Germany - For most people, reggae conjures up images of beaches, palm trees and Jamaica. The Ruhr district certainly does not have those features. Despite this, the Reggae Summer Festival, an annual music event devoted to the Jamaican music genre, has been held on the Ruhr since 2006. Besides reggae, dancehall and afrobeat can also be heard in the Revierpark Wischlingen in Dortmund. Simon...
SOUTH AFRICA - Working as Project Manager for Afrikaans is Groot since it’s inception four years ago, Denzil Smith from MGG had always hoped that Joshua Cutts would some day step in as lighting designer for this slick, large-scale production. A busy schedule with many other prominent shows had prevented Josh from doing so previously…. that is until the client, Coleske Artists, approved his...
Italy – The 2016 On Stage Awards for best live music were assigned during a ceremony held on 18 March, which was broadcast on Rai 2 and Italian Radio 2. The hosts of the Tim Music On Stage Awards 2016 were Nicola Savino and the singer Malika Ayane, for the first time in the role of presenter. The viewers and listeners voted on the Internet for the best Italian and international leading artists who...
OSRAM is expanding its leading market position in the entertainment sector and has acquired certain assets from ADB TTV SAS and continue their business operations. The acquired business will become integral part of OSRAM’s subsidiary Clay Paky. ADB is a French company with a factory in Saint Quentin, which specializes in lighting for theaters and TV studios. The transaction was completed on 3...
Italy – Vasco Rossi is back, and he is in great shape. He kicked off his new summer tour with a zero date at the Lignano Sabbiadoro stadium on 18 June. The "unauthorized exclusive preview" announcement arrived in a post on Vasco's Facebook page. After the long 2015 tour that stopped off in Bari, Milan, Bologna, Padua, Messina, Florence, Turin and Naples, Live Kom 2016 arrived in Rome with a new...
Italy – Bologna Exhibition Centre, Benassi & Friends is a highly anticipated national dance event. It was conceived and created by Benny Benassi to coincide with the Motor Show. Benassi is one of the world's top fifty best known DJs and has worked with Madonna, Jovanotti, the Rolling Stones, and Britney Spears. The lighting designer Jerry R. Romani chose to illuminate the space in hall 36 where...
Switzerland – Over a hundred Clay Paky fixtures featured in Greenfield rock festival’s main and smaller stage rigs with lighting designer Nico Müller of technical supplier Go Audio choosing the fixtures for their “ideal balance of power consumption, output and weight”. Set in the picturesque Swiss mountains, Greenfield 2016 saw an impressive line up of more than 40 international rock, punk and...
No German band can be compared to the Scorpions in terms of history, success and international popularity. The group was originally called "Nameless" and was formed in Sarstedt, in 1965, by guitarist Rudolf Schenker and drummer Wolfgang Dziony. The same year they adopted the name they became famous with: "Scorpions”. During the decades that followed, the band made history: 18 albums, an almost...
Germany - When he is on stage, Sascha Grammel makes his puppets dance in the true sense of the word! Grammel developed his own style straight away. He called it puppet comedy and it brings together theatrical elements with puppets, ventriloquism and magic. His new show debuted earlier this year, and has now been produced for TV at the Theater am Marientor in Duisburg. It has been recorded on DVD...
Italy – The Champions League final in Milan was not just a sporting event for soccer fans. During the UEFA Champions Festival 2016, from 26 to 29 May, there was a whole host of entertainment, including meetings, exhibitions, shows and events. There was everything you can imagine before the final kick-off at San Siro. The Opening Ceremony took place on the evening of 26 May with a gala event in...