BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – With multiple chart-topping hits to their credit since the 1980s, Clouseau is one of Belgium’s most popular music acts. Well known for their penchant for surprising their large fan base, the group has performed in many unusual venues, such as railway stations, as well as more conventional arenas. Each Clouseau show strives […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland is known for its beautiful beaches, splendid shellfish and rich nautical history. In recent years, however, another item has been added to this notable list, as the “Old Line State,” the place that gave birth to the US National Anthem, is becoming known as an epicenter of metal music. Every Memorial […]
SUNRISE, FL – Even by the standards of Jam bands, The String Cheese Incident defies easy categorization. What else to say about a group of talented musicians that jams with Skrillex as deftly as it covers hits by a disparate group of artists from the Bee Gees to the Grateful Dead? This is in addition […]
SUNRISE, FL – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s current Intimate Tour is aptly named. The multi-Grammy winning hip-hop duo is taking great pains to connect to their audience on a personal level during their worldwide tour, revealing sides of themselves that range from gently pensive to intensely passionate, all wrapped up in what they call a […]
RICHARDS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA – With balmy temperatures (28˚ Celsius) and clear skies, the weather in this seaside town located a two-hour drive from Durban isn’t what comes to mind when people in the Northern Hemisphere think of New Year’s Eve. That is undeniably part of its charm, since the Uthungulu Last Dance festival includes […]
Every song tells a story, but in the case of Disturbed, this “story” is more than just a narrative. Instead, it is more like a journey, one that takes fans through a fierce, primal storm of emotions that, as one critic put it “draws us into a realm where light and darkness collide.” Contributing to […]
Meet the LDs who designed and programmed Peso Pluma’s show at this year’s Coachella. Watch the full interview with Marcus Jessup, Lighting Designer “This year, for Peso, as a reggaeton artist, we wanted to create different moments throughout the show to make it special. Being able to use our Color STRIKE M strobes in both our […]
The deepest emotions tend to live in that area between light and darkness, where nebulous boundaries give them endless space to expand and shrink, twist and turn in infinite directions. By devising such a space on stage for Tom Odell’s Black Friday Tour, Joe Beardsmore created the ideal visual setting for music that one critic […]
Meet the crew who designed and programmed this year’s UMF Radio stage. WATCH NOW “We chose CHAUVET Professional because they offer a wide range of IP65-rated fixtures: profiles, beams, washes… everything that we need to cover this stage.” – Nick Rodriguez, owner, Gravitate Productions “We chose Maverick Storm because we’re out here in the elements. […]
“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle,” wrote Walt Whitman. All lightshows are proof of that. But on rare occasions, when the meaning of the moment aligns perfectly with the aesthetics that celebrate it, the “miracle” becomes frozen in time, ensuring that it will always burn brightly in the minds of all who […]
ANAHEIM – Size matters! Well… not always, especially when it comes to the art of design, where it’s not always the size of a rig, but the way in which it’s deployed that makes the biggest impression. Patrick Dierson provided vivid proof of that at this year’s iHeartRadio ALTer EGO concert. Although a procession of […]
GATLINBURG, TN — Low trim heights, limited hang points, the lack of house lights… these challenges seem to be present when lighting an event at any big ballroom. They certainly were at the Gatlinburg Convention center when Andrew Dingman set out to light the Clayton King Ministries’ Crossroad Winter Conference this January. Dingman, though, is […]