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15 May 2025

France - Smode Tech has announced its partnership with Cercle Odyssey, billed as the world’s first large-scale 360° immersive concert. As an official partner, Smode Tech is providing its real-time media server technology, Smode, for Cercle Odyssey’s global tour, which is pioneering an ambitious new form of entertainment fusing spatialised sound, video, olfactory experiences and classically influenced storytelling on a monumental scale.

The Cercle Odyssey tour began in Mexico City before heading to Los Angeles and will be culminating in Paris for a spectacular finale from 28 May to 1 June. Highlights from the Paris leg of the tour include Max Richter (28 May), ARTBAT and WhoMadeWho (29 May), NTO × Sofiane Pamart and Monolink (30 May) and Bonobo and Ben Böhmer (31 May).

Described as a “nomadic” installation, Cercle Odyssey places audiences a

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15 May 2025

USA - For rapidly rising (No. 1 on Billboard Airplay Charts) country star Russell Dickerson’s 2025 tour, the production and lighting design came from Scott Cunningham, production/lighting designer at Cut2Black Designs, with support from IPS (Integrated Production Solutions).

Cunningham reflected on the collaboration behind the Russell Mania tour; “The teamwork behind the entire tour has been an inspiring collective, with many thanks to LD Nate Augustyn, tour PM Chris Lee, associate programmer Luke Elrod, video programmer Alex Talbot, and especially Nick Brown and his team at IPS. They made sure we had a rig that could travel well, handle all the different demands placed on it, and deliver powerful looks.”

“From day one, our goal was to provide a flexible, tour-ready rig that could support Scott’s creative vision without co

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15 May 2025

China - Lars Huang is a Chinese pop singer who has found fame with his lyrical, passionate musical style. His most recent tour, Fun! Only, is a celebration of video game and digital culture, requiring fans to ‘level up’ to get the most out of the experience. The design concept was a Platinum Muse Award 2024 winner. The audio team insisted upon DiGiCo consoles, choosing a Quantum 852 for the front-of-house position and a Quantum 338 for monitors, supplied by DiGiCo distributors in China, RAC Pro.

“The tour is all about letting every audience member really enjoy the music,” Li Wenhao, senior product manager of RAC, technical support for the tour explains. “We insist upon using only the very best equipment and the Quantum 852 delivers excellence for us. At the monitor position, the Quantum 338’s compact design and highly efficient signal pr

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15 May 2025

USA - RZI Lighting, a provider of professional lighting rentals in the greater New Orleans area, supplied Elation’s powerful Proteus Maximus IP65-rated LED profile light for Our Moon Shines, For All the World to See, a light-based installation by multidisciplinary artist Jeffrey Meris that featured in the recent Prospect contemporary art exhibition.

Founded after Hurricane Katrina to revitalise New Orleans’ culture and economy, Prospect is a triennial exhibition that invites artists from around the world to create citywide projects that are often rooted in social justice and inspired by the city itself. The latest iteration, Prospect.6, prompted reflection on themes of climate vulnerability, colonialism, belonging, and home.

Commissioned as part of Prospect.6, which ran from November 2024 through Febru

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14 May 2025

UAE - Saadiyat Nights, an open-air music series held on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, returned with a star-studded line up of local, regional, and global talent. Amongst the performers were Clair Global touring clients Jennifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and Lionel Richie, plus a performance by captivating Egyptian composer and pianist, Omar Khairat.

Clair UAE supplied audio, comms and radios, working closely with most of the artists to replicate identical touring packages, ensuring performers and crew were at their most comfortable when visiting the region.

At the specially constructed open-air venue, audience experience is a priority, as is the need to combat potential noise pollution to the surrounding residential areas. To adequately overcome any such issues, Clair UAE was appointed to work on a sound design

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14 May 2025

Denmark - DirectOut is a supplier of flexible, robust solutions for any audio application. When the scope of the flexibility required by Copenhagen Dansehallerne, Copenhagen’s centre for Dance and Chorography, became clear, DirectOut was the only solution able to deliver what was needed.

Anders Jørgensen, project manager for consultant and integrator Stouenborg, offered DirectOut solutions to Johannes Hornberger, head of sound and video at the centre. The team decided to purchase two Prodigy.MP and six Prodigy.MC, equipped with AN8.IO converter modules, Dante.IO and Milan.IO network modules. This combination ensured the audio infrastructure was flexible and stable enough to support any conceivable performance design.

