NORTH AMERICA – Scorpions, the multi-platinum German heavy metal band, has wrapped the first North American leg of the Crazy World Tour 2017 with Megadeth. A large complement of Claypaky fixtures hit the road with the legendary rockers. The North American leg’s September and October dates included a performance at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the first time the band played the iconic...
Worldwide – British ‘virtual band’ Gorillaz have headed out on their much anticipated worldwide Humanz tour with a bigger than ever light and video experience. Delivering the tour’s sophisticated light show is lighting designer Matt Pitman who this year has expanded his rig to include the Claypaky Mythos2. Having worked with Gorillaz for a year, Pitman is experienced in delivering shows sensitive...
NORTH AMERICA – Fall Out Boy has embarked on their sold-out arena “Mania Tour,” whose North American leg kicked off in Cleveland in October and wrapped in Phoenix in November. UK dates will follow in the first quarter of 2018. The rock band has had five consecutive Top 10 albums. The new tour, in support of their “Mania” album due out in January, features hip hop artist blackbear and actor-rapper...
NORTH AMERICA – Fall Out Boy has embarked on their sold-out arena “Mania Tour,” whose North American leg kicked off in Cleveland in October and wrapped in Phoenix in November. UK dates will follow in the first quarter of 2018. The rock band has had five consecutive Top 10 albums. The new tour, in support of their “Mania” album due out in January, features hip hop artist blackbear and actor-rapper...
China – The National Centre for the Performing Arts, one of China’s most prestigious and architecturally striking performance complexes, has invested in a large number of Claypaky’s latest LED HCR wash light, the Claypaky K-EYE K20, along with the award-winning Claypaky Scenius Profile, as part of a major upgrade to the lighting rigs in its theatre and opera halls. Known locally as the National...
GERMANY – The VideoDays Festival is today considered the most important YouTuber event in Europe. It began in 2010 when various YouTube stars and their fans gathered for the first time at the Cologne exhibition centre during the Gamescon trade fair. Since then, new attendance records have been broken every year, causing it to move to the multi-purpose Lanxess Arena in Cologne in 2013. Lighting...
Although the recent total eclipse of the sun dominated headlines another celestial-themed event also attracted crowds in August. Moonrise, the annual EDM festival held at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, drew fans to its four stages where an array of Claypaky fixtures supported a lineup of DJs, bands and rappers. Moonrise 2017, which grew out of the Starscape rave in Baltimore, marked its fourth...
On 31 October, lighting professionals and designers for touring and television gathered at the Teatro el Nacional in Buenos Aires to see the latest launches of the brand from Seriate, Italy, first-hand. The "Open Day" featured demos and live shows that crowned a new phase for the technology of the national show. Mauricio Brando, Sales Manager for Latin America, was in charge of the corporate...
Italy - The Teatro Regio di Parma commissioned a work of installation art to celebrate Giuseppe Verdi's musical genius on the occasion of the recent Festival Verdi. The result was Brilliant Waltz, a lighting installation concept and idea created by an artist known by his own personal code number C999 and lighting designer Luca Carapezzi. The work was devised to entertain the large local audience...
The premier anti-aging company Nu Skin has grown from humble beginnings in Provo in 1984, to a NYSE listed enterprise that distributes its products in 54 markets worldwide through a network of approximately 1.2 million independent distributors. Every two years, Nu Skin holds a four-day experience that combines philanthropy, business sessions, recognition and entertainment in a dynamic mix. For the...