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17 November 2025

UK - Holotronica, the Bristol-based holographic effects specialist, is set to celebrate the opening of its new studios at Church House in the village of Long Ashton. The restored stone building, originally constructed in 1907, will serve as both a large, revitalised event space and as a creative hub with office/studios available to rent on the lower ground floor.

The new facility includes a large hall and stage designed for showcasing Holotronica’s Hologauze products, as well as a dedicated research and development studio for their holographic FX systems.

The grand opening will take place on 6 December for locals to see live demonstrations of Holotronica’s holographic technology. Lady Emily Smythe, who was responsible for building Church House, will ‘magically come alive again from her oil painted portrait and walk onstage’ to welcome guests

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17 November 2025

USA - Garbage have just concluded their 37-city Happy Endings tour with lighting design by Emmanuelle Gigi Pedron. “With Garbage, the music swings from gritty to cinematic in a heartbeat,” said Pedron. “I am busking the show, so I get to ride those mood swings in real time - it’s chaos and control, just like the band.”

Helping Pedron on this journey is an all Chauvet Professional rig supplied by Christie Lites. To accent the dramatic quality of the show, she follows a “lighting 101” principle of playing with intensity levels, moving starkly from bold brightness to more shadowy looks.

Pedron also uses a backdrop curtain made of aluminium chains to add to the kinetic feel of the show. “The backdrop moves nicely,” she said. “It moves with breeze from the fans and shimmers. I love how it catches light in unpredictable ways -

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17 November 2025

USA - Bandit Lites provided lighting for the latest Papa Roach tour, collaborating once again with lighting designer Mathius ‘Mathes’ Kuhn to bring the band’s energy to life on stage.

“Working with Bandit is always great,” shared Kuhn. “The gear is very well maintained, the prep is unmatched, and the crew is top notch. I also like working together with the Client Reps on fitting the design into a budget and giving the band the best bang for the buck.”

Kuhn praised the synergy between his design vision and Bandit’s experienced team: “It’s always great to have a team of touring-experienced client reps, project managers, and shop personnel that can look at my production design drawings and translate that to something tour friendly.”

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17 November 2025

UK - The birthplace of Queen Elizabeth II and named in honour of the young Queen’s childhood nickname, Lilibet’s, at No.17 Bruton Street in London, features ‘a refined menu of seafood and an equally elegant interior’.

Tateside were responsible for the design and implementation of a complete background audio system based on K-array’s Vyper family of loudspeakers. Lilibet’s is just one of more than a dozen high-end hospitality spaces in this neighbourhood that trust in K-array’s audio solutions.

“Working in collaboration with the consultant and local distributors 2BHeard, the scope was to design and install an elegant, yet discreet, distributed background audio system that would respect the prestigious nature of the venue,” says Joby Morris, project manager at Tateside. “The design did not require high SPL DJ playback, like somethin

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14 November 2025

USA - Fashion giants Hugo BOSS launched their premier men’s fragrance BOSS Bottle Beyond at an event staged at the Empire State Building. The highlight of the event was a live performance by Colombian singer/rapper and Hugo BOSS brand ambassador Maluma from atop the building’s 90th floor platform – the first time such a performance has ever been attempted.

To ensure “impeccable live audio” for Maluma, as well as the event’s 600 attendees and fans watching on the livestream around the world, an audio production team from Clair Global utilised Sound Devices Astral Wireless.

Although other artists have filmed videos and performances on top of the Empire State Building in the past, this was the first to be done completely live for an audience and supported by a worldwide livestream. “There were so many aspects of it that made it special –

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14 November 2025

Tunisia - For more than half a century the Hammamet International Festival has taken place at the coastal town’s theatre overlooking the sea, designed in the Neo-Greek style and widely considered to be ‘one of the most beautiful open-air venues on the Mediterranean’.

In its 59th year, the 2025 edition of the festival attracted up to 1,100 people each night proving as successful as ever thanks to the combined passion and energy of the artists, organisers, technicians and a loyal audience that returns year after year to enjoy a varied programme of music, theatre and dance.

Also returning to the festival each year is Tunis-based event services company Sybel, bringing more than 30 years of live sound experience along with a Nexo sound system to provide consistent audience coverage for every type of performance.

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14 November 2025

Germany - For decades, Das Fest in Karlsruhe has ranked among southern Germany’s largest open-air events, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each July to the city. The 2025 edition took place from 24 to 27 July and, despite variable weather, attracted more than 243,000 festivalgoers. Including the pre-event, Das Fest am See, the total attendance climbed beyond 268,000.

