Common People - The Pulp hit Common People has been voted the top Britpop anthem by listeners of BBC Radio 6 Music, beating Oasis, Blur and Suede to take the title. DJ Steve Lamacq revealed the top 30 as part of a week-long celebration to mark the 20th birthday of Britpop. More than 30,000 people voted, with The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony second and Oasis tracks Don't Look Back in Anger and Wonde
Not only that, the guest list is open to all who might wish to attend, ensuring that KOI continues to establish itself as a pan industry event. Durham Marenghi, an award-winning lighting designer in his own right and coordinator for the Knight of Illumination Awards, explains: "In just seven years KOI has established itself as a much coveted lighting and video industry award, respected for truly celebrating the art and creativity of lighting, video and show design. In fact so successful has the event been that it was recently referred to in the Guardia
New for 2014, EarPeace have produced exclusive AWF branded EarPeace earplugs and will promote the long-term hearing health of fans via these custom earplugs. 50% of all profit from sales will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports and runs various projects that aim to support the personal development of disadvantaged young people through music.
"Amy was an exceptional talent and the Foundation has worked hard to not only keep her music and spirit alive, but to also help young people. We are honoured to be supporting such a worthy cause and look forward to educating fans on the importance of protecting their hearing,"
Whilst they prepared themselves for their first real taste of popstar life, the team at Production North were making preparations for rehearsals at LS-Live in Wakefield.
The Leeds-based concert tour and event production company is a long-term client of LS-Live's and has used the facility for the X Factor Live Tour rehearsals for many consecutive years.
Said LS-Live's Bullet, "We've had a longstanding relationship with Ian Whitehead at Production North and he knows that we will do our best to accommodate anything they need on site."
Production North booked the 17,664 sq ft arena rehearsal space from 8-13 February, in addition to five of the en-suite bedrooms on the top
The band are one of the highest-grossing rock acts of all time, selling more than 200m albums. A message on the band's website confirmed that Young would be taking a break after "forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC", but did not reveal details of his illness.
On Tape - One in 10 young people has bought a music cassette tape in the last month, a new survey done to coincide with Record Store Day suggests. The research suggests that physical formats are still more popular than digital downloads. In t
Chris Toulmin, director of PLASA Events, comments, "We're looking forward to welcoming exhibitors and visitors to both exhibition halls, as well as to the extensive seminar programme. The show is known for its vibrant atmosphere and with such a strong line-up of exhibitors, showcasing so many innovative products, we're certain that legacy will continue."
On Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April, The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK will come alive with the latest audio, lighting, video and rigging technologies. With the sho
Over 50 different sheet steel modules for various connectors and many connector modules with quick connection technology for AF, AES/EBU, DMX and network signals may be used in all models of the line.
"No more drilling or milling, no more expensive custom-made articles, never again long and unpredictable delivery times - these are the customer statements on our Sysboxx system", says Peter Rieck, key account & distribution manager with Sommer Cable. "And the user can also draw on a co
Neil Austin; Gregg Barnes; Ken Billington; Paule Constable; Rick Fisher; Wendall Harrington; Howard Harrison; Don Holder; David Korins; Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen; Ken Posner; Jennifer Tipton; and Hugh Vanstone have all put their name behind the one day in the year when our industry gets together to raise money for Light Relief in the UK and Behind The Scenes in North America.
To date Light Relief has awarded more than £60,000 in grants to help lighting professionals and their families, while Behind the Scenes has issued over $450,000 in grants to professionals working in all disciplines. And calls for our assistance are increasing on a daily basis. Without your support, our work would not be possible.
By Design Da
The company's highly experienced Project Managers can handle all aspects of a project and have a diverse portfolio of previous client examples ranging from theatres to nightclubs and bars, restaurants, schools, houses of worship, cruise ships and live performance venues.
With access to over 200 leading brands, ACSP can cater for any size of installation from a simple six circuit lighting bar with dimming and control, to a full blown multi-media theatre system.
Staff will be happy to discuss th
Visitors to the entertainment technology show will have the opportunity to receive a full introduction to the sophisticated near-real time logging system, which allows venues and distributors to accurately measure consumption of electricity, water and gas. Live data can be accessed securely over the internet, including via an optimised iOS web interface.
With customisable alerts available by SMS and email to building or facilities managers to highlight excess usage, anecdotal savings of at least 10% are easily achievable, while the easy-to-use software can readily provide reports, grouping consumption by building, use-type (e.g. 'all front-of-house lightin
"These certification awards mean a great deal to us," says Barclay Dakers, who leads the integrated management team at Black Light. "They prove that we have the systems in place to deliver internationally-recognised levels of management in the areas covered by the standards."
"I never thought we would need to have ISO accreditation within Black Light and actually thought it would hurt us. Well I was wrong," says Black Light's managing director, Gavin Stewart. "Without it we would not be able to offer the same quality and personal service we used to provide when we were
The latest Chroma-Q product range will be showcased at PLASA Focus 2014, Leeds on the stand of UK dealer, A.C. Entertainment Technologies (stand N-E02).
