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03 September 2025

USA - Clear-Com is supporting productions of Alley Theatre, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit resident theatres in the United States. With a storied history dating back to 1947, the Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre produces classics, new works, and community programmes that reach nearly 200,000 people annually across Houston.

Alley Theatre has been a longtime user of Clear-Com products and has deployed Clear-Com’s flagship Arcadia Central Station, integrating FreeSpeak II digital wireless beltpacks and HelixNet digital partyline systems across its two performance spaces: the 774-seat Hubbard Theatre and the 296-seat Neuhaus Theatre. This combination allows stage managers, board operators, technicians, and creative teams to remain seamlessly connected throughout Alley’s 75,000sq.ft Centre for Theatre Production.

“Clear-Com is absolutely es

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02 September 2025

Spain - The Sagunto Roman Theatre, an open-air venue with over 2,000 years of history, has chosen to modernise its stage lighting with nine Ayrton Rivale Profile units, exclusively distributed in Spain by Stonex.

Every summer, this space hosts Sagunt a Escena, a festival that brings together theatre, music, and dance in front of thousands of spectators. Working in such a historic and open-air venue is a challenge: lighting must be powerful enough to cover large distances, resistant to changing weather conditions, and at the same time discreet, so as not to interfere with the aesthetics of the monument.

That’s where Rivale Profile has proven to be the best choice. With its IP65 rating, the fixture is built for outdoor conditions while maintaining a compact design that blends seamlessly into the theatre’s architecture. According to Ramón

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02 September 2025

UK - When the 2025 Wimbledon Championships were broadcast to millions worldwide this summer, the event not only showcased world-class tennis on the famous grass courts but also delivered breathtaking aerial coverage - captured by a high-speed wire camera system installed by Rigging Team and safeguarded with Broadweigh’s wireless load monitoring technology.

Spanning over 650m, the high-speed wire camera system was supplied by Luna Remote Systems, the specialist wire cam company behind the project. Two 36m tower crane sections, positioned in Wimbledon Green and across the adjacent golf course, supported the dual-line setup, enabling a single camera unit to capture sweeping, cinematic shots from the practice courts to Centre Court.

Throughout the tournament, Broadweigh’s wireless load monitoring system ensured the lines remained safely and evenly te

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02 September 2025

UK - The multi award-winning new musical, The Great Gatsby, which opened at New York’s Broadway Theatre in April 2024, successfully transferred to London’s West End at the London Coliseum in April 2025 for a limited summer run that lasts until 7 September.

Produced by Korean musical producer, Chunsoo Shin and directed by Marc Bruni, The Great Gatsby is set in the American Jazz Age of the 1920s. 

The musical features music by Jason Howland, choreography by Dominique Kelley, book by Kait Kerrigan and lyrics by Nathan Tysen. The scenic and projection design and lighting are handled by the decade-long collaborative partnership of Paul Tate dePoo III and lighting designer, Cory Pattak.

Pattak talks to PRG UK, the lighting, control and atmosphere supplier for the London production, about his inspirations and vision for the

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01 September 2025

The Netherlands - Soenda Outdoor 2025 once again proved why it’s one of the Netherlands’ leading electronic music festivals, delivering a memorable experience to thousands of visitors. With exactly 512 fixtures from Showtec and Infinity deployed across the festival grounds, Highlite International helped bring the magic to life.

In a remarkable coincidence, exactly 512 Highlite fixtures were deployed across the festival’s three main areas - Java, Komodo, and Timor. The number 512 holds special significance in the lighting industry, representing the number of channels in a single DMX universe. This symbolic alignment and the efforts of all involved made Soenda Outdoor 2025 into a spectacular production.

The Java stage featured a vibrant mix of colour and intensity, brought to life by 100 Showtec Spectral M800 Q4 PARs and 124 Sho

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01 September 2025

USA - An array of Claypaky Arolla Profile MPs and HY B-EYE K25 Teatros illuminates Bob Marley Hope Road, a musical journey through settings inspired by the pioneer reggae artist.

Located in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Bob Marley Hope Road features three attraction modes. By day, the Bob Marley Hope Road Experience offers an array of digital and analogue spaces for visitors to explore at their own pace. They can tour the streets of Trench Town, mix a track at the Tuff Gong studio, watch rare concert footage and move to the beat in a Jamaican Dance Hall while listening to the recordings that made history. 

At night, the venue comes alive with a 75-minute guided show in which visitors follow the cast from scene to scene, standing in the heart of the action as singers and dancers perform just feet away.

