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 […]
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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 […]
An abundance of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20’s left the VER hire fleet for a very important event at the O2 Arena recently. They were commandeered by London-based lighting designer Sam Tozer (of Vision Factory) for a special grime event, when the Boy Better Know (BBK) collective, led by Jme and Skepta, took over the […]
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 […]
Heading the product roster at the show will be the new JDC1 hybrid strobe. Designed in three sections, which can be controlled independently or as a complete synchronized unit, creating a new class of powerful strobe that goes way beyond the standard definition of a hybrid. Some 20 of them will feature in the overhead […]
For the 15th consecutive year, Swedish LD Palle Palmé has provided spectacular lighting for the Diggiloo outdoor summertime tour, with 80 X4 Bar 20’s from GLP dominating the ever-changing stage set. Having worked on the event since its inception in 2003 (when it appeared only in Båstad), Palmé says that despite the number of famous […]