Highlights include key models from the latest generation LED lighting range illuminating various surfaces to demonstrate the products' meticulous colour accuracy and consistency, and precise theatrical grade dimming - features which together are designed to deliver the highest performance levels from a lighting instrument.
Making its PLASA Focus debut is the new Inspire Mini RGBW LED house light - a super compact version of the award
The relationship began with Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival in February and March in which Showforce supplied a host of event staff, crew and skilled labour to the exciting new stage show.
The hugely successful Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival featured an all-star line-up of more than 25 Disney character and featured video projection of the frenzy backstage which spilled onto the stage before Mickey Mouse welcomed guests to the concert tour and a range of entertainment including hip hop and reggae beats, acrobatics, flying carpets and magical transformations and underwater displays.
With
Rebecca Quigley, chief executive of producer Stage Entertainment UK, said the show had been well received "but it seems that isn't always enough...The West End can be an unpredictable place as the closure of a number of high profile productions recently has shown."
Announcing the closure, Nigel Hall of Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment, said: "Alongside Stage Entertainment we'd like to thank the cast and crew who have worked so hard on this show. To everyone at Really Useful Theatres and the ever supportive staff at the London Palladium, and everyone inv
tn.jpg "Customised Le Mark labels for Gary Barlow")
"Thinking about design is hard but not thinking about it can be a disaster," wrote Ralp Caplan. The Production Office Ltd is one of the world's leading concert tour & event production companies with offices in London & New York proving how important this statement is.
Georgie King contacted Le Mark's Linda Gibbons with a brief to produce a clear, durable and position specific labelling system. This would be used on all the road cased equipment destined for the tour.
Le Mark's tried and tested Tour Labels were chosen. This enabled TPO to select Le Mark's multi colour digital printing option. Enabling 12 sector specific designs to be produced running consecutively 1 to 12. This provided a simple but very effective 12
Teams were entered from Autograph, Sennheiser, Shure, d&b Audiotechnik, PSCO, Blitz, Sound By Design, Delta Sound, ATG, White Light, Martin Audio, Meyer Sound, Entec, CSE Cables, PLASA, Philips, Crewsaders, Creative Technology, and Stage Technologies.
With
Start Up Direct, which has recently established a base in the heart of London's Tech City, is targeting talented individuals who wish to start a business but lack the capital and often the experience to make it happen. As well as offering loans of up to £15,000, Start Up Direct matches every entrepreneur with a mentor who will be on hand to help and guide them as they develop their business over the first year. Entrepreneurs also have access
The course, from Putney to Mortlake, stretches along 6.8km of the river in west London, and crowds pack both riverbanks to watch the action. CTV was the outside broadcast company charged with this year's television coverage, and needed to get fixed camera positions along the length of the course, plus a number of mobile cameras, back to the production vehicles n
Part 2 covers electrical safety and practical aspects of power distribution for the live event industry. It covers topics that are listed as being in the content outline for the ETCP Entertainment Electrician Certification Exam. ETCP Certified Electricians and ETCP Recognized Riggers can get recertification points for taking this video course.
"I honestly thought producing this series of videos would be a three-month project, and now, nine months later, we're only releasing the second o
Please take a moment to read through this report and decide if this applies to you and your undertaking. The PLASA Technical Resources cannot stress how important it is that those who will be affected, read the consultation and comment on the proposals. If you do any work that sees you installing equipment within live events, theatre, exhibitions, conferences etc. CDM 2015 will apply to you and your work will fall under the sc
Eurovision 2014 - The first of the Eur
Jerry Singleton, MD, comments, "Our move to larger premises brings together under one roof our office staff, warehouse facilities and workshop, allowing us to have instant access to the equipment and respond to requests for dry hire immediately. In addition, we are delighted with the appointment of both Jeff Jones and Phil King who bring to the team a great depth of knowledge and experience.
"Our installation of the pixels in the stadium at the London 2012 Olympics raised our profile considerably and we are continuing to see the benefits of this. We are particularly proud to have provided the generators and electrical services at G8 in 2013."
The Technical Department
Mike Gaynor continues as the operations manager. The new address: 4850 Statz Ave - Suite 103, North Las Vegas, NV 89081. The phone number remains the same at 702-222-0363.
Said Christie Lites VP rentals Ken Alexander, "The Christie Lites Vegas operation services the full gamut of market sectors with an emphasis on corporate, trade shows and concert touring. We look forward to a substantial increase in our capacity to support our growing client base from this important hub. The new larger space will also allow us to provide much better prep space to the master
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis says, "[Metallica] wanted to play for a long, long time and they're one of the most amazing rock bands in the world, everywhere I go people say 'When are Metallica going to play?' I said, 'They will be here one day' and this is their time now...We've done it before (with Rage Against the Machine in 1994). People think that we're prone to have Radiohead and Coldplay and Oasis but when we had Jay Z a few years ago, people said he wasn't a Glastonbury act but we have al
