PILTON, UK – Over 200,000 people attended Glastonbury 2025, an impressive number indeed, but not nearly as great as the 21 million who tuned into the BBC’s coverage of the iconic festival, plus the untold millions more who engaged on social media. Tim Fawkes was very mindful of both when he ran the show he […]
LOS ANGELES – Maybe it’s a coincidence… or some sort of karma… or perhaps it’s the psychological effect that a big flip of the calendar has on people… who knows? For whatever reason, though, the turn-of-the-last-century shook up a lot of things, among them was metal music, as a generation of new bands redefined the […]
LONDON – Asked to describe the kind of lighting look his client Halestorm wants, Rodger spells it out in four unambiguous words “classic rock show aesthetic.” Pugh, the owner of Dveus Designs is delivering that in emphatic fashion for the award-winning hard rockers global tour. His industrial floor package is supporting the band’s hard-driving music […]
SAN DIEGO – Creative Energy Knows No Bounds… That time-honored aphorism wasn’t coined for Tash Sultana, but it certainly could have been. A musical force, as much as a performer, the multi-instrumentalist from Australia takes audiences on a wonderous joy ride that follows no road map as it winds its way along its captivating journey. […]
LONDON – An album for people who love hard rock of bygone eras… That was how one admiring music critic described “Dreams on Toast,” the March 28th released album from The Darkness. It’s a description that accurately sums up the essence of this iconic British band. Their dramatic stage presence and irreverent (but funny) antics […]
QUÉBEC – “We never do anything traditional. We never go through the front door. It’s always the back door, or an open window or something.” Smash Mouth frontman, the late Steve Harwell described the iconic band’s approach to making music in a CNN interview. Not surprising from a guy who once ate 20 eggs on […]
NASHVILLE – There is a reason why physicists have defined time and distance in terms of light. Given that it appears to be everywhere at once light is uniquely qualified to reflect the passage of time over remarkable journeys. Matthieu Larivée and the team at Lüz Studio channeled this power when designing the production for […]
MORRISON, CO – It is one of the most distinctive stage backdrops on the outdoor touring circuit in North America. A trio of 300-million year old monoliths called “Ship Rock,” “Creation Rock,” and “Stage Rock” tower over the stages at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, reflecting red because of the iron oxides inside them, and making this […]
WILKESBOR, NC – “I just tried to play something that felt like home,” the legendary flat picking guitarist Doc Watson told the Country Music Hall of Fame when looking back on his iconic career. In light of this philosophy, the seven-time Grammy Award winner likely would have been very pleased to see what was happening […]
LOS ANGELES – Back in high school, we all had our absolute favorite albums, the ones we played over, and over, and over again without end until adulthood intervened. For most of us, those records continue to play themselves in our mind on occasion long after our high school days are over, giving rise to […]
MIAMI – Long before the first Ultra Music fans began filing into downtown’s Bayfront Park this March, the festival had already begun playing itself out in the mind of Patrick Dierson. “We started working on the pre-production process, several months out in advance and went over things again and again to get this right,” said […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – JJ Grey had one bit of advice for the artists who joined him and his band Mofro for their two-day festival, “The Blackwater Sol Revival,” which kicked off May 24. “Don’t stand on the side of the stage because I’m going to put you on the spot.” The legendary artist was […]