Four-time Grammy Award-winning guitar player and singer/songwriter Gary Clark, Jr. has embarked on the North American leg of his 2024 world tour with Claypaky Sharpy X-Frames and Midi-B FX fixtures filling the lighting rig. Lighting Designer John Adamo, who co-designed the show with Robert Fuller, selected the fixtures, which have been supplied by Bandit Lites, Inc., the tour’s full-service...
To celebrate their 25 years of musical success, the iconic Spanish duo Estopa is embarking on a tour that is setting new benchmarks in every city they visit. Beyond their distinctive musical style and engaging stage presence, the tour’s standout feature is its impressive stage design, which showcases an extraordinary lighting experience crafted by the skilled Juanjo Beloqui and supported by...
Vaughan, Ontario-based bb Blanc, a leading name in the audiovisual production industry, has expanded its equipment portfolio with the acquisition of 48 Claypaky Sharpy X-Frame lighting fixtures. This strategic move underscores bb Blanc’s commitment to provide high-quality and innovative AV solutions for corporate events. “bb Blanc’s decision to invest in Claypaky products was driven by the...
Marking the 80th anniversary tour of Holiday On Ice, the 2023-24 ”No Limits Tour” was created by AED Studios in Lint, Belgium and played 174 performances in 21 cities across Germany with Claypaky Volero Wave and Scenius Profiles, from tour lighting provider Rentall Europe, lighting the figure skating spectacular. “No Limits” and its 40 skaters and artists spanned many imaginative settings, from...
Mikki Kunttu brought Richard Wagner’s epic “ Der Ring des Nibelungen,” also known as the Ring tetralogy, to a breathtaking conclusion at the Finnish National Opera with the performance of the monumental, nearly six-hour-long “ Götterdämmerung” featuring Claypaky Xtylos, the world’s first laser-based beam lighting fixture. The first installment of the Ring cycle, “Das Rheingold,” was performed at...
The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) showcased its most innovative set design ever at the Malmö Arena in Sweden where Claypaky Tambora Linear 100 high-power LEDs and Skylos white-laser source searchlights supported the dynamic look of the event’s first 360º stage. Fredrik Stormby from Stockholm-based Green Wall Designs, the Lighting and Screen Content Designer for this year’s event, selected the...
Marking a new chapter in regional sports, the inaugural Qatar-UAE Super Cup football tournament kicked off in Doha, Qatar on April 12, 2024, showcasing the best talent from both nations, then continued the next day with the UAE -Qatar Super Cup Shield match in Dubai. Qvision (Qatar Vision), the Doha-based event production and management company, was charged with bringing the organizing committee’s...
Argentine singer and former YouTuber María Becerra made history as the first Argentine female artist to sell out River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, the largest venue in Argentina, for two consecutive nights, March 22 and 23, 2024. A large complement of Claypaky fixtures illuminated the show designed by Creative Director Julián Levy and lit by Lighting Designers and Programmers Pablo Martinelli...
Welsh reggae-metal band Skindred played their first arena headline show in March at the OVO Arena Wembley, England, with Claypaky Mythos2 and Sharpy Washes supporting the musicians’ intense, high-energy performance. Will Furze, the band’s Designer and Lighting Director, discussed the show with Skindred band members last year while on tour. They wanted to incorporate existing elements of their...
After an absence of 31 years, Luxembourg marked its return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 by staging the precursor Luxembourg Song Contest event, organized and broadcast by RTL and featuring Claypaky lighting fixtures. Prior to 1993, Luxembourg had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times, winning on five occasions. But after a poor showing in 1993, Luxembourg was disqualified...