show The Love

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 July 2007
Bandit Lites continues its longstanding relationship as lighting suppliers to chart-toppers Westlife, currently blazing the live trail with their "Love" UK and Irish arena tour. Visuals – lighting, video and set - have been designed by Peter Barnes, working closely with Steve Levitt of Production North. Lighting was programmed and is being operated by Lighting Director, Dave Lee.

Avolites for Bryan Adams

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 July 2007
The Bryan Adams world tour continues on its latest European leg, with an Avolites Diamond 4 controlling all lighting. The console was programmed and is being operated by Ewan McRobb with equipment supplied by Siyan. The lighting design was created by Bryan Leitch and Nick Whitehouse, and both they and McRobb – all fans of the Avolites D4 – specified the console.

grandMA tours with
Beyoncé around the world

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 July 2007
A pair of grandMA consoles is accompanying Beyonce on her world tour, which kicked off in Tokyo and excited Australia before commencing its European leg. With the tour described as a cross between a theatrical play and a rock ’n roll show, the grandMAs control an extensive array of media servers and lighting instruments.

There could be only one:
grandMA assisted
“Eurovision Song Contest 2007”

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 July 2007
The Hartwall Arena, Finland's largest ice hockey arena, was chosen to host the biggest live TV-show in Europe - the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. A record number of 42 countries participated in Helsinki. Lighting and screen designer Mikki Kunttu presented to the estimated 100 million viewers on TV a visual voyage into mythology as well as rock and pop culture.

On tour with ETC’s Congo jr

Lighting Product Stories Published: 30 June 2007
“For me, light is music,” says Swedish lighting designer Emma Westerberg, who recently finished a three-week North American preview tour with an alternative-rock band from Ireland that played to sold-out big-city club crowds. Even with limited space in the touring truck, Westerberg kept her lighting design standards high. She stowed her compact ETC Congo jr lighting control console with her on the tour bus or, when she flew, checked it through in her luggage.

Bandit on INXS

Lighting Product Stories Published: 30 June 2007
Bandit Lites UK supplied full lighting production, video projection package and touring crew for INXS’ recent UK tour. Working closely with Lighting Designer, Sean “Motley” Hackett, Bandit Lites’ Lester Cobrin was asked on board to support Motley’s design.

Bring on the light: grandMA travels with “The Police” around the world

Lighting Product Stories Published: 30 June 2007
Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland, better known as The Police, are on tour again – after 24 long years. As a result of their reunion the three artistes are performing worldwide gigs, over 1,770,000 tickets have been sold to date. Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and associated lighting designer and also light programmer, Danny Nolan gave the show a unique touch of old-style and new, to show, how the band appeared once before and at the moment. To manage this task they relied on two grandMA full-size, four MA mediaPCs running grandMA video software and five MA NSPs.

Robe is A Winner at Eurovision 2007

Lighting Product Stories Published: 13 February 2007
Over 500 Robe moving lights were used on the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which culminated in last night’s final, staged at the Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, won by Serbia’s Marija Šerifovic with “Molitva”.

Bandit Stands by Shayne Ward

Lighting Product Stories Published: 6 April 2007
Bandit Lites UK is once again working with Production North on the much-anticipated Shayne Ward UK arena tour. Supplying full lighting production and support, Bandit UK Chief Executive, Lester Cobrin joins Production Manager, Jason Danter and Lighting Designer, Tellson James on this project.

Robe to Light Eurovision 2007

Lighting Product Stories Published: 4 April 2007
Over 450 Robe moving lights will be utilised in a spectacular lighting design for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland, which is being created by LD Mikki Kunttu.

Ronan Keating and grandMA video delivered the perfect New Year’s Eve entertainment

Lighting Product Stories Published: 4 April 2007
One grandMA light accompanied Ronan Keating during his tour in South Africa. When playing his New Year’s Eve concert at the 15,000 capacity Coca Cola dome in Johannesburg, Lighting director Pryderi Baskerville relied on the powerful performance abilities of grandMA video and one grandMA full-size.

Satellites Rock for Rhianna

Lighting Product Stories Published: 4 April 2007
i-Pix’ new Satellite LED fixtures are being used to illuminate the elaborate stage set for R ‘n’ B diva Rhianna’s current “A Girl Like Me” tour.

