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26 August 2025

Europe - Nothing More, known for their intense, high-energy performances and innovative stage presence, have just wrapped up a successful European festival circuit, where they played in front of hundreds of thousands of fans in 15 cities across nine countries, including the Download Festival in Castle Donington, United Kingdom and Rock am Ring in Nürburg, Germany.

Drummer Ben Anderson uses the Audix D6, D4, MicroD, SCX25A, i5, ADX51, and f9 microphones exclusively for these demanding live performances and his intricate studio recordings. He finds them “spot on” and “unstoppable,” especially in a rock setting.

Anderson’s preferred Audix setup is meticulously chosen to capture his powerful drum sound. He relies on the Audix D6, as his “go to kick drum mic”, noting “it's unstoppable, especially for rock.” He position

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22 August 2025

UK - Each summer, the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade transforms into one of the most extraordinary performance spaces in the world. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo brings together massed military bands, cultural troupes, dancers, and special guest artists before a live audience of over 8,000 each night and a broadcast audience of millions. The spectacle is vast in scale and is both visually and musically striking, and one of the most technically complex audio challenges in live events.

For the third consecutive year, the Tattoo entrusted Auditoria to deliver the sound design for the show. Returning in 2025, the team built on two years of refinement, working closely with the production and music teams to ensure audiences experienced every note as it was intended.

Movement is one of the Tattoo's greatest strengths, but it is also its biggest c

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22 August 2025

UK - On 5 July, 17 days before Ozzy Osbourne passed away, Ozzy and Black Sabbath band mates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward gave the world the band’s last live performance at Birmingham’s Villa Park Stadium, alongside a star-studded line-up for the band’s retirement gig Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning.

Over the years, Clair Global has worked with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, helping to provide engineers with the tools needed to bring the prominent sounds of rock royalty to live audiences. So, when Back to the Beginning production director, Jake Berry, asked Clair Global if Ozzy’s vision to play a final show – where it all started in Aston, Birmingham, in 1968 – would be possible as a mutli-band live stream, the answer was always going to be ‘yes’.

Paying homage and supporting Black Sabbath and Ozzy O

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22 August 2025

USA - Sir Tom Jones returned to the road with a new production that blends powerful video content with a bold, versatile lighting design, supplied by Bandit Lites. Under the vision of lighting designer Mark Cunniffe, the rig showcases both technical precision and artistic flair, seamlessly enhancing Jones’s dynamic performances.

Cunniffe’s design centred around creating a cohesive integration between lighting and video, making the visuals feel like a natural extension of the artist’s storytelling. Rather than traditional left-and-right IMAG, the video content served as the backbone of the production, with carefully programmed lighting weaving between video columns to complement the immersive atmosphere.

“I have always been a fan of the Claypaky B-Eye,” shared Cunniffe. “It is a very versatile unit and when used in full pixel mode it can c

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22 August 2025

USA - A world-premiere modern adaptation of Hamlet recently wrapped at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles. Adapted and directed by Robert O’Hara, this modern take on Shakespeare’s classic tragedy blended video, new scenes and characters, and a film noir aesthetic with lighting design by Tony Award nominee Lap Chi Chu. To help realise the show’s visual concept, Chu turned to Elation’s award-winning Paragon LED framing profile moving head.

Running from 28 May through 6 July, the production was boldly imaginative and anything but traditional. “The show was an adaptation that caught the spirit of Hamlet,” Chu commented. “It was a fun production, but very different.”

With a younger audience in mind, the creative team leaned into a stylised visual approach, and lighting played a central role.

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22 August 2025

Saudi Arabia - 62,000 people witnessed the King’s Cup Final 2025 at King Abdullah Sport City in Jeddah, where Claypaky Skylos fixtures delivered piercing beam effects.

A sea of light and colour enveloped the sold-out stadium in a visual spectacle created by SLS Production, which provided 498 lighting fixtures, including 44 Claypaky Skylos. 

Lighting was woven into a cohesive visual narrative that guided the audience through pre-match anticipation, the immersive half-time show, and the climactic emotion of the trophy lift ceremony. The event underscored Saudi Arabia’s rising prowess in large-scale live entertainment production and set a high bar for future sporting celebrations.

The Skylos fixtures featured prominently across all the segments of the King’s Cup Final. “They served as bold visual accents – beam eye candy –

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22 August 2025

Spain - PPDS has announced the installation of a Philips Urban LED wall at FC Barcelona’s Ciutat Esportiva training campus.

