When 50 Cent set a six-date residency at Planet Hollywood’s PH Live auditorium in Las Vegas during the festive season – including a memorable New Year’s Eve show that ended at midnight – he set out to create a retro party atmosphere under the banner of In Da Club featuring his many hits. Assisting him was a top creative team that included experienced lighting designer Nate Files. With a project...
When it came to lighting a recent one-off show for Everything Always Forever (the collaboration between John Summit and Dom Dolla), designer Marcus Jessup needed to look little further than the GLP portfolio for his creative solutions. The show at the 20,000-capacity Gorge Amphitheatre, an outside concert venue in Washington state, unleashed an abundance of creative energy in this large-scale...
On his current Cronicles tour, the German rapper Cro has not only been looking back on his musical history but also taking a look into the future. None other than Roland Greil designed the lighting for the show – and in so doing, gave GLP’s brand new LED FatBeam fixture, MAD MAXX, its tour premiere. The recently introduced MAD MAXX is the first LED-based spotlight comparable to 3kW and 7kW xenon...
When the highly anticipated stage version of the blockbuster film The Devil Wears Prada debuted in Chicago in the summer of 2022, it was to mixed reviews. By the time it arrived in London’s West End at the end of 2024 it was with an entirely fresh production, including a new creative team and an original score from Elton John. Paule Constable, who lit the show in Chicago, had praised GLP’s then...
With an enlarged booth, innovative new products and a sustainable trade fair presence, GLP began a promising year at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 show in Barcelona. The world’s leading trade fair for AV and system integration, which was again extremely well attended this year, was an unqualified success for the German manufacturer. With a booth that was significantly larger than last...
GLP reported its best PLASA Show footfall for a number of years. According to the head of GLP UK, Simon Barrett, this was partly because of its unmissable stand – immediately inside the entrance – but also because it placed a clear focus on promoting the new impression X5 product family integration – and the quality and integrity of light emanating from its new color engine. But equal focus was...
Geodis Park, home of Nashville Soccer Club, staged its first ever concert recently, hosting Shania Twain’s one-off Queen of Me stadium show. The concert was lit by André Petrus, well known as an experienced programmer, to add dimension to a concept conceived by creative producer and production designer Cory FitzGerald, of Silent House Productions. To create a fully immersive experience for the...
The Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) was dressed for a special occasion recently for the farewell concert party for Hertzainak, spread over two nights. Hertzainak was a leading light in the movement known as ‘Basque radical rock’. Their first records combined the provocation of punk with the dance rhythms of reggae and ska, maintaining the political situation in the Basque Country as the context of...
Flamboyant Slovakian violinist Filip Jančík has a unique way of presenting his concerts, delivering inspired interpretations of a repertoire of TV/movie soundtracks and popular songs. This has led to him touring over 25 countries across the globe during his career. In recent years, however, he has performed mostly in his native country. Promoting his own shows, and surrounded by a dedicated...
In the early summer of 2023 Herbert Grönemeyer was persuaded to return to Germany’s arenas, having released his latest (and 17th) album Das ist los back in March. Much can be said about this man: his distinctive voice, his emotional, always fundamentally optimistic lyrics, his social commitment. Whoever attends Grönemeyer’s concerts quickly realizes they … Continue reading "More Than 220 GLP...