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On December 26, ESI Audio gained the distinction of being the first sound reinforcement company in North America to deploy L-Acoustics’ new K2 system. ESI gave the rig its first official workout at “The Gift”, a one-day EDM festival staged outside Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium and touting deadmau5 as the headlining act.

Walter Eugene Clair, one of the Clair Brothers Audio entrepreneurs, died December 3, 2013. He was 73. Gene, as everyone knew him, was born May 6th 1940 to Roy B. Clair and Ellen Mae (Ulrich) Clair, in the Lititz area and lived here all his life. Gene died peacefully in his sleep, having said his final goodbyes to his family.

Things are moving at Juliat! The brand-new and beautiful prototype of a motorized Fresnel was presented on the stand of the French manufacturer. With perfectly silent operation ensured by its lack of forced ventilation, it meets the increasingly urgent demand for installation projects in large theaters and convention centers.

All the endeavours that have gone into making SGM’s G-Spot the most revolutionary intelligent LED moving head on the market paid dividends when the IP65 rated fixture was to pick up a top award at the prestigious PLASA Awards for Innovation in October.

A year and a half ago, Peter Johansen took ownership of the Italian lighting company SGM and started up in humble facilities in Aabyhoj, Denmark. Now the entire production, warehouse and administration are combining in a new 6,500 sq. metre facility in Aarhus.

To expand its training support for product users, Meyer Sound has released two new online tutorial videos, focusing on the use of the MAPP Online Pro® acoustical prediction program and the Compass® control software for the CAL™ column array loudspeakers.

In the conference “Lighting the Stars”, Patrick Woodroffe will tell us about some of his more exciting experiences: the lighting design for the Olympic Games in London, and the case study for the Michael Jackson’s This Is It - a fascinating story of the concert tour that was cancelled after Michael's death but which lives on in the film of the same name.

Robert Juliat would like to announce the latest addition to the Robert Juliat distributor family with the appointment of Electric Claudio Merlo Lighting Equipment SA (ECM) as its new distributor for Switzerland.

Shure Europe organizes bands contest, Call For Legends, open to any band in Europe, provided they have no current recording or publishing deal. The winning band will pick up Shure equipment worth 3000 Euros, play a gig on one of the free stages at next year's prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and be given three days of free recording time at London studio Kore with Chris Kimsey at the controls.

Rosco’s Miro Cube 4C makes its West End debut discreetly accentuating the architectural details of the Grand Saloon Bar.

Hellfest is not as frightening as it sounds! For three days, 40,000 rock and metal fans gather in the French western countryside (Clisson, just outside of Nantes) for this annual festival. Headlined by Def Leppard, Kiss, and Volbeat, this year's event saw Nexo's new STM system make its Hellfest debut on the two main stages.

Derrick Saunders died on Friday 16 August. He had been battling with a long illness for the last 18 months. Derrick was one of the best-known personage in the UK's professional lighting industry, as sale and marketing director of Pulsar light.

DiGiCo's five year involvement in the Montreux Jazz Festival has made such a positive impression on audio supplier Tonspur AG that the company has been appointed DiGiCo's exclusive Swiss distributor.

Over the past five years, the Free Press Summer Festival (FPSF), staged at Eleanor Tinsley Park just west of downtown Houston, has quickly grown into one of Texas’ most eagerly anticipated music festivals. The event ultimately drawing nearly 100,000 concertgoers to enjoy 90 national and local artists performing on six stages over two days.

It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular”. This free outdoor concert marked its fortieth anniversary for 500 000 people and a live TV from the Charles River Esplanade. Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots, able to compete with the sun, helped light up the annual event