Dakota Theater, one of The Hague’s eight cultural anchors and a vibrant artistic hub of the Dutch city, has taken a significant step into the future with the installation of a cutting-edge LED lighting system by Elation.
Emilia Mernes made her mark in Madrid by becoming the first international female artist to perform three consecutive concerts at the Movistar Arena as part of the same tour.
The Rock For People music festival celebrated its 30th anniversary in grand style with an impressive five-day event. It featured a lineup of top-tier artists and an expanded capacity for 50,000 people, successfully bringing together a fully engaged audience at the Park 360 venue in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
The emblematic cultural venue Torrezabal Kultur Etxea (TKE) has strengthened its commitment to technical excellence with the comprehensive renovation of its sound system, entrusting the project to the Galdakao-based integrator, Cinetronica.
The song What Love Is was what catapulted Zimmer90 — made up of Joscha Becker (vocals and keyboards) and Finn Gronemeyer (bass and keyboards) — to international success two years ago. This track became the soundtrack to millions of recap videos on social media and lent its name to the EP that the talented duo released in 2025.
Grote Kerk (Big Church) in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands was the unlikely venue for two recent dance parties hosted by ABNØRMAAL Events. The team from production company RJ Showequipment overcame significant challenges – including complex logistics and a tight budget – to deliver impressive production for the event.
Crystal Palace Park became the epicenter of a sonic revolution as Polygon Live LDN delivered the UK's largest outdoor 360° immersive sound festival from 2nd – 4th May 2025.
Ok, so bigger isn't necessarily better every time, but there are those occasions when a massive rig can transform a stage in unimaginable ways, especially when it's designed and controlled with the artistry and precision that designer Jimmy Yeret demonstrated recently at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Seville came alive with a historic night. Manuel Carrasco kicked off his highly anticipated Tour Salvaje 2025 in a packed La Cartuja Stadium that sold out in record time, delivering a show that will remain etched in the memory of the more than 70,000 attendees.
As the lighting designer for the multi-platinum Grammy winners Diamond Rio, Willis Underhill has run his dynamic lightshows in a variety of venues from arenas and music halls to festivals. But it's doubtful that any have been quite like the site of his most recent setting when he lit the band's show at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Singapore-based Stage 4 AV, a busy rental and technical production supplier working primarily in the high-end corporate, social and lifestyle sectors, has recently invested in Astera QuikSpot wireless LED spotlights, with the purchase of 24 fixtures from Singapore distributor, Total Solution Marketing.
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.
INFiLED technology helped transform Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Park into an immersive AV spectacle for the inaugural OFFLIMITS Music Festival.
Tim Routledge became one of the first production designers to specify GLP’s new versatile and supercharged Creos – part of a cornucopia of lighting that animated Florian Wieder’s coruscating set design at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Basel.
The municipality of Vallehermoso, on the island of La Gomera, came alive once again with the long-awaited 2025 Lustral Festivities. Over more than two months, this historic event combined tradition, culture, and entertainment with a first-class technical staging.
Go online to any of the many websites that monitor how the English language is used (or abused), and you’ll invariably find “extravaganza” listed somewhere on the tally of the world’s most over-done words. And while the term might be bandied about a bit too often in our age of exaggeration, it works quite nicely when describing, the ever-popular Queen Extravaganza.
The d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker systems have been selected for the audio installation at Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse, one of the most visited locations in Ireland.