The Thessaloniki Song Contest returns

Lighting Product Stories Published: 4 April 2007
Between 1962 and 1997 the Thessaloniki Song Contest took place every year. Now it’s back again. ERT, the Greek television channel, re-awoke the show. Recently ten finalists fought live in the Paok Sports Arena for victory. The extraordinary event was designed by Manfred “Ollie” Olma who used two grandMA full-size, one grandMA light and four NSPs to control the lighting. Amongst others 60 x Mac 2000 Wash, 60 x Mac 2000 Spot, 24 x VL 2000 Spot, 16 x VL 2000 Wash and 6 x Robert Juliat Cyrano were attached.

grandMA scored a formidable goal

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 February 2007
For the first time in 12 years and for only the third time ever, the UAE hosted the Gulf Cup. The 18th Arabian Gulf Cup is no small kickabout. While billions across the planet watched the World Cup last summer, the regional tournaments often stand cold in its shadow, but like the European Championships and the Copa America, the Arabian Gulf Cup saw the best players come together to battle it out. Lighting designer Paul Collison used two grandMA full-size, one as backup, and 11 NSP’s to light the opening ceremony in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Stadium.

Robe Rocks Melbourne QBH

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 February 2007
Robe moving lights, LED Blinders, smoke and haze machines have been specified, supplied and installed into the legendary Queensbridge Hotel venue in Melbourne, Australia.

School’s not out

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 January 2007
A pair of grandMA consoles is controlling lighting and video for the national tour of “High School Musical: The Concert” which is now touring major US cities. Loosely based on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel Original Movie, “High School Musical,” the show includes songs from the tweenage-targeted feature and showcases solo material from the powerhouse young performers.

ETC’s new Congo jr
makes waves at Lakeside

Lighting Product Stories Published: 11 February 2007
Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham has become one of the first venues in Europe to take delivery of ETC’s newest lighting control console, Congo jr, via dealer Stage Electrics. Lakeside is the University of Nottingham’s public arts centre and presents an eclectic programme of music, dance, theatre, visual art and family events.

When two famous tools meet…

Lighting Product Stories Published: 2 February 2007
As the alternative rock band “Tool” continues its multicontinent tour it has added two grandMA full-size, one for lighting control and one for video control, to its US and European venues and to gigs in Australia this month. The equipment complement is expected to remain the same when Tool returns to US arenas in March. “Video is a very dominant thing with Tool,” notes designer/director Mark Jacobson who has been working with the band since 1996. “All the video is pre-taped; there’s no live camera. Lighting can’t step on the video, it has to play a supporting role, so we don’t use spots, just the fixtures we have on the rig for a more mysterious look.

Warsaw was “trendy”
thanks to grandMA video

Lighting Product Stories Published: 2 February 2007
Staged in Agrykola Park near Ujazdowski Palace, the mini-festival “Warsaw is trendy” was to demonstrate the richness of the city's culture. During this event the popular polish artist “Kayanis” performed with his musicians from the Music Academy Gdansk and the choir of the University of Gdansk. In total 110 people were simultaneously on the stage! Lighting for the concert was done by Pawel “Spider” Pajak. He relied on one grandMA full-size, one grandMA light and also grandMA video which was used to control the LED panels.

Pearl Expertise for Jarvis Cocker

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 February 2007
Lighting designer Nick Jevons of Electric Fly Productions has bought a new Avolites Pearl Expert lighting console - which has gone straight out on Jarvis Cocker’s sensational solo tour.

I-Pix Satellites for Audi

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 January 2007
Forty of the new i-Pix Satellite LED fixtures were used by lighting designer Nick Gray for shows in Manchester (G-MEX) and London (The East Winter Gardens at Canary Wharf) launching the Audi R8 super-coupe performance car.

Now see how it’s going to be –
thanks to PRG and ESP

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 January 2007
Lighting designers and programmers can now realise their vision with greater accuracy than ever before, thanks to PRG Europe’s investment in ESP Vision software. The software was added to PRG Europe’s pre-production portfolio following a request from Marc Brickman, who is working with programmer Mark “Sparky” Risk on the lighting for Roger Waters’ worldwide tour. Brickman and Risk are also using ESP with Mark Cunniffe for Il Divo’s current tour.

