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...
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...
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...
Two of the most successful German Twitch streamers, Trymacs and MckyTV, met recently – not for an esports event, but for a real boxing match. Believing in the motto ‘the more, the merrier’, the two brought in four more Twitch colleagues, who also tested their strength in two preliminary fights. Moderator Steven Gätjen hosted the evening, while the spectacle was rounded off with a live music...
Since the end of 2020, PRG, along with its subsidiary Cinegate, has been running the Virtual Production Studio-xR in Hamburg, a facility that specializes in digital events of all kinds. Across 360m² of pure studio space, company events, as well as film and music video shoots, advertisements, and live-streamed concerts (e.g. Wacken World Wide), can be realized in a virtual environment. In order to...
One of the most successful, if at times controversial rap/rock stars, Post Malone has shown on his current world tour his total command of arena stages as a solo performer. But the multi-platinum artist has been assisted in no small part by his lighting designer Ben Dalgleish. The LD showed his creative skill six months […] The post GLP Bars And Hybrid Strobes Post High Impact On World Tour...
Los Angeles-based Elation Professional’s home team Rams might not have come out victorious in Super Bowl LIII but the company was a winner nonetheless as its new Rayzor 760™ LED wash/beam light played an integral role on the American football championship’s celebrated halftime show. Held February 3rd at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and broadcast live on CBS, the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show...
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...
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 […]
Vastly experienced LD, Cosmo Wilson, has been lighting Aerosmith’s shows since 2012, working within a genre with which he is entirely familiar. Having provided stage lighting for many of the world’s most famous rock bands over three decades his pedigree is unparalleled. Thus, when Aerosmith announced their Aero-Vederci Baby farewell tour, he was once again […]