CARDIFF, WALES – A passion for rugby pulsates through the fabric of Welsh life. This is evident from the over 300 rugby clubs within Wales, as well as the country’s perennial success in the Rugby World Cup tournament. Figure of Eight Events was recently approached to provide technical production for this year’s highly-anticipated Isuzu awards, […]
From touring with Snoop Dog, to doing a one off on the rarified grounds of Harvard University, to working rural music festivals Tristan Rudat and his video panels have been welcomed at a lot of places – and with good reason. His walls, which are as likely to be broken into sections as they are […]
It is somehow altogether fitting that Shinedown begins their set on the Carnival of Madness Tour with their raging rock anthem “Adrenaline.” An adrenaline rush is precisely what the hard rock icons have been serving up to fans on this festival tour with their cranked-up amps, ferocious riffs and frontman Brent Smith’s nonstop stage prowls. […]
SUNRISE, FL – Rain or shine, the COLORado 1-Quad Zoom VW from CHAUVET Professional makes it easy for designers to tune in the perfect color temperature for a wide variety of applications, including broadcast studios, recital halls, churches and events. Radiant cooled for silent operation, the high-output fixture offers a variable white color temperature range […]
Photo Credit: Todd Kaplan Before working on the design for the Bad Boy Family Reunion in Brooklyn’s Barclay Center, Alex Reardon sat down with star Sean Puffy Combs to hear what he describes as the hip hop legend’s “tsunami of ideas” regarding the milestone concert. Out of this meeting the London-born lighting and set designer […]
NEW YORK – People who go to a moe. concert thinking they know what to expect, have probably never been to a moe. concert before. The quintet from upstate New York epitomizes the freewheeling improvisational unpredictability of jam band music, as it reels off 10-minute riffs with casual ease and seamlessly moves from song to […]
FLANDERS, BELGIUM – The Red Bull Elektropedia Room at Belgium’s 10-day Lokerse Feesten festival delivered a high-energy club-like feel with a stunning fast-moving lightshow designed by Ignace D’haese, Jonas Weyn and Tijs Coene of Arf & Yes that included 100 CHAUVET Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures, supplied by Phlippo. With 500 individually controlled moving heads, […]
MILLARD, NE – When announcing that they would be opening their first permanent off-site campus, leaders of StoneBridge Christian Church called it a “journey of faith,” proclaiming that their church, which began in 1908 with only eight members, would continue to grow and attract new worshipers. Like all journeys of faith, however, this one was […]
NEW YORK – Live performances by musical icons have become as much a part of the early morning routine for many in the US as warm muffins and hot coffee. A big reason why is The Today Show’s unbroken 21-year run of summer superstar concerts, the first series of its kind on morning network television. […]
PHILADEPHIA – For the first 122 years of its existence, the distinct looking building on 11th and Spring Garden Streets in the City of Brotherly Love was never an entertainment venue. Its new owners were quick to make up for lost time, however, when they converted the former farmers’ market turned Reading Railroad luggage handling […]
SUNRISE, FL – It is somehow altogether fitting that Shinedown begins their set on the Carnival of Madness Tour with their raging rock anthem “Adrenaline.” An adrenaline rush is precisely what the hard rock icons have been serving up to fans on this festival tour with their cranked-up amps, ferocious riffs and frontman Brent Smith’s […]
OMAHA, NE – Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Christian band Building 429 has enjoyed unqualified success as recording artists. Their 2013 recording Listen to the Sound holds the record for the longest unbroken run at the top of the Billboard Christian Charts. It is at live concerts, though, where the quartet really shines, as their anthem-like […]