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...
Back in September last year, a creative pop-up location for MINI was created for interim use in a department store in Stachus, Munich. The technical planning for the temporary project was created by NIYU GmbH, on whose behalf Roland Greil Lighting Design took over the lighting design and planning. Associate lighting designer and planner Michael Kuehbandner specified 315 GLP luminaires to provide...
Created back in 2011, the Coca-Cola Music Experience (CCME) set out to become the first Gen-Z-focused music festival, creating a strong link between the brand and teens through their passion for music. Twelve years later, it has fulfilled that aim, as the recent two-day festival, which was held at the Caja Mágica (Magic Box) in … Continue reading "More Than 300 GLP Fixtures Featured at Madrid’s...
Felix Seidel opens up the band’s musical universe with JDC1 and impression X4 Bar 20 01099 are currently one of the most successful up-and-coming rap/hip-hop acts from Germany. The quartet, who actually appear mostly in a trio formation, are perfectly geared towards today’s younger generation, hitting a nerve with their sensitive lyrics. In 2021, the … Continue reading "GLP Fills the Space for...
Experienced lighting designer Anthony Hazelden has made the journey from classic theatre to high-octane dance raves effortlessly, his generic stage lighting of yesteryear now replaced by next generation hybrid LED strobes, including GLP’s new JDC Line 1000. For a recent EDM concert within Cardiff Castle he not only provided a cutting-edge floor package for headliner Fisher, for whom he was LD, but...
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...
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...
Florence and the Machine’s grand world tour, which began late last summer in North America and subsequently spanned shows as far afield as Melbourne and London, will again prove that distance is no barrier as the festival season looms, with imminent outdoor events in Brazil and Europe. Masterminded by a largely new creative team, the lighting is based on an original concept from the highly...
In mid-2022, pop musician Alice Merton released her second studio album , S.I.D.E.S. After a few dates in the USA, she began her European tour in mid-July to promote the new work live. LD Tobias Schwietz took 12 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 with him on the trip. The idea behind the lighting and stage design was primarily about creating as tidy a look as possible, with little visible technology on the...
THG has produced a shimmering glass sculpture environment, described as a ‘kinetic pavilion’ and crafted from more than 380,000 precision-cut Bohemian crystals, at the Galaxy Macau hotel and casino in Macau. Further highlighting this centerpiece are 24 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 wash lights, all DMX controlled, which color ash the crystal dome. The expansive project was a collaborative effort...