CHICAGO – When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir wrote this at the start of the 20th century. Scientific research since then has yielded more and more proof to support the great naturalist’s claim. But while scientists may just be beginning […]
MILAN – Electronic Music Awards – Ibiza winner Ilario Alicante, likes to tell interviewers that he started out as a clubber, still considers himself a clubber, and will always be a clubber, driven by his vital link with the dancefloor. This is true even when that “club” isn’t a typical nightspot, but a former municipal […]
“A thousand years of torment in three minutes!” Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke shouted that out to the sold out crowd at Rod Laver Arena on March 14 right before the metalcore monsters from Las Vegas went into a fiery rendition of their hit “Watch the World Burn.” And oh, and what a rewarding […]
Magic, they say, is built on defying perception. How true! Especially in Las Vegas, the desert oasis that has been known to bend reality in unimaginable directions. A special kind of magic was indeed in the air on The Strip February 5th when charismatic superstar Blake Shelton kicked off his six-show residency at The Colosseum […]
LAS VEGAS – Magic, they say, is built on defying perception. How true! Especially in Las Vegas, the desert oasis that has been known to bend reality in unimaginable directions. A special kind of magic was indeed in the air on The Strip February 5th when charismatic superstar Blake Shelton kicked off his six-show residency […]
“I am still there in my heart and soul!” A fan posted this on social media in mid-May about the Deadmau5 Retro5pective show in Brooklyn. Never mind that the concert took place there some three weeks earlier. Chances are that this fan (and many others) will still feel that way three years hence — such […]
CHICAGO – A metal design should at turns be bright and bold, yet subtle and nuanced, pushing and pulling the audience’s emotions to new places, while supporting the music of the artists on stage. Rob Koenig and his team, are doing all this and more for Metallica on the second North American leg of the […]
The Devil Is In The Details… or so the old saying goes. But in the final four shows of superstar Karol G’s 62-date Mañana Será Bonito Tour, it was the “details,” even the most painstaking ones, that gave rise to some awe-inspiring (you might say heavenly!) looks that enthralled the sold out crowds at Madrid’s […]
NOBLESVILLE, IN – Electricity was in the air (quite literally) on July 11, as fans made their way to Ruoff Music Center to attend the second show in the I Prevail-Halestorm co-headline 24-city summer tour. The awe-inspiring display of light overhead matched the mood. All this was the result of a violent storm blowing across […]
Working with a stunning production design by Travis Shirley, lighting designer Ignacio “Iggy” Rosenberg of Lightswitch, artfully mapped every pixel across more than 300 pieces of Color STRIKE M motorized strobe/wash fixtures in the massive set for Karol G’s show at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium for the superstar’s Madrid stop on her 62-date Mañana Será Bonito […]
Spanning across 250 feet and rising 65 feet in the air, this year’s bassPOD stage was massive by any measure, but the most stunning feature of the metallic structure designed by Stufish Studios can be seen in the myriad shapes and forms that extend in every direction on multiple levels, creating endless visual paths for […]
This year’s Las Vegas edition of Electric Daisy Carnival once again featured lighting designs from the mind of legendary LD Steve Lieberman and his team at SJ Lighting, who have brought their trademark creative impact to music festivals around the US for over fifteen years. “Scenery has its place in stage design. When it is […]