Magical things often happen at the 11th hour; that sometimes harrowing, mythical time when an unexpected turn of events can demand a sudden change of plans. It is at such moments, when (hopefully) inspiration and resolve kick in, resulting in an outcome that shines all the more brightly because of the circumstances surrounding its creation. […]

This widely acclaimed Danish designer’s first exposure to metal music came as a youngster when his uncle sent him tapes made by some of the genre’s pioneering bands like Deep Purple. In the following years, Bjerregaard would go on (after an extensive dues-paying process in small clubs!) to become one of metal music’s foremost lighting […]

It’s inevitable… there’s some clowning around at every job site when a show is being set up or taken down, but it’s nothing quite like what this Mexican designer experiences on a regular basis. For the past eight years, . Abraham De La Cruz Merida has been lighting clowns, acrobats and assorted other performers in […]

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – (For Immediate Release)  —  Although he’s kept up with the latest in lighting technology, John Garberson readily admits that at heart, he really likes old school looks with their big ACL specials, deep colors, and dimming curves. In other words, good downhome traditional rock and roll lighting.   The GM of Creative […]

AUSTIN, TX – From the moment Thomas Rhett kicked things off with hits like his newly released “Slow Down Summer,” the iHeartCountry Festival projected a warm, intimate vibe that made it easy for fans to forget they were inside a 15,000+ seat arena. The genuine, welcoming attitude of Rhett and the event’s other superstars like […]

PARIS – Words like “magical” and “enchanting” come up often when travel and entertainment writers, not to mention food critics, describe their experiences at Cabaret Du Bout Des Près. Anyone who’s ever visited this pastorally beautiful 17-hectare site in the Chevreuse Valley would readily agree. Although it’s located only 30 minutes from Paris on a […]

BRISTOL, UK – New art and cultural movements seem to blossom most rapidly (and colorfully!) outside the grip of commercial interests. Such was the case in 1988, when the so-called “Second Summer of Love,” sprang up virally in Bristol and other UK cities, as young people flocked to clandestine rave clubs that opened in abandoned […]

WASHINGTON – Last year, David Beebe became one of the first house LDs to add CHAUVET Professional’s Maverick Force S Spot to his rig when he took shipment of six of the then-new 350W lightweight movers from JRLX at the legendary club The Birchmere, where he’s been looking after the lighting since 2004. At the […]

NEW YORK – Sometimes lighting design comes down to an elemental level, even when it results in a 54-universe, deeply evocative show with an intergalactic theme that takes place at one of the world’s most famous arenas. Such was the case on April 28th when Butch Allen and André Petrus lit Nigerian superstar Burna Boy’s […]

HULL, UK – During a game of racketball in the 1830s, a group of London schoolboys noticed that a punctured ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall, offered more variety and more intensity of play than its intact counterpart. Thus, to the delight of millions of fans ever since, the game of Squash was […]

WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO – The New York Times hailed him as the “King of Dembow” after a sold-out October show at Madison Square Garden. For the passionate legion of El Alfa fans, this title is more than well-deserved. With his alto, sensual voice, and nonstop energy, the charismatic Dominican singer embodies the essence of the bouncy, […]

GREENSBURG, PA – It is altogether fitting that the image of the waif Cosette sweeping Thénardiers’ Inn serves as the basis (in slightly cropped fashion) for the emblematic image of Les Misérables. Here, within the grimy walls of this old chophouse in Montfermeil, the conflicting forces that are at the heart of the iconic musical […]