The Amadeus Austrian Music Awards were presented for the 23rd time recently. The ceremony took place in the historic Volkstheater in Vienna, which, with its lavish interior, offered a wonderful setting for both the live and TV audience. However, it was precisely this historical backdrop that presented lighting designer Manfred Nikitser and his team with a number of technical lighting challenges...
The OMR Festival in Hamburg is growing continuously. The format, which was launched in front of 200 guests in 2011 – at that time still under the name Online Marketing Rockstars Conference – now fills the entire Messe Hamburg, as well as numerous other locations in the Hanseatic city with a wealth of side events. This makes the OMR Festival the largest gathering of executives from the digital...
The Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 is taking place from 17 – 25 June for the first time in Germany under the motto ‘Unbeatable together’. Around 7,000 athletes from 190 countries are competing in 26 sports at the world’s largest inclusive sports event. The opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games, which takes place every four years, contributes significantly to the public...
Lewis Capaldi is currently touring the States, having recently completed his biggest European tour to date, visiting arenas in 32 cities over two months. Having played one of the last concerts before lockdown in March 2020, the Scot was out with a lighting package provided by Neg Earth, and new conceptual stage scenography orchestrated by Cassius Creative. This was constructed largely around GLP...
Crowds congregate annually at the base of ‘Smart Alex’ ski trail in Ontario to watch the state’s finest freestyle skiers and snowboarders perform choreographed flips and tricks off the 50ft Big Air Jump, accompanied by music, lights, fireworks and all manner of show sizzle. To provide this for the ‘The Big Air Show’, as the event is known, required the building of a technical infrastructure, with...
GLP’s new impression X5 washlight has provided a perfect solution for lighting designer Ben Mansfield when trying to capture the considerable movement of Norwegian singer-songwriter Sigrid around concert stages. Mansfield, who runs Tourlite Design with brother Josh, has been working with Sigrid since 2018 when she first started playing clubs and theatres. However the latest … Continue reading "GLP...
DJ BoBo is a phenomenon. After 30 years on stage and 15 studio albums behind him – many of them gold and platinum – the Swiss artist is still selling out major venues. In 2023 there will be another anniversary tour (which is already almost completely sold out) with Evolut30n. Starting in May, 56 GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid strobes will travel with him. The two-and-a-half-week tour rehearsals – including...
The growing importance of ISE following the expo’s move to Barcelona was illustrated by the enormous attendance at this year’s trade fair. With the show having mushroomed since its origins in pure AV to embrace show technology in all its forms, GLP was one company that responded positively to the evident interest in the lighting segment. This year the show hosted a total of 58,107 visitors – well...
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Walker Hayes recently embarked on his first headline arena tour, with the help of The Darkroom Creative (Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves), who were responsible for the stage lighting. Helping them build their set was a bunch of classic but timeless ‘impression’ LED fixtures from GLP – notably around 60 of the compact X4 S LED washlights and X4 Bar 20 battens, agile...
At the recent LDI Show, GLP focused on giving some ‘real-world’ exposure to the JDC Line – now gaining the attention it deserves after the Covid-19 pandemic somewhat choked its initial launch. They were fortunate to have the services of one of the hottest LDs in the industry, Nate Files, to mesh the JDC Line together with the new impression X5 in a mesmerizing, beautifully programmed, integrated...