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01 September 2025

Belgium - Tomorrowland 2025 in Boom started with a bang, but not on a musical level: just a few days before the festival was due to begin, a major fire destroyed the Main Stage. Organisers, technical partners and crews erected a new stage within just 24 hours, which became an impressive example of the resilience and cooperation in the event industry – and symbolised the festival motto Live Today. Love Tomorrow. Unite Forever. Also on board were over 260 Cameo outdoor lights, which provided large and small lighting productions on several festival stages, despite the time pressure and difficult conditions.

PRG BeNeFra was responsible for the lighting design and rigging on the Main Stage. “It was a shock,” recalls managing director Peter Robberechts, remembering the moment the fire broke out. “But as soon as it was clear that no one wa

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01 September 2025

USA - Country star Megan Moroney has launched her much-anticipated 2025 tour, featuring a bold and theatrical production designed by Cort Lawrence of Raw Cereal, powered by Bandit Lites.

“Megan Moroney’s 2025 tour embraces the bold and emotional Am I Okay blue, with creative direction from CeCe Dawson setting the tone for a show full of sparkle, glam, and surprises,” shared Lawrence. “I designed the production and lighting to reflect that spirit and highlight the connection Megan brings to her fans.”

The production features an 8ft-tall set with two winding staircases lined with Martin VDO Sceptrons and topped with custom heart pieces that add theatrical flair and create unforgettable moments. A hidden centre reveal delivers one of the tour’s most dramatic visuals, silhouetting Moroney with a Martin Mac Viper in front of a massive

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01 September 2025

USA - Since 1960, Cincinnati Public Radio (CPR) has provided listeners in southwest Ohio, southeast Indiana, and northern Kentucky with a steady diet of journalism and engaging cultural programming. In 2018, the organisation committed to an ambitious reimagining of their headquarters in the form of a new, two-story facility that would provide them with more modern technical capabilities and ample event programming spaces to serve as a cultural hub for their community of listeners.

To ensure that the new headquarters would have top-of-the-line AV production facilities seamlessly blended into this new vision, the organisation made architectural acoustic designers WSDG a key player in the design, construction, and AV systems integration team they assembled for the project.

The team – consisting of architects Emersion Design, construction managers Skan

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29 August 2025

Canada - Indie rockers Peach Pit completed the North American section of their Long Hair, Long Life tour with a new lighting design from George Gorton from Vancouver-based creative design studio Loud Entertainment Design Group.

The visual concept relied heavily on lighting for impact – there were no video elements on this leg of the tour campaign – and included some key Robe products, including Forte moving lights and HolyPATT scenic luminaires, supplied by rental company Promosa, also from Vancouver.

George has been working with the band for four years as their LD, and before then their paths overlapped several times around as they were rising stars on Vancouver’s energetic local live music scene, so he’s witnessed most of their career trajectory first-hand and is now delighted to be a part of it.

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29 August 2025

Europe - When Imagine Dragons recently undertook the European leg of their Loom World Tour – taking in major cities before culminating in two sold-out shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – their trademark high-energy stage show was further boosted by the presence of 52 of GLP’s new JDC Burst 1.

The tour was supported by Neg Earth Lights, an early adopter of this powerful hybrid IP65-rated strobe, which substantially raises the bar in brightness, colour variety and flexibility.

When the American band’s show designer for the past seven years, Mitchell Schellenger from Station Six, was seeking just such a powerful strobe/wash, Neg Earth was quick to demonstrate this superior alternative to the fixture originally specified. “And the design team were very happy to make the switch,” notes Neg Earth project manager, Alex Griffiths. The t

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29 August 2025

South Africa - MGG Productions has successfully deployed its newly acquired L-Acoustics K2 sound system at the Toyota Innibos Lowveld National Arts Festival, marking a significant milestone as the company celebrates its 25th anniversary year. The strategic investment in K2 technology represents MGG's continued growth and positions them to take on increasingly important projects across diverse market sectors.

Since its inception in 2004, Toyota Innibos has evolved into one of South Africa's most significant cultural celebrations. This year's three-day festival welcomed 78,800 attendees across a 9,500 m² audience area, featuring eight theatre productions, 10 music and lifestyle shows, and performances by over 35 of South Africa's top artists. The festival generates an estimated R80-100m economic impact for the local Lowveld economy, cementin

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29 August 2025

USA/Europe - DirectOut reports the successful deployment of its modular audio platform, Prodigy.MP, in extreme acoustic testing conducted by Acoustic Research Systems (ARS).