The Copenhagen Dansehallerne (Dance Halls) are completely adjustable spaces, from the audience seating to the performance programmin

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14 May 2025

South Africa - When lighting designer Simon King took on DreamScapes, the latest production by Joburg Ballet, he was presented with the opportunity to integrate Robe T1 Profiles and T11 fixtures into his creative vision.

Staged at the Roodepoort Theatre, DreamScapes marks Joburg Ballet’s first production of the 2025 season. A dynamic triple bill, the show highlights the company’s dedication to artistic innovation, cultural celebration, and technical excellence. It also marked a homecoming, as this was Joburg Ballet’s first performance at the Roodepoort Theatre in a decade - a return made even more memorable by a beautiful and precise lighting design.

To help bring the production to life, Simon deployed two Robe T1 Profiles and six T11, supplied by DWR Distribution. “Simon had worked with the T11s before, and I knew they’d

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14 May 2025

Finland - Situated in the heart of southern Finland’s Päijät-Häme region, the Lahti Historical Museum aims to take its visitors on a journey through time. The museum looks after 45,500 historical artifacts and records the lives of the elderly population currently living in the area through photographs and interview projects.

While most museums rely on visual storytelling, Lahti elevates the experience by using sound to immerse visitors in history – and so has turned to Finnish loudspeaker manufacturer Genelec to bring its exhibitions to life.  

The museum is housed within Lahti Manor, a striking rose-coloured 19th-century residence that is well loved by the local community and has been voted the most beautiful building in Lahti. Built by architect Hjalmar in 1898, the building was home to much-loved local resident Captain August Fellman and

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13 May 2025

USA - Lenny Kravitz is currently on the US leg of his Blue Electric Light tour, which kicked off in Europe in June 2024 in support of his twelfth studio album. Sound Image, a Clair Global brand, is supplying a control package for the tour that includes two DiGiCo Quantum852 consoles for veteran FOH engineer Laurie Quigley and monitor engineer Josh Mellott, two SD-Racks, and six SD-MiNi Racks, plus three Fourier Audio transform.engine platforms.

Mellott is something of a DiGiCo whisperer. He has been touring with Kravitz for 14 years, initially as a monitor tech before getting behind an SD7 to mix, and previously worked on DiGiCo desks with Crosby, Stills & Nash on tour and at Sound Image’s shop in Southern California. “I was the code writer for all the socket files for any tours that were still using D5 and D1 consoles,” he says. Over the

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13 May 2025

UK - Follow-Me has announced the opening of its new meeting space and demonstration room in the heart of London's Soho district. Located within the technically advanced Underbelly Boulevard Soho, the facility will serve as a hub for designers, operators, and potential Follow-Me users to experience the system's capabilities firsthand.

The new demo space will be overseen by Luke Edwards, designer relations liaison UK at Follow-Me, who will be available on-site to provide demonstrations, consultations, and system training on request.

Underbelly Boulevard Soho - the first permanent location from the live entertainment company Underbelly - provides a suitable technical environment for showcasing Follow-Me's remote follow-spot and performer tracking technology. With convenient access to public transportation, the space is positioned to become a central mee

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13 May 2025

Belgium - Ten high-profile theatrical venues in the French-speaking region of Belgium - a multilingual European powerhouse for arts, culture, music, entertainment and diversity with a penchant for creativity – have received delivery of a major order of Robe lighting products comprising 13 different fixture types, totalling 1043 units.

This achievement has been co-ordinated by the Belgian office of Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux, led by Mattias Ternoot in conjunction with Guillaume Canart of Nivelles-based integration and installation specialist, Inytium.

It is the biggest single deal for lighting fixtures delivered by Controllux Belgium, and the project is part of the drive to convert all venues in Belgium from conventional light sources to LED to enhance sustainability and reduce operational overheads and power consumption.

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13 May 2025

UK - Founded in 2019, Adventure Cinema is the UK’s biggest open-air cinema tour and enjoys success delivering the magic of the movies to audiences across more than 70 prestigious venues. Medieval castles and picturesque country estates all play host to a mix of classics, musicals, blockbusters, and family films, delivered by Adventure Cinema’s experienced teams.

With premium picture quality as standard, powerful, quality audio is absolutely essential to provide an exciting immersive audience experience. Since its inception, Adventure Cinema has invested exclusively in HK Audio systems, and recently contacted UK distributor Polar about expanding its inventory to include HK Audio’s Cosmo line array.

