What was billed as one of the largest music festivals in the world, out in the Saudi desert, also broke new ground for GLP, as 360 of the new JDC Lines were used by lighting designer Sam Tozer for the first time on a single stage, at the massive MDLBeast Soundstorm EDM event. Set over four days on a 120-acre site outside Riyadh, the event was graced by over 150 world-famous DJs‚ including Armin...
Essex-based rock band Nothing But Thieves recently completed a UK headline tour, with experienced LD Sam Tozer (of Vision Factory) masterminding their stage look, having been brought in to create a new style. He was working alongside lighting director Ryan Dennett and production manager Andrew Sweeney. “We wanted to create a show that matched the new art direction of the latest album,” he explains...
Joining forces with Red Nose Day and kitchen disco Isolation Nation, Glitterbox recently brought the curtain down on BBC1 Comic Relief’s main event. The online Red Nose Rave, the special after-party, further boosted the BBC1 fund-raiser. Taking place on a custom stage at the world-famous Royal Albert Hall, the venue was lit by Sam Tozer of Vision Factory, using new generation fixtures from the GLP...
Faced with their second full-scale arena tour, the mercurial Sheffield group Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) were seeking a different look and feel from their previous shows. And so Sam Tozer was approached by production manager, Rob Highcroft, and Ollie Hutch who is one of the band’s creative as well as their FOH sound engineer. […] The post BMTH Strip Back To GLP’s Minimalist Industrialism appeared...
When two members of Swedish House Mafia – Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso – played a one-off show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco recently, it was seen by fans as a precursor for a band reunion (along with third member Steve Angello) in 2019. Charged with maintaining dynamic visuals, with spectacular effects […] The post GLP Fixtures Work To The Max For Axwell & Ingrosso...
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...
An abundance of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20’s left the VER hire fleet for a very important event at the O2 Arena recently. They were commandeered by London-based lighting designer Sam Tozer (of Vision Factory) for a special grime event, when the Boy Better Know (BBK) collective, led by Jme and Skepta, took over the […]