ARS is an industry leader of Direct Field Acoustic Testing, and relies on multiple Prodigy.MP to ensure accurate and repeatable launch simulations. Founded by Eric Friedlander and Jeremiah Leiter, ARS has established itself as a disruptive innovator in the field of acoustic testing.

The company utilises Prodigy.MP as a critical link between the acoustic test control system and the ARS NeutronTM acoustic fields. Designed to provide ‘next-generation acoustic power output for aerospace, scientific and industrial applications’, the ARS NeutronTM System is part of the turnkey, complete solution for mobile or fixed High Power Direct Field Acoustic Testing needs.

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29 August 2025

USA - Florida-based production and integration company Thunder City Pro is turning to Obsidian Control Systems’ Onyx lighting control platform as the backbone of a growing portfolio of complex lighting projects. Known for delivering arena-level lighting systems and executing multifaceted outdoor lighting installations, Thunder City Pro relies on Onyx for its ability to handle high-bandwidth, multi-universe lighting networks.

One high-profile example of Thunder City Pro’s capabilities is the transformation of YouTuber and motorsports personality Cleetus McFarland’s Freedom Factory racetrack into a holiday light experience – part of the Bradenton Holiday Lights Festival, which debuted last season.

When McFarland sought to bring a large-scale light experience to his motorsports venue as a way to connect with the local community beyond r

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29 August 2025

USA - Justin Casey and his team at HELM Projects took the geometric approach to lighting Stick Figure’s 15-date Island Holiday Summer Tour, which recently concluded with a performance at the Levitate Music Festival.

Working closely with the award-winning reggae band, Casey wanted to include a wide variety of design elements in his production. He knew that carefully arranging shapes and patterns would be essential to keeping all the various components of his design harmoniously balanced.

“With this design, we really focused on clean lines and unique shapes,” said Casey. “There were a lot of moving parts to this show. It was all about getting a nice balance of lighting, video, and lasers. Having a good blend of shapes helped us pull it all together into one seamless flow.”

A key part of Casey’s geometry was the ‘Triforce

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28 August 2025

UK - In a live spatial audio first, a recent performance of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra was authentically spatialised using an object-based TiMax mix across the standard left/right main system of a conventional festival PA setup.

The landmark moment took place in London’s BST Hyde Park Festival (BST), where Solotech UK supplied the Martin Audio loudspeaker system. Sound designer and FOH mix engineer, Sonosphere’s Phil Wright, realised the sonic feat by replacing the usual console matrix mixer function with a TiMax SoundHub delay-matrix spatial processor. Working within the constraints of a typical stereo hang system – plus standard front-fills and delays – Wright redefined the possibilities of spatial audio in a live outdoor setting.

“Usually, only a small percentage of the audience falls within the stereo corridor at

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28 August 2025

USA - Volbeat frontman, Michael Paulson, kicked off the Los Angele Kia Forum show on the band’s eagerly anticipated Greatest Of All World Tours by apologising to the sellout crowd if his sore throat might affect his upcoming performance, but declared that he wouldn’t want to miss this show.

Paulson and his bandmates then broke out like runaway trains with a headbanging rendition of The Devil’s Bleeding Crown, followed by Lola Montez, sending the crowd into a frenzy and nearly blowing the 407ft high roof of the big arena. 

It's been the same story at every stop along the way on the USA leg of their global tour, which began 17 July at Denver’s Ball Arena and ended 22 August at the Credit Union One amphitheatre outside Chicago. Matching the music is a hard-driving Niller Bjerregaard lighting design powered by a ChamSy

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28 August 2025

Mexico - The Catedral De La Inmaculada Concepción is the main Catholic church for the diocese of Tampico, a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas.

Prominently located in front of the Plaza de Armas in the historic centre of the city, this architecturally important building is much loved by worshippers, although the consistency of speech intelligibility throughout the venue has, until recently, been less than ideal. All that changed with the installation by Tacea Music of a new Nexo ID Series sound system.

“Thanks to the professionalism and care of Jorge Tace Del Campo and the team at Tacea Music it was possible to implement an effective, aesthetically respectful and technically sound solution for this unique space,” reports Carlos Hernadez, market development for Nexo’s distributor in Mexico, Represe

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27 August 2025

USA - Stand Up To Cancer, an organisation with a mission to raise awareness and fund research to detect and treat cancers with the aspiration to cure all patients, hosted its ninth annual telecast at The Pinnacle in Nashville on 15 August. The event featured inspirational performances that helped secure millions of dollars in donations for cancer research. Audio engineers used Shure technology to deliver pristine audio and inspiring messages to more than four million viewers on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX.