As demand for Adventure Cinema’s service has grown, so the size of its audiences has steadily increased, with more than 200,000 tickets sold at ven

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13 May 2025

South Africa - As part of Nike’s annual Air Max Day celebrations this year, Method x Madness studio in Johannesburg hosted a pop-up Dolby Atmos listening experience featuring a 7.1.4 monitor layout and Audient Oria. The event gave listeners the chance to hear each of the performing artists’ new music in Dolby Atmos - mixed by the studio - whilst finding out more about the newest Air Max Dn8 shoe.

Taking place in the old Sheriff’s building, the compact listening setup comprised the Oria immersive audio interface and monitor controller and Genelec speakers. Rici from Method x Madness studio described the setup as “nice and lean. The Genelec 9301 has digital AES audio out, so Oria was the perfect audio interface to finish off the setup and make everything integrate really smoothly.”

Nike took over five venues in the Braamfontein area

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13 May 2025

UK - Bold colours, deep blacks and moving set pieces are brought to life in Muriel’s Wedding the Musical – the stage adaptation of PJ Hogan’s 1994 film – whose just-wrapped UK premiere at the Curve theatre in Leicester featured a striking video-led design powered by over 400 LED panels from INFiLED’s DBmk2 Series.

Designed by Andrzej Goulding, the production blends theatrical storytelling with a playful, modern aesthetic, featuring oversized mobile phone frames, animated graphics and vivid, Australian-inspired visuals. To realise Goulding’s creative vision, the technical team needed an LED solution capable of delivering deep contrast, faithful colour reproduction at low brightness, and seamless integration with the physical set.

INFiLED’s DBmk2 Series, with its 10,000:1 contrast ratio and matte black surface, proved ideal for t

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13 May 2025

USA - Situated in West Sacramento, CA, Sutter Health Park - home to the River Cats baseball team and ‘A’s’ (Athletics) - has undergone a major infrastructure upgrade for the coming season, designed to enhance the fan experience and improve game-day technology.

This includes a strategically enhanced sound system for the bowl - based around Martin Audio CDD and SX subwoofer components, as well as process-controlled amplification from Focusrite sister brand, Linea Research, in the 14,000-cap arena.

The River Cats had acknowledged that their 25-year-old system badly needed enhancing. Locally based Martin Audio partner, Sacramento Production Services (SACPS) - who have a long history in servicing the facility - were brought in, initially to project manage for a third party before later being handed the full role of system integrator, as the time fra

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13 May 2025

China - Arts and theatre education within schools in Hong Kong continues to play a vital role in student development. Professional lighting in school settings is particularly prominent and represents a substantial market, driven in part by the many festivals and competitions focused on theatre studies held across the education system.

Recently, LXR Theatre Technology, a specialist in theatre and entertainment solutions, selected Luci Della Ribalta (LDR) lighting products to equip the auditorium of the Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School, a junior secondary school.

Among its key facilities is a fully equipped auditorium, designed with a standard 24-channel configuration and a high-performance lighting system tailored to support both educational and stage performance needs.

“Theatre is undoubtedly an important element in Hong Kong

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13 May 2025

India - Sangit Kala Mandir is one of Kolkata’s premier cultural institutions, committed to promoting the arts and music by hosting an entertaining and varied year-round programme of events. Founded by the eminent Indian industrialist Basan Kumar Birla, the not-for-profit institution has grown steadily over decades to promote creative freedom and provide a platform for aspiring young minds to showcase their talents and cultural expression.

Technical provision for the venue’s 1000 capacity Birla Auditorium was recently upgraded to meet the expanding requirements of its multi-faceted programme. Amongst the improvements was a new audio system which replaced its existing outdated and underpowered PA.

A team combining the expertise of Sun Media Ventures, headed by AV system design consultant Mr Umesh Bhagwan, and Star Professional Audio and Alphatec, g

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12 May 2025

UK - The owner of Bear Bright Studios, Luke Edwards is lighting multi-Grammy winner Jacob Collier's global Djesse tour.

When asked which colours are dominant in his tour design, Edwards simply said "all of them". His pithy answer makes sense, considering that the tour he's lighting covers his client's widely celebrated four-volume Djesse album, a 50-song opus that weaves myriad musical influences, including contributions from stars like John Mayer and Chris Martin, into a captivating whirlwind of sounds.