LTP installs British Airways
London Eye LED scheme

Lighting Product Stories Published: 20 January 2007
The British Airways London Eye - the most iconic contemporary structure gracing London’s famous skyline – has just unveiled the first phase of a fabulous three part permanent LED lighting installation that juxtaposes its stunning aesthetics in a new context.

Christmas At The Resurrection

Lighting Product Stories Published: 19 January 2007
On December 7, 2006, Travis Slyter opened the production of Christmas at Resurrection at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City, KS. Needing to overcome set, video, and structural challenges, Slyter turned to PRG Nashville for a lighting rig which consisted of 80 VL1000TS™ automated luminaires.

Let’s Dance With Robe

Lighting Product Stories Published: 19 January 2007
Top Slovakian TV Show “Let’s Dance” is being lit with Robe moving lights, specified by lighting designer Martin Kubanka and supplied by leading lighting rental company Q-99.

i-Pix Satellites Get Lucky on the Lotto

Lighting Product Stories Published: 19 January 2007
Over 70 i-Pix Satellite LED fixtures are installed into the set at the National Lottery Draw studios at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, for the BBC’s twice-weekly event. They were specified by lighting designer Tom Kinane

Blue Man Group and grandMA
know how to become a megastar

Lighting Product Stories Published: 18 January 2007
A pair of grandMAs is helping lighting designer Daniel Boland dazzle audiences nationwide with Blue Man Group’s “How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.0.” The innovative performers are playing arena-sized venues and select theaters coast to coast with the production in which they download a tongue-in-cheek ‘how-to-manual’ on becoming a rock star. Joined by an eight-piece band, Blue Man Group subsequently take the audience through - step-by-step and song-by-song - every head-bobbing, fist-pumping moment of a real concert.

PRG Europe sees another
New Year in with a bang

Lighting Product Stories Published: 15 January 2007
PRG Europe once again worked with lighting designer Durham Marenghi to produce a spectacular light show on the London Eye on New Year’s Eve. A hundred VL5 arcs were placed on a pontoon at the base of the Eye, illuminating the giant wheel.

grandMA celebrated New Year’s
Eve on Ipanema beach

Lighting Product Stories Published: 15 January 2007
The party was gigantic. Five Cities - New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro – took part in the Nokia New Year’s Eve. All over the world music fans were celebrating the countdown to 2007. An estimated 1.3 million people attended the live shows and 150 million watched the event on TV or internet. Operator and programmer Carioca used one grandMA full-size and one grandMA ultra-light with an NSP to build the grandMA 3D plot, to light the party in Rio at Posto 8 in Ipanema.

LTP Lights Fine Wines at Sextons

Lighting Product Stories Published: 15 January 2007
Lighting Technology Projects has completed the illumination of a 500-bottle wine rack central feature at Sexton’s restaurant in Thrapston, Northants, plus front and back entrance feature lighting.

Bandit Sheds Light on DJ Shadow

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
Bandit Lites supplied DJ Shadow’s latest UK tour with full lighting production and crew – as specified by lighting designer, Jason Hyne. The tour culminated with two sold-out nights that had Brixton Academy moving and grooving to the lush, atmospheric Shadow sound.

Robe at the Classic Grand

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
Robe Show Lighting moving lights - including the first ColorSpot 575 ATs in a Glasgow club - have been installed upstairs at the Classic Grand in central Glasgow, by locally based installation and sales company Flashlight.

grandMA goes to work on DVD shoot for Amy Grant’s new album

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
grandMA played a key role in the lighting of the DVD shoot for Amy Grant marking the release of her new CD. The production was shot over two nights in full concert mode at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.

I-Vision gets L!QU!D in Chepstow

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
L!QU!D is the first nightclub to open in the picturesque Monmouthshire town of Chepstow, South Wales. With a funky minimalist design, an innovative LED mood lighting scheme and a broad mix of good music, it’s immediately started becoming a destination for discerning clubbers from in and around the area.

