One of the production features of Ice Cube’s recent Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude tour was the appearance of eight GLP MAD MAXX LED fat beams hung above the stage of each of the 22 arenas visited. Although these giant pieces of real estate weigh over 200 kg – and were designed to … Continue reading "GLP MAD MAXX Add Extra Attitude to Ice Cube’s 4 Decades" The post GLP MAD MAXX Add Extra...
As a busy outdoor events season near its conclusion, GLP can reflect on the wisdom of uprating the IP65 weather protection on its mighty MAD MAXX CW skytracker to the more water-resistant IP66. Consequently, the fixture, with its massive 750 mm diameter ‘fat beam’ and maximum 68,000 lm output, has been specified on high-profile outdoor … Continue reading "GLP’s MAD MAXX Ready for Permanent...
Linzer Klangwolke, a large open-air multimedia event, has been running annually in the Austrian city of Linz since 1979. On 6 September this year it again attracted nearly 100,000 visitors to Donaupark. Titled URBAN PULSE, this year’s edition translated the city’s heartbeat into captivating images and beats – a visually staged concert that harked back to Klangwolke’s roots all those years ago and...
Globally renowned singer-songwriter The Weeknd has become the first major touring artist in North America to use GLP’s mighty MAD MAXX CW searchlights – on his long running After Hours til Dawn world tour, which is set to run until August 2026. The artist’s long-term LD, Jason Baeri, had been an early adopter of the powerful fat-beam LED fixture, with its massive 750mm beam diameter, when he...
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...
Some unique lighting razzmatazz has been added to the near 20,000-capacity Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, with the world’s first installation of GLP’s monstrous MAD MAXX CW LED fat-beam searchlights. This will give the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team and Cleveland Monsters ice hockey team, who share the facility, a unique and dynamic rock’n’roll-style environment to enhance the matchday...
The 67th annual Grammy Awards, honoring the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the year, returned recently to its traditional home: the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) in Los Angeles. It also returned to its long-term show lighting designer, Full Flood Inc., whose founder, Bob Dickinson, has been designing the Grammys since 1994, bringing in Noah Mitz as co-designer in 2017...
GLP will showcase a wide range of new products and selected prototypes at this year’s Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt (8–11 April 2025). In addition to the latest innovations, visitors can look forward to GLP’s renowned hospitality, delicious coffee, the popular Beer Pass, and a relaxed atmosphere at booth 12.1 C30/C31. Product highlights at Prolight + Sound 2025: JDC Burst 1 With the JDC Burst 1...
On his current Cronicles tour, the German rapper Cro has not only been looking back on his musical history but also taking a look into the future. None other than Roland Greil designed the lighting for the show – and in so doing, gave GLP’s brand new LED FatBeam fixture, MAD MAXX, its tour premiere. The recently introduced MAD MAXX is the first LED-based spotlight comparable to 3kW and 7kW xenon...
With an enlarged booth, innovative new products and a sustainable trade fair presence, GLP began a promising year at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 show in Barcelona. The world’s leading trade fair for AV and system integration, which was again extremely well attended this year, was an unqualified success for the German manufacturer. With a booth that was significantly larger than last...