When pop icon Nena celebrated her 40th stage anniversary, the radio and TV host Thomas Gottschalk led a constant stream of top international stars coming and going to honor the occasion. Peter Maffay, Gianna Nannini, Wolfgang Niedecken von Bap and Dieter Meier of YELLO were among the illustrious guests along with other well-wishers like Sasha, […]
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Among lighting designer Steve Bewley’s high profile roster of artists, is champion of hip-hop, Dizzee Rascal — in a relationship dating back eight years. Over the course of his long career, Bewley has turned to successive generations of GLP’s LED moving head solutions, starting with the original impression 90, before moving onto Volkslicht and X4/X4 […]
If the six musicians of PUR keep their fans waiting for a whole year, there has to be a very good reason. And a gigantic, one-off concert provided the answer, as for the sixth time at the Veltins Arena, 65,000 fans flocked to the ‘PUR & Friends’ concert. This gave them the chance not only […]
GLP will set up a ‘village’ environment at this year’s LDI 2017 expo in Las Vegas (November 17-19). The lighting giants will occupy booth #1173, adjacent to their primary suppliers, Cosmic Truss (#1377) and SceneX (#1373), situated across the aisle. The entire display will be bathed in a party atmosphere as GLP’s impression brand — […]
Every two years the automotive industry and an army of auto fans head for Frankfurt. At the IAA Show, everything of importance in terms of automobile and road traffic converges — and the slogan is: Take Notice! The Bavarian car manufacturer BMW had some interesting news to deliver at their booth in Frankfurt and decided […]
Vastly experienced LD, Cosmo Wilson, has been lighting Aerosmith’s shows since 2012, working within a genre with which he is entirely familiar. Having provided stage lighting for many of the world’s most famous rock bands over three decades his pedigree is unparalleled. Thus, when Aerosmith announced their Aero-Vederci Baby farewell tour, he was once again […]
After spending the early part of the summer on the European circuit, Canadian band Arcade Fire have embarked on the first leg of their lengthy North American ‘Infinite Content’ tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Everything Now. This kicked off last month in the band’s hometown of Montreal. Operating the lighting on […]
GLP US Inc. is excited to announce the appointment of Jim Gregory as their new Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast. Jim brings more than 25 years of industry experience to GLP, working with touring, local productions, house of worship, as well as special and corporate events, there is not an area of the industry […]
The 36th edition of the MTV Video Music Awards was broadcast live from the Forum in Inglewood, California recently. While Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd were among the nominees for Video Of The Year (Lamar picking up the main award), the show itself featured performances from other members of pop royalty, including Miley […]
Radiohead’s long-serving lighting designer, Andi Watson has been using 48 of GLP’s powerful X4 L LED spots as well as 14 of the award-winning X4 Bar 20 battens (as well as several shorter X4 Bar 10) on the band’s latest A Moon Shaped Pool tour (in support of their latest album). These were supplied by […]