Carrie Underwood takes the grandMA with her rise to musical stardom

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
American Idol champ and Nashville recording artist Carrie Underwood, touring in support of her album “Some Hearts,” is traveling light as she crosses the country with the grandMA light console. Underwood’s album has sold more than four million copies since its release; her national tour is focusing on the fair and festival circuit.

Robe Lights Monica Sintra

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
Lighting designer Luis Vidigal enthusiastically embraced Robe moving lights on Monica Sintra’s latest tour. She is one of Portugal’s leading and most popular artists with an illustrious international career spanning the last 15 years.

Bandit is a hit with Cbeebies Live!

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 January 2007
Bandit Lites is excited to announce that they have recently provided lighting production to the extremely successful, first ever Cbeebies Live! “Fantasy Circus” tour, presented by BBC Worldwide.

Robbie takes The High Ground

Lighting Product Stories Published: 1 August 2006
Eight Novalight High Ground fixtures are among nearly 1700 lighting units being supplied by PRG for the spectacular Robbie Williams “Close Encounters” stadium tour.

GrandMA at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Lighting Product Stories Published: 6 July 2006
With more than 1000 persons concerned from 37 countries as well as 2000 reporting journalists the Eurovision Song Contest that took place from may 18th to may 20th 2006 was once more the biggest music event worldwide. The complete lighting control was done via MA Lighting´s grandMA system – 4 grandMA full-size and 1 grandMA light including backup and 22 NSPs (network signal processors).

New lease of life for
Malmö’s Old Graveyard

Lighting Product Stories Published: 26 March 2006
Malmö’s Old Graveyard is the first Swedish cemetery to feature an architectural lighting scheme.

Extraordinary Hip-Hop show
- Hot 97 Summer Jam

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 July 2005
This year´s “Hot 97 Summer Jam” taking place in New York´s Giants Stadium attracted about 27.000 people. The concert was organized by the most important Hip-Hop broadcasting station in New York. Just to mention a few 50 Cents, R Kelly, Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Big Boi and Keny West were part of this successful show. The enormous lighting equipment included 180 moving lights, 200 conventional lights, 5 media server as well as 3 grandMA lighting consoles.

Essential in the Red
for Poppy Appeal 2004

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 July 2005
Essential Lighting supplied Martin MAC 2K Washes and 7Kw Ireos Pro Space Cannons to produce the large scale lighting effects taking place along the South Bank, the epicentre of the 2004 Poppy Appeal event.

Oxford Street Goes Rock ‘n’ Roll
for the Festive Season

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 July 2005
Essential Lighting has supplied award winning production company Ten Alps Events with 36 Ireos Pro 7 Kw Space Cannons for a daring high-impact festive lighting scheme running the length of Oxford Street.

Martin Gear Abounds
at Wynn Las Vegas

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 July 2005
From outdoor feature to world class theatre, convention space to club, Martin gear easy to find at latest Vegas resort and casino

Light in Action at
Cornerhouse Nottingham

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) has designed, supplied and installed Phase 1 of a bold architectural lighting scheme to illuminate an impressive central stairwell and three floors of the new Cornerhouse shopping, leisure and entertainment complex in Nottingham.

Avolites for Joss Stone

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
An Avolites Sapphire 2000 console is being used by James Thompson to control all lighting on the current UK and European leg of Joss Stone’s hugely popular world “Mind Body Soul” tour.

Robe ColorWash 1200 ATs
debut on Joss Stone at Brixton

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
.Robe ColorWash 1200 AT fixtures made their UK concert debut for Joss Stone’s show at London’s Brixton Academy this week, a highlight of her current UK and European “Mind, Body Soul” tour.

Lightfactor supplies Siyan with
New SGM Giotto CYMs

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 October 2004
Lightfactor Sales has supplied leading UK lighting rental house Siyan with SGM Giotto 400 CMY moving lights for hire stock, eight of which have gone straight out on the Joss Stone tour. The latest SGM products build on their existing extensive hire inventory of SGM fixtures.

E\T\C UK Illuminates Shell Building
for Poppy Day 2004

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
Large format projection specialists E\T\C UK covered the 323 ft high Shell Centre on London’s South Bank with giant projected poppies for Remembrance Day 2004.