For this year's event, audio producer Tom Davis, known for his work on the CMA Awards and CMA Festival, sought product support from Shure. He specifically requested headset mics for the Nashville Community Gospel Choir, who were outfitted with Shure’s new SM39 Cardioid Singing Headset Microphone. Both Tom Davis and Jason Spence, front-of-house engineer for th

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27 August 2025

UK - Olly Murs shows are non-stop. Keeping up requires the flexibility and power of a DiGiCo console, so Rob Sadler at the front-of-house position and John Lumsdon on monitors both chose the Quantum 5, supplied by Solotech, for Olly’s epic tour, including his O2 Arena dates in May.

The engineers joined Olly Murs a little over a year ago but, as Rob Sadler explains, their relationship with DiGiCo consoles began much earlier.

“I first used a DiGiCo in 2011, and I’ve used them on almost every tour I’ve done since 2015,” he recalls. “It is definitely the console I feel most comfortable behind and most things are now second nature. I’ve been on tour with Olly for about 16 months and it’s been a lot of fun. It’s what I’d class as a proper pop music concert. There are pyrotechnics, confetti and automated staging, there’s even snow!”<

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27 August 2025

Paraguay - A large complement of Claypaky lighting fixtures illuminated the opening ceremony of the second Junior Pan American Games 2025 in Asuncion, Paraguay. Lighting designer Gaspar Potocnik of Cue Uno selected an impressive total of 340 Claypaky fixtures for the event, with a special focus on 84 Sharpy Plus hybrid beams and 40 Midi-B compact moving heads. The rig also featured 162 Mythos 2 and 54 Stormy CC colour strobes. They were provided by Estudio 69 in Paraguay and PRG in Argentina.

The games, which are staged every four years, were held from 9-23 August with young athletes from 41 countries across Latin America participating in 28 sports. The opening ceremony took place in the Estadio Ueno Defensores del Chaco and incorporated artistic performances and tableaux showcasing the nation’s rich Guarani heritage, one of the pillars of Paraguayan cultu

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27 August 2025

Poland - When Katie Melua's technical rider specified L-Acoustics for her performance at Poland's Energa Ladies Jazz Festival, they did so because her performance demands precise sound coverage at controlled SPL levels across the challenging 4,500 capacity Polsat Plus Arena. The response came through a strategic partnership between Polish rental company Krupski Sound and L-Acoustics certified partner Audio Plus, deploying flagship L2 arrays that transcended the venue's difficult acoustics and marked a defining moment for regional sound production capabilities.

The 21st edition of Europe's only recurring festival dedicated to female jazz artistry, which has brought together over 110,000 attendees and 600+ performers throughout its history, featured international stars including Katie Melua, Dionne Warwick, and Randy Crawford across four distinct venu

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27 August 2025

Indonesia - Holywings is an Indonesian lifestyle and entertainment group with a varied selection of bars, clubs and live music venues, spread across the island’s key cities.

Many of the venues under the Holywings banner feature Martin Audio solutions, provided and installed by partner, GMT Group.

Their latest sound system upgrade - at the HW Superhouse Paskal Bandung live music bar - is no exception, although in this instance it is a new-generation Martin Audio WPC line array that provides the main stage hangs rather than the point source that populates many of the other venues. The system was conceived by the marketing and technical director of GMT Group, Satrio Prisetya.

Superhouse Paskal Bandung itself is a large, near 400-capacity, open-plan venue with its stage set centrally. The venue offers combines live band performances with DJ set

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27 August 2025

Italy - The latest series of Italian talent show Nuova Scena - Rhythm + Flow Italia – which scouts out some of the best rising star rappers – kicked off to an electric start with a launch party staged at famous Milan live music venue and nightspot, Fabrique, complete with a dazzling lightshow created, programmed and delivered by Sergio Cattaneo of design studio Cue s.r.l.

Fabrique has a complete Robe moving light rig installed, featuring over 150 moving lights – a mix of Fortes, MegaPointes, LEDBeam 150s, Spiiders, TetraXs, Tetra2s, Paintes and Pointes all supplied by Robe’s Italian distributor, RM Multimedia through the venue’s resident in-house technical provider, For Sound.

Sergio made the most of all these fixtures, and additional LEDBeam 350s further augmented the lighting rig with 24 x Robe SVB1s and four HolyPATTS, supplied