"While I usually follow a rule of using no more than two colours on stage, working with Jacob led me to break that mould," said Edwards. "Each of the four albums in this collection is associated with its own distinct colour. For this production, we embraced all four colours simultaneously, creating a vibrant and dynamic visual exper

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12 May 2025

Switzerland - Mendrisio is a small town in southern Switzerland that’s home to the FoxTown Factory Stores, the first factory outlet centre in Southern Europe. Opened in 1995, FoxTown is far from a typical factory outlet. Covering 30,000sq.m with more than 160 stores, bars, restaurants, a play area, and even a casino, FoxTown is a shopping and entertainment destination. As the centre’s management team planned an expansion in 2022, they conceived a bold idea for a new entertainment experience: The Sense Gallery, Switzerland’s first multisensory museum.

The Sense Gallery was brought to life in January 2023 under the visionary leadership of Luca Gambardella. Tasked with creating an immersive and modern digital space for FoxTown, Gambardella envisioned a fusion of science and art designed to engage the senses and provoke reflection.

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12 May 2025

UAE - Powersoft’s low-frequency transducer technology, Mover, is laying the ground for a new wave of immersive experiences being developed by Power Interactive, an experiential technology pioneer based in Dubai.

Power Interactive founder Fahad Javaid was introduced to Mover – a powerful moving-magnet direct-drive transducer designed to shake the listener to their core – at a tech event in 2019. After being struck by the device’s potential to add a visceral, physical layer to immersive environments, Javaid decided to invest in the technology, and Mover is today being deployed in several of Power Interactive’s internal R&D projects, including installations using Full Dome Pro, a proprietary projection dome solution.

“We’re currently using Mover as part of a haptic platform, integrated with other immersive technologies to elevate senso

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12 May 2025

USA - PPDS, the global provider of Philips Professional Displays, has announced its advanced and flexible suite of digital signage solutions has been selected to enhance communication and collaboration capabilities at The Putnam County School System (PCSS), in Cooksville, Tennessee.

Located an hour’s drive east of Nashville and 100 miles west of Knoxville, the PCSS is one of the state’s largest public school districts, employing over 1,700 staff and educating over 12,000 students. Boasting a 93 per cent graduation rate, PCSS is responsible for 22 schools in total, including elementary (x11), middle (x4), high (3), as well as virtual and adult learning.

With a commitment to providing best-in-class communication and collaborative experiences across all campuses, the use of display technology plays a critical role in the teaching and learning experi

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09 May 2025

USA - It was a magical moment. At the end of Alice Cooper's outdoor CoopStock show in Mesa, AZ this spring, the rocker was joined on stage by a group of other artists including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, as well as Corey Glover and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, to perform his hit classic School's Out For Summer.

The sold out crowd loved it, but ironically ‘school’ will not  be out, but open a little longer thanks to CoopStock, an event Cooper initiated to raise funds for Solid Rock Teen Centre, an educational institution Cooper cofounded 30 years ago to provide  young people between the ages of 12 and 20 with places they could go to learn more about music, art, film, photography and other forms of creative expression.

Providing Cooper and his fellow legends with a dynamic background to support their performances for this worthy cause

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09 May 2025

UK - AbsenLive, a division of Absen, recently brought Culture Club's UK Tour to life with immersive visuals, delivering a truly memorable experience for concertgoers.

Culture Club embarked on a UK arena tour in December 2024, with special guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17. The tour took place in venues such as the O2 in London and Manchester’s new Co-op Live. Axiom Events, the production management and equipment provider for the tour, were responsible for delivering robust touring LED panels that could also push the creative boundaries of the show.

The tour marked the first large scale deployment of Axiom’s new stock of AbsenLive LED screens which includes over 140sq.m of XL, Standard and Cube corner panels. When making the investment it was key that the product was of exceptional build quality and suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Therefore, t

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09 May 2025

Spain - It’s typically the abundance of world-renowned architecture that attracts visitors to Barcelona’s iconic Passeig de Gràcia - one of the historic city’s main thoroughfares and most popular shopping and commercial areas.

But to celebrate the storied avenue’s 200th anniversary and simultaneously close out the America’s Cup Cultural Regatta in late 2024, it was a pair of Spain’s most revered performing artists that drew a crowd of thousands into the heart of the Catalonian capital.

Famed operatic tenor José Carreras and flamenco choreography queen Sara Baras headlined a free performance – complete with a full orchestra and dance troupe – on a stage erected right in the middle of Passeig de Gràcia at its bustling València Street intersection.

To ensure each of the nearly 10,000 spectators along the 300 m stretch of pave