The 2005 NBA Finals

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
On June 9, 2005, the 2005 NBA Finals kicked-off with Game 1 of the Detroit Pistons versus the San Antonio Spurs championship series. But behind the scenes, lighting designer Randy Nordstrom, and the rest of the NBA production team, had already run the fast break. With a lighting package supplied by Bandit Lites, the production team headed by NBA veterans Rob Baxter and Larry Sedwick was set and ready for tip-off.

The Evolution of Technology

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
The beta-testing of lighting control software is a necessary industry standard. It is a time when software developers can put their innovations to work in real-life applications in order to get all of the “kinks” out before releasing the new software to the public. With the help of Stage West Theatre Restaurant and All Suites Hotel in Ontario, Canada, and Horizon Control, Inc., Entertainment Technology recently completed a one-year software beta-testing of the Marquee™ ILC lighting control console and it is ready to take the stage.

“Oh What a Night” - for Entec

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 July 2005
Entec Lighting is supplying full production and crew to the popular Virgo Productions UK theatre tour of “Oh What A Night”.

Avolites integrates
Lighting and Video on Coldplay

Lighting Product Stories Published: 17 July 2005
Coldplay’s lighting designer Nick Whitehouse and show designer Bryan Leitch specified a Diamond 4 Vision console to control all lighting, video and visual effects for the current Coldplay “Twisted Logic” world tour which is now in full swing on its summer UK and European outdoor leg.

Huge Boost for Mersey River Festival

Lighting Product Stories Published: 6 July 2005
The 25th anniversary of the annual Mersey River Festival in Liverpool - celebrating the life, times and history of the city’s famous river – benefited from additional investment and an injection of new energy, ideas and enhanced production and entertainment elements this year.

The PixelLines and The Showgirl

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 April 2005
LD Vince Foster is using 48 James Thomas Engineering PixelLine LED battens on his classy and spectacular lighting design for Kylie’s hugely acclaimed “Showgirl” world tour.

Entec supplies 10th
National Television Awards

Lighting Product Stories Published: 27 May 2005
Entec Lighting supplied lighting equipment and crew for the 2005 National Television Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.

ETC's Congo rocks Eurovision

Lighting Product Stories Published: 27 May 2005
Who really stole the show at Eurovision 2005 in Ukraine? By many accounts, the lighting. Per Sundin's phenomenal designs, aided by a seemingly inexhaustible array of lighting effects, won plenty of praise. And behind the scenes, controlling all the lighting was a world-class programming team and a new world-class control system, Congo by ETC.

Robe gets Top Points in Eurovision

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 May 2005
Three hundred and seventy Robe moving lights were used by LD Per Sundin for the 50th Eurovision Song Contest held in the Sports Palace in Kiev.

Market Hall in Uppsala, Sweden

Lighting Product Stories Published: 24 May 2005
On May 9, 2002 the old Market Hall in Uppsala, Sweden was severely damaged in a fire. Unfortunately, nothing much remained of the old building but two brick walls, yet after two years of hard work the Hall was restored as a fresh vegetable, fish and meat market featuring several top quality restaurants.

For the fourth year in a row, Beacon produces all the graphic effects for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 April 2005
For the fourth year in a row, Peppe Tannemyr and Lennart Wåhlin, graphic designers at Beacon DigiGobos®, are part of the Swedish team producing all the lighting design for the Eurovision Song Contest – one of the world’s largest live events and TV productions. It is estimated that close to 300 million viewers will watch the live broadcast. This year in Kiev, Ukraine, May 19–21, 2005!

PixelPARs or Air Conditioning ???

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 April 2005
This was the burning question facing Dave Morrisey, lighting designer and technician at Manchester’s three highly active Academy venues ….. specifically in relation to the 500 capacity Manchester Academy 3 (formally known as the “Hop & Grape”).

Upping the Illuminations with
The Best Lightshow in Town

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 April 2005
Barry Walker's TV and recording showgroup SMACKEE has invested in a new Robe Show Lighting moving light system, complete with Robe 1024 control desk, for their busy live performance schedule.