Together with FC Barcelona’s commitment to installing advanced and sustainable technologies in its new Spotify Camp Nou stadium – for which Philips Professional Displays is the official digital display supplier – the club also prides itself on developing and implementing the latest training methods and innovations, with an ever-growing emphasis on technology to help stay on top.

Ahead of the 2025/2026 La Liga season, FC Barcelona sought new opportunities to upgrade Pitch 1, with the introduction of a state-of-the-art display system to bring new visual capabilities and detailed analysis to the touchline for both coaching and playing staff. Now known as Camp Tito Vilanova, Pitch 1 is the first team’s official training ar

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21 August 2025

USA - Perched 27 floors above Manhattan in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, Starchild Rooftop is the latest addition to New York’s premium nightlife scene and a standout example of what happens when high-concept design meets world-class audio.

Operated by Carver Road Hospitality, the venue crowns the Civilian Hotel with a retractable glass rooftop, luxurious indoor lounge and sweeping views of Midtown and the Hudson River. To complete the sensory experience, Carver Road Hospitality partnered with long-time collaborators Sound Investment to design and install a Funktion-One sound system tailored to the venue’s versatility.

With a capacity of approximately 150 guests, Starchild Rooftop offers an intimate, high-energy setting that transitions effortlessly between relaxed early evenings and vibrant late nights. Its upscale, modern aesthetic blends velv

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21 August 2025

UK - Christie 1DLP laser projectors are delivering vivid, immersive visuals at Ghostly Manor, a new dark ride at Paultons Park in Hampshire, UK. Designed and installed by Lagotronics Projects, the £3.5m attraction combines physical sets, projection mapping, and interactive gameplay to create a thrilling ghost-themed adventure. Six Christie DWU1100-GS and two DWU1400-GS laser projectors bring the haunted scenes to life with precision and brightness.

Ghostly Manor uses a new ride format, Gameplay Theatre, created by Mack Rides and Lagotronics Projects. Continuously rotating vehicles, each seating eight passengers back-to-back, reveal new environments with each turn. Guests are equipped with Phantom Phasers, onboard interactive ‘blasters’ that allow them to capture ghosts across eight different scenes. The format allows for high guest throughput in a small

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21 August 2025

UK - Based in Clapham, South London, Seven Lion Yard is a holistic health and well-being centre providing comprehensive psychological and wellbeing services to address both mind and body under one roof. The four-storey facility which opened in 2024 includes consulting and treatment rooms, and a large top floor studio.

The interior design, focused on calm, restoration, and relaxation, characterises the building, although following the centre’s opening, its team became aware of the need to combat the reverberant effects of its high ceilings and reflective surfaces. The acoustic properties of the centre’s spaces were detrimental to discreet one-on-one therapies and group activities. Determined to improve the environment, founder Madeline Jago contacted Polar to discuss a solution for the centre with the aim of significantly calming its lively acoustics. Pol

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21 August 2025

Australia - Tucked into North Lakes on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, Jungle Adventure Play Centre (JAPC) is one of Queensland’s most energetic spaces for kids to run wild – safely. For its second location the team turned once again to Brisbane Sound Group, who jumped into the challenge with the nimble yet powerful Optimal Audio ecosystem, supplied by distributor, Audio Brands.

Brisbane Sound Group had already experienced the acoustic challenges of Jungle Adventure, having previously fitted out JAPC’s first venue in Tingalpa. The centre’s team needed an audio system to support every moment – from playful chaos to peaceful cuppas. Simple to control and manage day to day, delivering great audio coverage, Optimal Audio’s ecosystem was the right choice for the noisy play environment.

As is so often the case, the AV installation was not the fir

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21 August 2025

USA - Pixel Palace Arcade and Bar, located in Round Rock, Texas, is a lively blend of nostalgia, gaming, and social interaction. Opened in October 2024, the venue features a retro-inspired atmosphere with classic arcade games, pinball machines, and a full-service bar offering 20 beers on tap, with a focus on local breweries.

Guests can enjoy a nostalgic gaming experience with favourites from the '70s to the '90s, including Skee-Ball, pinball, claw machines, and basketball hoops. Pixel Palace promotes a strong sense of community through regular tournaments, themed nights, and fundraising events. Additionally, the venue includes a basement game room showcasing timeless classics like Pong and Pitfall, providing a cosy space for gamers to unwind and connect.

