In a more than 50-year career, German rock icon Udo Lindenberg has created a wealth of songs that remain relevant in 2022 thanks to their authentic messages. With his current album, Udopium, the so-called ‘panic rocker’ has created a retrospective that includes the most successful songs from all five decades of his musical work, as well as four new tracks. The associated Udopium Live tour is...
At the beginning of April, the classic German TV series Verstehen Sie Spaß (which translates as ‘ Do You Understand Fun?’) entered a new season, with the moderator duties transferring from the long-serving Guido Cantz to Barbara Schöneberger, and the entire production moving from its familiar Munich location to the Berlin studio. Lighting designer Thomas Gerdon, who has been responsible for...
Over the past 15 years, country & western oriented band, The BossHoss, seems to have built its reputation effortlessly. This Spring ‘The Magnificent Seven of Rock’ returned with their eighth studio album ‘Black Is Beautiful’. And from March to early April 2019, the so-called ‘Spree Outlaw’ saddled up their horses for the accompanying tour through Germany, Austria […] The post Jonas König Delivers...
GLP fixtures have been hard at work in Barcelona, providing DJs with visual dynamics for the annual WET® DECK Summer Series 2018 in W Hotel. The fixtures were provided by rental company, PI Sound having been initially supplied by Monacor Iberia, GLP’s Spanish distributor. Taking part every Sunday between June 10 and August 19, the […] The post GLP Makes a Splash in Barcelona at Wet Deck Summer...
Thanks to their incredible shows, the Ehrlich Brothers have become among the best known magicians and illusionists in the world. Their trademarks include trucks weighing several tons emerging from nowhere, trees growing in a matter of seconds, and almost everything disappearing from the huge stage during the course of a breathtaking show — and then […] The post GLP and the Magic of Light appeared...
With 35 acts performing across three floors over a duration of 14 hours to around 18,000 dance aficionados, the traditional Mayday EDM event in Dortmund followed a familiar theme. But for LD Thomas Gerdon, who has provided production design for five of the last seven events, the only important aspect was that a radical change, […] The post GLP’s Market Leading Hybrids Out In Force On Mayday 2018...
GLP reported another excellent Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, showcasing a number of innovative new products to both domestic LDs and an international trade audience that spanned all five continents. Altogether, over 1,000 fixtures were featured in Frankfurt, both on the company stand and in the Festhalle. On the show floor visitors could see […] The post GLP Scores Big… Both On And Off Site...
Around 250 of GLP’s flagship LED products were deployed at the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, during Philadelphia Eagles’ defeat of New England Patriots at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The show featured a versatile 12-minute set from Justin Timberlake that spanned the entire field. For lighting designer, Bob Barnhart of 22 Degrees, […] The post GLP Lighting Out In Force At Pepsi Super...
When LD Sam Tozer provided his dynamic lightshow for the BBK Festival at the O2 Arena in London over the August Bank Holiday weekend, he called on an abundance of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20 battens for the marathon event. As a result of that extravaganza, LRI production manager David Davies and the Vision Factory […] The post GLP’s GT-1 And X4 Bars Provide versatility for J HUS appeared first...
If the six musicians of PUR keep their fans waiting for a whole year, there has to be a very good reason. And a gigantic, one-off concert provided the answer, as for the sixth time at the Veltins Arena, 65,000 fans flocked to the ‘PUR & Friends’ concert. This gave them the chance not only […]