With them were nearly 100 Robe BMFLs - Spots and Blades – an integral part of the spectacular lighting rig designed by Tim Routledge. This current phase of ELO activity all started two years ago when ELO, led by Lynne, billed as ‘Jeff Lynne’s ELO’ played BBC Radio 2’s “Festival in a Day” in London’s Hyde Park in September 2014. The 50,000 tickets had sold out in 15 minutes and there was a huge...
Nothing like a bit of pressure ... which Fredrik took in his stride, lighting his second ESC in three years, having also been LD for the 2013 edition in Malmo. He was also the lighting operator for the last ESC staged at the Globe Arena ... in 2000. Significantly, the BMFLs were an essential tool for lighting the show properly. “I needed a high intensity spot with good colour rendering and a...
Lighting the show was LD Nathan Alves, who used 12 x Robe BMFL Spots to produce most of the major signature looks. It was Nathan’s first work with Tyler and the focus was on emphasizing the intimate environment and the delicate subject matter inspiring Janie’s Fund and the launch concert. So all the production was centered around the star as he related the narrative of who he is and his personal...
Their just released new album “The Unruly Mess I’ve Made" follows up 2012’s Grammy award winning “The Heist” with the band embarking on a major new world tour. The lighting and visuals design is by Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie and the rig includes Robe BMFL Spots and PATT 2013s. Arlo has worked with production manager Chris Fussell for some time, and was invited on-board to produce a stage design for this...
Central to the energy, excitement and emotion of the 4 hour trance extravaganza in Amsterdam were 162 Robe moving lights – a megamix of Pointes, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100s – among other fixtures crafted into the visual landscape. Embrace is another truly unique and imaginative immersive musical, visual and sonic experience from the “State of Trance” originator. Based on the new album and its...
Joel has worked with the trio – classically trained brothers Pene and Amital Pati and their cousin Moses MacKay - for the last two years, and this was a completely new design involving a greater LED screen element than previously, together with more lighting. Set and video was designed by Pak Peacock and included a thrust stage that dropped to reveal three different levels … plus various height...
Los Angeles-based Dean Egnater is lighting designer and tour manager and has been working for Valli for 15 years since originally being hired for a 3 week period in 2001! Their touring schedule includes a variety of venues encompassing theatres and arenas which are always sold-out, and for which the largest version of their lighting plot includes around 46-48 moving luminaires – Ideally an equal...
The annual YesLive show helps inspire 15 – 17 year olds to get involved in once-in-a-lifetime activities via the National Citizen Service (NCS) initiative. Bryan worked alongside CC Labs who commissioned MIRRAD to produce the show design and co-ordinate the visual production including lighting, set and video. He and Jamie started with a series of four 3 x 2 metre ‘scenic’ screens curving around...
The extensive tour, which is garnering huge critical acclaim, follows the release of Adele’s record-smashing third studio album, 25, in November 2015 which has established her as one of the most successful recording artists of all time. Lighting operator / director on the road is Roland Greil, and the equipment for the UK and European legs of the tour is being supplied by west London based rental...
The tour initially started last year, but the 2016 set of arena sized dates were added due to incredible public demand to see the popular artist – also a Voice of Germany judge – live. It was also the first arena tour for Bourani, so the focus was on him and his backing band, all of whom needed to be well lit throughout without being distracting. The eye-catching triangular stage design was also...