Multiple video walls and individual displays feature prominently in Pixel Palace, showcasing a va

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20 August 2025

UK - Video company Universal Pixels (UP) has been right behind Oasis’ reunion since it kicked off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Two dates set the template for Oasis Live ’25, 41 performances in 13 countries across five months. 

Production manager Tony Gittins tasked UP with colouring Paul Normandale’s show design in the shape of a complete video package. Commissioned 12 months ago, UP invested in the image quality of Absen’s Venus 4.8mm LED, developing and delivering a huge upstage wall – 1,100sqm in Heaton Park - with IMAG screens 10 degrees back on either side.

Universal Pixels brought in Brompton Technology to manage the ambitious video setup, deploying 16 4K Tessera SX40 LED video processors and 34 Tessera XD 10G data distribution units, chosen for their ability to provide full redundancy, superb image quality, and colo

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20 August 2025

UK - Lighting designer Sam Tozer of Vision Factory wanted to make a big impact for singer-songwriter Sam Fender’s four UK stadium shows – collectively attended by nearly a quarter of a million fans – and for such a large undertaking, he specified 189 x Robe iForte LTX moving lights and four iBolts. The performances were part of Sam Fender’s ongoing People Watching album campaign.

The production equipment for these four shows – three at Fender’s hometown stadium of St. James’ Park, Newcastle, and one in London – was supplied by Liverpool-based Adlib (lighting, video, rigging, PA system) and Plymouth-based Nubsound (audio control).

To align with Fender’s raw and distinctively original aesthetic, Sam Tozer’s primary lighting requirement was “sheer firepower”, but applied simply in order to complement the epic cinematic a

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20 August 2025

USA - Basketball fans in Washington, D.C. get to enjoy an even more spectacular visual experience during each Washington Mystics game this season. The team’s in-game video content now features eye-catching effects generated by X-Laser projectors.

Shown on video boards at CareFirst Arena during pregame player introductions and at key moments throughout each game, the clips showcase individual Mystics players surrounded by dynamic laser beams. And to enhance the viewing experience for all fans, whether attending in person or watching at home, the team also intersperses the clips during its TV broadcasts.

“With the growth of this league and how each team has stepped up its gameday production, we wanted to have lasers add something really special to the Mystics’ visuals,” said Tayler Durantini, director of show production for Monumental Sports &a

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20 August 2025

USA - As Coachella and Stagecoach 2025 brought hundreds of thousands of fans to the California desert for three weekends, Clear-Com was behind the scenes ensuring production crews across 12 stages stayed connected. The deployment, led by Azuolas Sinkevicius of Media Stream Wave, featured Clear-Com’s latest configuration software, EHX v14, as well as FreeSpeak II beltpacks and an Eclipse Omega HX matrix frame, creating a robust communication backbone for both festival production and livestream broadcasts.

“Festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach require precise coordination between dozens of departments,” said Sinkevicius. “With so many stages, artists, and live broadcast elements in motion at once, communication is necessary to create the fun and carefree environment attendees crave. Clear-Com gave us the freedom and autonomy to keep every cue on tim

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20 August 2025

Germany - The 33rd edition of the CEV Euro Beach Volley Championships came to an end on Sunday 3 August, capping off a week of beach volleyball played at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf.

On the men’s side, winners Anders Mol and Christian Sørum are already the most successful team in European beach volleyball history, consolidating Norway as the country with the most EuroBeachVolley gold medals. For the women, Maryna Hladun and Tetiana Lazarenko’s victory came as somewhat of a surprise but reflects Ukraine’s rise in the sport over the last few years.

As usual, an exciting atmosphere surrounded the games and supplementary events, with a Nexo sound system deployed by Paderborn-based event production specialists Sound Linear playing an important role in creating a festival vibe.

“We used 12 of our Nexo P12 point s

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20 August 2025

Austria - Audio-Technica provided the entire ambience microphone system for the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach Hinterglemm. Mainz-based TV Skyline was commissioned by ORF (the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) to produce the international television sound, with the company selecting a wide variety of Audio-Technica microphone solutions for locations including the Starter’s House, the piste itself and stadium. Lavalier, shotgun and boundary microphone models were employed as necessary to capture the race atmosphere and put viewers at the heart of the action.

