Internationally successful techno icon Paul Kalkbrenner returned to Berlin’s Wuhlheide in June with two sold-out open-air shows. Berlin-based TSE AG handled the entire technical implementation of the live spectacle – including sound, lighting, video and rigging. The show’s lighting design was created by Kalkbrenner’s LD, Tom Webber, and 1314 Productions GmbH. GLP brings structure and atmosphere to...
Choosing the Glastonbury Festival for their only live performance of the year, Friday headline band The 1975 relied heavily on their long-standing production designer Tobias Rylander and his team, to bring something special out of the iconic Pyramid stage by way of high-octane visual impact. Matty Healy (L) lead singer of British band The 1975 performs on the Pyramid stage during the third day of...
At the beginning of 2025, Patrick Rabus was tasked with handling the production design for a tour by Tim Kamrad, a young pop artist who is increasingly attracting attention with his electronic sounds and strong stage presence. For almost the first month, Kamrad toured medium-sized venues in Germany. “The venues were deliberately kept intimate, but Tim’s presence has grown considerably since then –...
For Wincent Weiss’s arena tour in March 2025, the renowned design studio ST. ROBO developed a fully integrated show design – including set, lighting and content, as well as IMAG and creative direction. The design concept and implementation were developed in close collaboration within an interdisciplinary team dedicated to developing a new visual language for the artist. The focus was on emotional...
Pitbull, the Grammy Award-winning American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur, recently wowed audiences at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort hotel, picking up incredible reviews. The task of adapting his recent Party After Dark tour for a show renamed Vegas After Dark fell to his long-term creatives, production manager Victor Martinez and creative director Yamil Charif (of YC3 Design). Charif...
The 60th edition of the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) saw a return to the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas – hosted by country legend Reba McEntire for the 18th time. Co-lighting designers Michael Berger and Travis Hagenbuch both have a long association with the event, starting out as interns many years ago. “It’s been a nice full-circle experience working with Travis in this...
GLP fielded its large ever deployment of fixtures at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival for the recent 2025 event – including all its latest in-demand touring products. The massive global event has been staged successfully across two weekends since 1999 at its Empire Polo Club location in the Californian desert, close to Palm Springs. Various stages – including the main stage and Sahara tent...
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...
Following the overwhelming success of its new product showcase at LDI in Las Vegas a few months earlier, GLP will bring the best from this next-generation portfolio to the Fira Barcelona Gran Via for the benefit of global visitors to ISE 2024. Occupying booth 1D550 (in Hall 1) at the four-day expo, the company has noted the significant crossover in visitor profile, as the installation community –...
Between December 3-5, the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center will again be transformed into the center of the live events industry. GLP – German Light Products will showcase its innovative portfolio in a future-oriented design, on stand #194. The company invites trade fair visitors to climb aboard its all-white ‘GLP Spaceship’, which … Continue reading "Ready for the Future; GLP Promises...