The line-up featured national and international acts including 01099, Amy Macdonald, Clueso, Faithless, Grossstadtgeflüster, Max Giesinger & Friends, and Zoe Wees.

Crystal Sound has been involved with Das Fest since its earliest days. “We’ve been looking after Das Fest virtually since the beginning,” recalls Jonas Goldschmidt, event technology specialist at Crystal Sound. “Today, we are responsible for audio, lighting, rigging a

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14 November 2025

UK - In the summer of 2025, the Matterley Estate in the South Downs National Park near Winchester was transformed into a fictional city with eight themed districts, over 50 hidden venues and 12 main stages. The Boomtown Festival once again impressed this year with its combination of music, theatre and visual art.

The stage and lighting designs always make a major contribution to the magic of Boomtown. The British event technology service provider GLS Lighting was once again responsible for the realisation on several main stages this year – with a focus on lights from Cameo.

For the Grand Central Stage, account and project manager Wil Gregory created a setup that could be harmoniously integrated into the spectacular stage architecture with its handmade backdrops by the London design studio Brutal. “We wanted to optimise the set design of

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14 November 2025

USA - Bethlehem Baptist Church, located in Greensburg, Kentucky, is a small, rural Christian congregation in a community where faith and tradition hold deep significance. A modest, brick building with a steeple, its interior is reflective of a traditional Baptist style, with pews arranged in rows facing the pulpit. Although open and airy, the parishioners struggled to hear and understand the sermon at times. Amplifiers from LEA Professional were the chosen solution to increase headroom during musical worship and provide better intelligibility for spoken liturgy.

Church staff contacted Alex Peake, a project manager at JCA Media, to design a new audio system for the sanctuary. He recommended the Connect Series to meet the church's goal of high intelligibility.

“Most amplifiers are being commoditised and sold at almost the same price,” said Alex Pea

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14 November 2025

USA - A compact yet effective lighting rig, comprised exclusively of ADJ fixtures, was deployed for a hometown performance by techno DJ Stacey Pullen. Taking place on the patio outside Detroit’s TV Lounge nightclub, Pullen played a mammoth ‘open to close’ DJ set with dancefloor illumination provided by ADJ Jolt Bar FXIP, Vizi Beam 12RX and Vizi Wash Z19 fixtures.

The longest running nightclub in Detroit, TV Lounge is the spiritual home of electronic music in Motor City. Throughout the summer, the venue’s indoor space is occasionally augmented for special events by transforming its patio into an open-air dance floor with the city skyline providing an impressive backdrop.

The task of carrying out this transformation from a technical perspective falls to ART Visuals, the recently formed lighting arm of well-established Detroit audio production a

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14 November 2025

UK - STLS was commissioned by Epsom & Ewell Borough Council along with The Epsom Playhouse, a much-loved theatre in Surrey, to modernise its house lighting system, upgrade the existing dimmer room, and install new lighting fixtures across the auditorium. The project aimed to improve lighting quality and energy efficiency, and create a cleaner, more integrated control environment that would serve the venue for years to come.

The scope of work included the design, supply, installation, programming, and testing of a complete new lighting and control system. The goal was to deliver a modern, flexible, and efficient setup that met the demands of both day-to-day operations and high-profile live performances, all while respecting the character and functionality of the venue.

The installation came with several logistical challenges. The venue is only clo

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14 November 2025

USA - The historic Soldiers and Sailors auditorium in downtown Chattanooga hosted Black Jacket Symphony’s The Era of Yacht Rock Tour. LD Gable Larramore used the Chauvet Professional Rogue and Colorado fixtures in his rig to create a summer-by-the-sea look on stage – albeit 300 miles inland.

“This being the Yacht Rock tour, I made a ton of gradient sunset and water-coloured scenes to sell the vibe 100-percent,” said Larramore. “The main goal was to accent the music tastefully, while still being engaging and exciting. At the same time, I wanted to ensure that every one of the 14 band members was lit properly.”

Helping Larramore conjure up the captivating colours in his show, including his immersive monochromatic panoramas, were his rig’s 24 Colorado Batten Q15 fixtures, which like the rest of the lights are owned by the

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13 November 2025

South America - Linkin Park has sold over 100m records worldwide, and after a seven-year break from recording and touring, a new line-up drove the band’s eighth studio album From Zero into a stadium-filling show with audio design, reinforcement, and global support from Sound Image.