Chosen for their discreet design and sonic performance, BP899 subminiature omnidirectional condenser lavaliers and U851R boundary microphones were placed in the starter house to pick up highly detailed sound whilst remaining invisible. Customised wind baskets were used for the U851R to

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20 August 2025

USA - About 30 years ago, a group of students at Randolph-Macon College in Richmond VA formed a band dedicated to performing an Americana blend of folk and Celtic music. Much has happened to Carbon Leaf since then. They had some hits, including A Life Less Ordinary, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts. Their songs have been used in a soundtrack (Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey) and they’ve toured relentlessly at major festivals and venues.

Eventually, some members of the quintet resettled, moving thousands of miles away to the West Coast. But on Sunday 3 August, the band returned to their roots when they headlined Music at Maymont, a live performance series that takes place in an idyllic 100-acre greenspace in the middle of the Virginia Capital’s downtown, 15 miles from the college campus where their music

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19 August 2025

China - Yue Opera is a popular Chinese opera genre that features women in all roles. For Hangzhou Butterfly Theatre’s successful premiere of My Grand View Garden the audio team chose to invest in a DiGiCo Quantum 225, supplied by Rightway Audio Consultant (RAC) to deliver the required clarity and immersive experience.

The Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Theatre have enjoyed extraordinary success over the last decade, engaging new and younger audiences in the classic Yue Opera genre. Founded in 1984, the troupe is dedicated to modernising, innovating and raising awareness of the art-form. A key feature of the genre is articulation and pronunciation, the predominate dialect is the traditional Wu, rather than modern Mandarin, so the choice of audio equipment is very important.

The theatre utilises the Quantum 225 and an L-Acoustics L-ISA system

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19 August 2025

Singapore - When Hope Church wanted to add to its lighting stock, the church returned once again to Ayrton products, purchasing a consignment of Ayrton Eurus and Huracán Profiles to increase its existing inventory of Eurus Profile and Ghibli fixtures. 

Purchased through Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Singapore, Total Solution Marketing (TSM), Hope Church’s lights team explains why the Ayrton fixtures were their go-to choice: “We already have a great relationship with both Ayrton and TSM who have always offered excellent post-sales service and technical support, and we find Ayrton fixtures to be both highly versatile and very reliable,” they say.

“Ayrton fixtures offer precise and reliable positioning across the models we use in our church, and their fast, smooth movement, especially when triggered through position palettes, has signif

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19 August 2025

UK - The second edition of the Yungblud-curated Bludfest took place this year at Milton Keynes Bowl. With an emphasis on inclusivity and diversity both on and off the stage, the occasion proved to be another success.

Once again, Production Futures was invited to the event and enjoyed engaging with more than a thousand young people interested to find out more about potential roles in the production industries. True to the organisation’s ethos, and keen to showcase the talents of the next generation, the Production Futures brand activation area was designed, constructed, and run by two students from the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, part of Nottingham Trent University.

Abigail Skelton and Ant Ioannou are both in their second year at Confetti, and having first crossed paths with Hannah Eakins of Production Futures at an On Tour

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18 August 2025

China - On 16 and 17 May, Mariah Carey returned to Shanghai’s HongKou Football Stadium for two nights. As part of The Celebration of Mimi tour, which was an extension of her Las Vegas residency and an anniversary of her tenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi, Carey dazzled sold-out crowds with a storied setlist. These milestone shows marked the Chinese debut for a full-scale Cohesion audio system that supported both nights in Shanghai.

Jiangsu RenTian relied on local vendor Shanghai AKUS Co to provide the audio for the momentous evenings, and Shanghai AKUS partnered with AirFusion Global to secure a robust Cohesion audio system that would provide the necessary coverage, clarity, and output for the tour de force performances from the six-time Grammy Award winner.

“I always talk about how the throw of Cohesion, its density, it feel

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18 August 2025

France - At the Atlantic coastal resort of Royan, Un Violon sur le Sable (A Violin on the Sand) is a free, three-day orchestral music festival on the beach that has attracted up to 50,000 classical music lovers each day since it started in 1987.

The combined challenges of a large, particularly wide audience area and a repertoire that demands exceptional clarity and dynamic range places very specific demands on the sound reinforcement. So, production services company Atlantic Sono called as usual on Black Line Event from nearby La Couronne to deploy a Nexo STM system, which has been the main PA at the event for the previous eight years.

“STM gives us the power, headroom and articulation we need for these symphonic concerts that culminate in spectacular firework displays, and also the directivity to cover a 100m deep audience that i