Capture caught the
Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Lighting Product Stories Published: 9 April 2005
The 4th of April marked the start of the preprogramming period of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev. The show is produced by the National Television of Ukraine, NTU, together with EBU, the European Broadcasting Union. NTU will sell a total of 50 000 tickets for the rehearsals, the semifinal the 19th and the final the 21st of May. A total of 300 million live television show viewers are expected!

Robe’s a Eurovision Winner!

Lighting Product Stories Published: 16 March 2005
Robe Show Lighting has been appointed the exclusive Moving Light supplier for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The Czech Republic based manufacturer is providing 330 ColorSpot 1200 AT and ColorWash 1200 AT fixtures for the event, staged in Kiev, Ukraine, with the final broadcast live on 21st May.

Light Art at Plantation Place

Lighting Product Stories Published: 13 March 2005
Lighting Technology Projects has supplied 102 Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 LED fixtures for an eye-catching 41 metre long by 6 metre high illuminated glass ‘art wall’ at Plantation Place. This is part of a new office development in the heart of the historic City of London.

Sky Trackers mistaken for Aliens

Lighting Product Stories Published: 13 March 2005
When PRG Europe Ltd in Greenford saw an article ‘Alien lights in the night a prank – or the real thing?’ which appeared in the local newspaper, the Harrow Observer, they just had to phone to explain!

Bandit Lites UK Gets The Moody Blues

Lighting Product Stories Published: 13 March 2005
Bandit Lites UK is supplying lighting production for the UK and European leg of the legendary Moody Blues’ 2004 world tour. The pioneers of 1960s classic ‘progressive rock’ are still going strong after 30 years on the road, with album sales of over 55 million under their belts!

Robe at the Coliseum Theatre

Lighting Product Stories Published: 16 January 2005
Redditch-based sales, installation and service company Enlightenment has recently supplied 16 Robe moving lights to the Coliseum Theatre, Oldham, a busy 580-capacity producing house with a hectic and varied show schedule.

Bandit - The perfect Wedding
of Taste & Technology

Lighting Product Stories Published: 8 January 2005
Bandit Lites UK supplied lighting equipment to Derek Halliday Productions for the main catwalk at the National Weddings Exhibition at Earls Court.

PixelPAR installation at Cadogan Hall

Lighting Product Stories Published: 8 January 2005
Futurist Projects Ltd specified James Thomas PixelPAR 90(A) LED fixtures to illuminate the exterior of Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, London, just opened after a £24 million refurbishment project.

Clarity for Zeebar

Lighting Product Stories Published: 20 December 2004
Architectural and feature lighting design specialists Clarity Lighting has completed an innovative and imaginative lighting scheme at Zeebar – Bristol’s latest buzzing night venue.

Flying High with McFly

Lighting Product Stories Published: 20 December 2004
Bandit Lites UK is supplying lighting production for the current McFly tour, working with lighting designer Graham Feast and Iain Whitehead of Production North, who designed the set and is also production managing.

Bandit helps Celebrate 50 Years
of the Fender Stratocaster

Lighting Product Stories Published: 12 December 2004
Bandit Lites UK supplied full stage and audience lighting equipment to the recent massive “Miller Strat Pack” show at Wembley Arena.

Charity of the Robin Hood foundation

Lighting Product Stories Published: 9 December 2004
Since 1988 the Robin Hood foundation is organizing a fundraising dinner every year in aid of the poverty in New York. About 3,000 guests are invited to the gala including cocktail reception, dinner, auction and show programme. The technical effort for the dinner that took place in the New York Jacob Javitt Convention Center recently, is always very tremendous. This year 6 MA Lighting network signal processors were used for channel expansion.

Bandit is in Fashion!

Lighting Product Stories Published: 15 November 2004
Bandit Lites UK joined the beautiful people and supplied two contrasting venues with lighting equipment and services for Spring 2005 London Fashion Week.

Pixelline Video For One Big Weekend

Lighting Product Stories Published: 25 October 2004
Lighting designer Nick Jevons of Electric Fly Productions used 60 James Thomas Pixelline 1044 battens to produce mind-boggling video effects on his visual design for the BBC Radio One’s “One Big Weekend” event.