"The most important aspect of our production, regarding this artist, is the quality of their audio, and that's why we chose our vendor," begins Joe Skarzynski, Linkin Park's production manager. No stranger to this camp, or advocating for Sound Image's service, Joe has moved up through the ranks to help take the reins in the band's new chapter as part of a production leadership team comprising Linkin Park’s longtime road collaborator, tour director Jim Digby, assistant tour director Fiona Booth, and production coordinator Tori Merrick.

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13 November 2025

UK - The newly restored Soho Theatre Walthamstow has opened its doors with a JBL VTX A Series sound system, marking the culmination of a journey from dereliction to world-class entertainment venue. The 960-seat theatre, housed in the restored 1930s former Granada Cinema, represents one of London's most significant cultural restoration projects.

Soho Theatre Walthamstow occupies a building steeped in entertainment history. Originally opened in 1930 as the Granada Cinema, the venue was designed by architect Cecil Masey with Moorish-influenced interiors by Theodore Komisarjevsky, inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Granada. During its golden era from the 1950s to 1970s, the venue hosted performers including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Roy Orbison, and Duke Ellington.

After closing as a cinema in 2003, the Grade II* listed building

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13 November 2025

Germany - Vilco is a modern convention centre located north of Frankfurt in Bad Vilbel. Since opening in 2023, the versatile space has become a cultural hub for the local area, hosting events of all sizes from live music, theatre and classical concerts to lectures and conferences.

At the heart of Vilco is the Great Hall, which seats up to 1,200 people. The multipurpose space can be divided into three smaller halls for different event formats and comes equipped with a retractable stage, mobile and divisible grandstand, and an orchestra shell. For integrator AVEO GmbH, the task was to implement a variable acoustics system for classical concerts that could adapt instantly to varied genres while consistently delivering concert-hall quality acoustics, without the need for complex manual or architectural adjustments.

To meet this challenge, 64 Renkus-Heinz

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13 November 2025

UK - Butlin’s recently commissioned advance sound system upgrades at its facilities in Skegness and Bognor Regis.

Since Butlin’s entertainment mix now extends far beyond its origins as a ‘holiday camp’ destination - today ranging from Big Weekenders to conferences and events - head of technical entertainment, Andrew Sugg, recognised that its development should be matched with professional audio. He turned to his regular contractor, Robin Shephard-Blandy of Illuminate Design for advice. The outcome was an advanced and scalable Martin Audio Wavefront Precision WPC line array in each of its 1200-plus capacity Centre Stage venues.

Butlin’s are no strangers to the British loudspeaker brand. “We’ve been using Martin Audio systems for probably 20-plus years,” says Sugg. Certainly the old sound system at Centre Stage

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12 November 2025

The Netherlands - Leeuwarden cultural venue Neushoorn is set to enter a new era of live sound with the installation of a fully immersive spatial audio system - the first of its kind in a Dutch pop venue.

The project, which is funded by Cultuurloket DigitALL, brings together Neushoorn, More AV, Funktion-One and Holophonix in a special collaboration that combines loudspeaker design with spatial audio technology.

Cultuurloket DigitALL supports the development of digital technologies in the cultural sector. The Neushoorn project is the first and only audio-based initiative to receive such backing in the Netherlands.

At the heart of the installation is a Funktion-One loudspeaker system - controlled by Holophonix’s spatial audio engine - which enables engineers and artists to locate and move sounds dynamically throughout the room, creating an imm

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12 November 2025

UK - Fisher Productions is marking its third consecutive year as official production partner for the Ever After Garden. This captivating winter installation, featuring over 30,000 illuminated white roses, will be held in a new location this year, Duke of York Square, in the heart of Chelsea.

Each year, the Ever After Garden provides a tranquil haven where visitors of all ages can remember treasured friends and family they have lost. You are invited to dedicate a rose in memory of a loved one, whilst making a donation to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

Since its launch, the installation has become a cherished London tradition - uniting visitors in reflection and remembrance. It has raised over £1.2m since its launch in 2019, enabling The Royal Marsden Cancer Cha

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12 November 2025

Estonia - Rakvere Theatre opened in 1940 and offers a lively repertoire of classic, contemporary and experimental works from around the world, including from Estonia’s authors and playwrights.

