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To bring new life to the classic piece for the Royal Danish Opera (RDO), Hübbe and Schandorff called upon Finnish Designer, Mikki Kunttu to develop an original lighting, video and set design. Kunttu’s minimalistic set design meant that every element played a significant role in bringing the production to life, including Martin’s VC-Strips and MAC Viper Profile lighting fixtures.

Ayrton MagicDot™-R, one of the latest products from innovative French LED lighting manufacturer, Ayrton, made its US debut with Bruno Mars at Rock In Rio Las Vegas in May. Lighting designer Cory FitzGerald of Seven Design Works used a huge configuration of 184 of the new fixtures on the singer’s closing performance at this year’s festival which was hosted for the first time in the US. FitzGerald’s design also featured an array of 128 Ayrton IntelliPix™-R panels.

The crowd gasped when Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl toppled offstage during a show on June 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Grohl, however, quickly showed the single-minded perseverance that has led him to success in music and documentary filmmaking. Shortly after being helped off stage for medical attention, he was back in front of the crowd—seated this time—singing and playing guitar while a doctor held his leg in place.

To be based in Hong Kong in the newly-created position of Greater China Business Development Manager, Michel will play a critical role in increasing the presence and success of Nexo in the Asia Pacific area.

At the very least it can be said that, at Meyer Sound, the beard is a symbol of distinction, as demonstrated by the presence on the stand of John Meyer in person and Big Mick Hughes, sound engineer emeritus, a good meter of whiskers between them. Every wizard needs a beard, right? Well, the latest wizardry of Mr. Meyer is the new addition to the Leo family

The Script performed in front of a jam packed crowd of over 80,000 people at Croke Park in June, for their biggest show of the year. Mirrad's Jamie Thompson and Dave Cohen made full use of Avolites Titan range, with two Sapphire Touch consoles, two Tiger Touch II consoles, a Quartz, four Titan Net Processors, and ART2000 dimmers.

Top international pop artists, Take That, are currently promoting their seventh studio album, III, on their Live 2015 tour with seven Robert Juliat followspots playing major roles in highlighting the artists and the many theatrical antics that surround them.

One of the industry’s brightest lights dimmed on Thursday, when Fulvio Cotogni, ETC’s regional manager for Southern Europe and the Middle East, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. A funeral for Cotogni was held on Saturday, where friends and family had the opportunity to share memories of him.

UK LED manufacturer CORE Lighting expands its range of wireless LED technology with the StripPoint battery powered LED batten: a IP 65 fixture which emits 4000 lm whilst drawing only 75W of power.

South America’s biggest sporting event, the Copa América international football tournament, has kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony in host country Chile. The event saw stunning firework displays and musical performances, with an array of Clay Paky Mythos delivering spectacular wash and aerial effects to the proceedings.

Having received an enthusiastic reception from the European market at ProLight+Sound in April, Yamaha’s new flagship RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing console has enjoyed more of the limelight thanks to his trade show debut at the ABTT Theatre Show 2015.

We waited a long time because, much like a Japanese brand with a love for tuning forks, Avid took their time to create this new live mixing console, the Venue S6L. Powerful, flexible and open to the outside world, Venue S6L combines PC core technology for the control, mixing and internal processing with an HDX-standard DSP for plug-ins. The best of both worlds in a very nice product.

On May 18, 2015, Bastian Villeflose was finally able to recover the proprietary rights to his Elidy fixture, the first LED array capable of projecting images in mid-air. The manufacture of Elidy has resumed, this time by the company Ereimul Lighting which now also provides service for all Chromlech products. It took six months to get everything in order and rebuild a stock of Elidy. The adventure in Brittany continues, with more projects on their way. Yesss!

Currently out on her North American “Endless Summer” tour, along with opener Courtney Love, Lana Del Rey is wowing fans in sheds each night on a K1 main loudspeaker system, with K2outfill arrays flown as needed in wider venues.

Here, Stéphane Migné controls a matrix of 144 MagicDot fixtures and it is a sea of effect possibilities – with power or finesse – that washes over our astonished eyes. This demo is incredible!