A new star on
the German variety scene

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 October 2004
With the world premiere of “Blue Balance” on the 23rd september 2004 the German theatre and variety scene follows new artistic paths.

i-Vision supplies LED for
New look GMTV set

Lighting Product Stories Published: 14 October 2004
i-Vision has supplied two different fixtures from its new Lumos LED range to light the new-look GMTV set.

SEE Factor Invests In
ROBE ColorSpot 1200 ATs

Lighting Product Stories Published: 8 October 2004
See Factor, one of New York’s foremost and best known lighting production companies, has added 26 new Robe Show Lighting ColorSpots 1200 ATs to its inventory – bringing their current total of these fixtures to 48.

Diamonds for Oxfam’s
“Make Trade Fair” charity gig

Lighting Product Stories Published: 22 September 2004
Two Avolites Diamond 4’s and a Pearl 2004 were used by lighting company Siyan for the high profile Oxfam “Make Trade Fair” charity show at Hammersmith Apollo last week.

Italian rocker Vasco Rossi
- the voice of conscience

Lighting Product Stories Published: 18 September 2004
During his summer tour „Buoni o Cattivi“ (The good or the bad) between may and july the Italian superstar Vasco Rossi played in sold out stadiums and halls in Italy (e. g. in Rome, Bologna, Verona and Florence). More than 2 years he worked on his new studio album to present the message: “It´s dangerous to divide the world into good and bad.” To present his meaningful songs in a very special way an impressive lighting concept including a lot of moving lights, LEDs and a total of three MA lighting control desks was created. Giovanni Pinna was the responsible lighting designer.

Avab Pronto!™ console on Hundertwasser -- The Musical

Lighting Product Stories Published: 30 August 2004
Hundertwasser – The Musical is the name of the theatrical homage to the multitalented Viennese painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser, from the pen of librettist Rolf Rettberg, with music by Konstantin Wecker. Working on many levels, the episodic drama traces the life story of the painter, architect and artist activist, who died in 2000.

Sarah McLachlan Feels
Right at Home with Vari-Lite

Lighting Product Stories Published: 29 August 2004
For those who plan to catch one of Sarah McLachlan's shows on her current North American tour, expect to see a rig full of moving lights. Just don't expect to see a lot of movement - or to be precise, don't expect a lot of unnecessary movement.

Rush Takes HES Catalyst
on Anniversary Tour

Lighting Product Stories Published: 24 August 2004
An all-High End Systems rig featuring Catalyst is catapulting Rush's 30th Anniversary Tour above and beyond Rush spectacles of the past. LD Howard Ungerleider of Production Design International in Toronto created the look and feel of this visual extravaganza as the production designer, lighting designer and lighting director. He and PDI partners Brian Beggs and Louis Chu also provided lasers.

Lighting the City of Madrid…Royally

Lighting Product Stories Published: 23 August 2004
The event was billed as Spain's ‘wedding of the century.’ On Saturday May 22nd Crown Prince Felipe, heir to the Spanish throne, and Letizia Ortiz were married in the country's first royal wedding in nearly a century. The Prince of Asturias and newly crowned Princess of Asturias exchanged vows at Almudena Cathedral in Madrid's old quarter.

The Sirens of Treasure Island

Lighting Product Stories Published: 23 August 2004
If you’ve traveled to Las Vegas in the past decade chances are you had a chance to witness the outdoor sea battle at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, the Battle of Buccaneer Bay, as you strolled down The Strip. After playing to an estimated 35 million people over 10 years, the popular free performance was retired to make way for an updated, sexier show – The Sirens of Treasure Island.

Argentina’s Music Scene

Lighting Product Stories Published: 2 August 2004
There’s no doubt the Latin populace is known for its passion. Add in a mix of energizing Martin lighting effects and hot electronic music by top DJs Sasha, Danny Howels and Hernan Cattaneo and the result can be positively explosive.

HES ColorMerge Adds Visual Impact
to Harrah's New Orleans

Lighting Product Stories Published: 2 August 2004
Harrah's Casino in New Orleans has just converted their hotel ballroom into a full-fledged theatre, and a rig of High End Systems (HES) products is enhancing this new entertainment venue.

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