UK - Award-winning lighting designer Tim Routledge and a talented team of creatives and technical specialists - working across multiple disciplines - helped deliver a slick, streamlined 2023 Eurovision Song Contest event at Liverpool Arena in the UK on 13 May.
Tim utilised over 600 Robe moving lights for his design which comprised approximately 2,500 luminaires plus 2 kilometres of LED tape, clocking up 17,500 individual light sources when counting the individual pixel cells of the various fixtures, all supplied via lighting equipment contractor, Neg Earth Lights.
For his first ESC, he collaborated closely with set designer Julio Himede, known for his work on major music broadcast shows like MTV’s VMAs and EMAs amongst others, also working on his first ESC.

USA - Tom Jones kicked off his international tour with 16 North American performances lit by Bandit Lites. Jones performed two shows at the Hollywood Bowl before making his way to Nashville, Texas, Florida, New York, Charleston and Atlantic City.
The tour relaunched a previous production design from Mark Cunniffe as well as programming from Tim Fawkes. Bandit Lites provided a floor package comprised of Claypaky B-EYE K20 fixtures and a grandMA 2 console for control.
“The Claypaky Eye K20 unit has quite a bit of versatility within itself that makes this a great unit to us

UK - Sennheiser is participating in The Podcast Show 2023 this week at The Business Design Centre in Islington, London.
On the first day of the show, Sennheiser teamed up with podcast specialists Adam Buxton and John Kennedy [Tape Notes], to offer two exclusive sessions, one free and one ticketed, during which Kennedy utilised their new Sennheiser and Neumann ‘live rig’ to ensure the audience experiences the high-fidelity audio needed to be able to listen to their podcast at its best.
The 'live rig' for both sessions was equipped with Sennheiser and Neumann audio equipme

France - Christie has confirmed its renewed agreement with Festival de Cannes for the 17th consecutive year, to provide Christie RGB pure laser and Xenon illuminated projection solutions, for what is the prestigious celebration of cinema.
As the official projection technology partner of the 76th Cannes Film Festival16-27 May, Christie projection technology is illuminating more dedicated screening rooms and auditoriums than any other year throughout the city, including the Grand Theatre Luminere.
“We are honoured to continue our partnership with Festival de Cannes, which i

USA - Connectivity is warmly evident on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s current 2023 World Tour, not just in the artist’s music and stage presence, but also in a lighting design that goes more than the extra mile to join the performance and audience as one.
Jeff Ravitz, Bruce Springsteen’s long-time lighting designer, has been focusing on this special bond from the very beginning, and continues to celebrate it this year. “Bruce feeds off his audience’s energy, the same as they channel his; that’s what has always made his shows such a personal experience,”

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