One of the most keenly anticipated follow-up movies this Autumn is Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. In this mockumentary comedy film, again directed by Rob Reiner, the band reunites after a 15-year break for one final concert. As the action moves to New Orleans it is for this concert — which took place at the City’s Lakefront Arena — that vastly experienced lighting designer Mike Baldassari and...
On 1 September 2025, David Schubert joined the sales team of GLP – German Light Products as senior sales manager. In his new role, he supports sales activities in Germany and Switzerland, contributing to the continued expansion of the company’s market presence. A trained wholesale and foreign trade specialist, Schubert brings more than two decades of experience in the professional event and media...
On 4th July, the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena in Hanover became the backdrop for a superlative home fixture. Under the motto ‘Coming Home’, Scorpions celebrated their 60th anniversary in front of 45,000 spectators, alongside Judas Priest and Alice Cooper. Fans from all over the world travelled to experience the German rock legends in the city where it all began. Manfred Nikitser has been responsible for...
When Imagine Dragons recently undertook the European leg of their LOOM world tour – taking in major cities before culminating in two sold-out shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – their trademark high-energy stage show was further boosted by the presence of 52 of GLP’s new JDC Burst 1. The tour was supported by Neg Earth Lights, an early adopter of this powerful hybrid IP65-rated strobe, which...
The GLP WildBar 16 – a weatherproof LED bar designed for impressive show moments. With high light output, great flexibility and robust construction, it is the ideal choice for festivals, stadiums, clubs and many other applications. But perhaps most importantly, it comes with a price tag that makes it highly cost effective and gives an optimal return on investment. With 16 × 40-watt RGBL LEDs, the...
Internationally successful techno icon Paul Kalkbrenner returned to Berlin’s Wuhlheide in June with two sold-out open-air shows. Berlin-based TSE AG handled the entire technical implementation of the live spectacle – including sound, lighting, video and rigging. The show’s lighting design was created by Kalkbrenner’s LD, Tom Webber, and 1314 Productions GmbH. GLP brings structure and atmosphere to...
Aside from the huge quantity of GLP’s JDC2 IP and impression X5 Bars deployed on the Pyramid stage for Friday night headliners the 1975, it was another headline performance – Charli XCX’s appearance on the Other stage – that became another of the most talked-about sets of Glastonbury Festival 2025. Here the stage was bedecked with 168 JDC Burst 1 strobe/wash hybrids. Since last November, her...
At the beginning of the year, TSE AG conceived an impressive production design for League of Legends’ EMEA Championship (LEC) Camera Days. The client was Riot Games – TSE’s first joint project with the renowned game developer and esports organizer. The filmed sequences will serve as pre-match inserts in the studio and on the LED walls during the international stream. For the project, TSE developed...
When Siyan MD Mark Baruch and his colleagues first saw GLP’s new JDC Burst 1 at last Autumn’s LDI expo in Las Vegas, they knew this evolutionary strobe hybrid would make a significant impact on the lighting rental company’s inventory. Furthermore, they wanted to be at the front of the queue for delivery. GLP fulfilled that wish, with Kerry Tymms in the UK office going the extra mile to get the...
At this year’s Telekom Electronic Beats festival in Berlin, lighting designer Rolf Wenzel deployed 90 GLP JDC2 IP hybrid strobes to create a striking lighting architecture at CANK, a former C&A department store in Neukölln. The fixtures were embedded in a large-format grid structure, inspired by classic 1980s disco aesthetics. The focus was on dynamically illuminated fields and a video-based...