In the last year, the theatre has invested significantly in new Robe LED moving lights, as part of a drive by the Estonian Ministry of Culture to encourage venues to replace their conventional lighting inventories with newer and more sustainable options.

This is an initiative involving 10 major Estonian theatres, of which Rakvere received the largest number of new fixtures, with 50 x Robe T1 Profiles, 27 x T2 Profiles, 69 x Spiider wash beams, 75 x LEDBeam 350s, 14 x ParFect 150 RGBWs, 16 x Tetra2s, 12 x TetraXs, 36 x T11 Profiles with drop in gobo and iris modules, and six Footsie2 Slim footlight units.

They also invested in two Robe RoboSpot systems

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12 November 2025

France - Tribal Sound deployed Europe’s largest ever X-Line Advance X2 system for the recent 15th anniversary celebrations at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier. Designed using Preview loudspeaker software and comprising 60 tops and 24 subs, the Electro-Voice system was powered by 19 Dante-networked Dynacord TGX series amplifiers and managed via Sonicue sound system software for a night of electronic music from an all-French lineup.

Sud de France Arena is a cavernous space, with a seating capacity of around 14,000. To do justice to the all-electronic music lineup, the venue needed a powerful PA that could provide the musicality and energy to every corner of the space.

“We built the system by using EV’s Preview software, and saw that to cover the whole venue properly we would need to dry hire some more X2 and subs from another local rental c

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11 November 2025

UK - In the Traitors Live Immersive Experience in Covent Garden, guests step into the world of the hit TV gameshow The Traitors, completing missions, navigating mind games at the famous Roundtable, and testing their strategy in a battle of deceit and loyalty.

Lighting designer Elliot Griggs was appointed to bring the tension, drama, and theatricality of the TV show into a fully immersive live environment. He approached White Light (WL) to supply the lighting fixtures. “We wanted to bottle the tension and drama that everyone loves from the TV show and boil it down into the live experience,” explains Elliot. “We couldn’t exactly rebuild Ardross Castle in Covent Garden, but we could take plenty of design cues to give as much of the iconic look and feel as we could.”

Lighting plays a pivotal role in shaping the experience, gui

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11 November 2025

USA - Lionel Richie just completed his latest residency at The Wynn’s Encore Theatre in Las Vegas where Crossfade Design created a dynamic screen surround for the stage with 48 ultra-compact, laser-source Ayrton Kyalami fixtures.

The singer-songwriter plays several two-week runs annually in his Wynn residencies, a schedule which will continue in 2026. Eric Wade, one of the partners and a senior designer with Crossfade Design, has had a two-decade relationship with Richie and served as the lighting designer for his Wynn 2025 residency partnering with Richie’s creative director Brian Burke to deliver the production.

For this year’s Lionel Richie – King of Hearts show, Wade redesigned the 40ft LED videowall which acted as a backdrop for the singer. “We got rid of the overhead truss and with a U-shaped truss and floor package we surrou

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11 November 2025

UK - The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, has recently installed a Wharfedale Pro WLA-1A System as part of a new audio upgrade. The project was delivered in partnership with Stage Concepts, following a successful on-site demonstration of the WLA-1A System in November 2024.

Part of Royal Museums Greenwich, the National Maritime Museum is one of the world’s leading centres for maritime history and heritage, hosting a wide range of public and corporate events across its historic site.

Following the demonstration, the museum’s team agreed that the WLA-1A System was the right fit for their requirements. The final installation includes14 × WLA-112A / WLA-115A, two WLA-121SUBA and eight WLA-1 Common Fly Frame.

Brett Newton, product specialist at Stage Concepts, comments: “The WLA-1A System from Wharfedale Pro is an exceptional c

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11 November 2025

UAE - Ushuaïa Dubai opened its doors in October 2024, bringing the spirit of Ibiza to the Middle East. The open-air venue at Dubai Harbour launched with a headline performance from Calvin Harris and has established itself as a nightlife destination, hosting a steady stream of global names.

The backbone of the venue’s demanding audio infrastructure is powered by Van Damme cabling, supplied by regional distributor NMK Electronics and installed by SLS Production. “Ushuaia Dubai is a high-profile project with complex technical requirements, so reliability and performance were critical. Van Damme Cabling ensured that the system would perform flawlessly under pressure,” said Praveen Jayakumar, Associate technical director at SLS Production.

A significant quantity of Van Damme Black Series Tour Grade Multicore Speaker Cable and Van Damme VDM PA-CONS