It started with an idea on a European tour bus. It wound up being one of the most innovative production designs in recent memory, one that broke the mold time and time again to result in novel, transformative looks. Grammy-winning singer-guitarist Billy Strings set off the initial spark for this impressive design when he was […]

Good things come to those who wait.  A familiar old cliché? No doubt. But as is so often the case with such sayings, there’s more than a little bit of  truth to it. Just as Cosmo Wilson. The well-known designer-programmer was a fan of metal giants Judas Priest since he was a teen. Later, when […]

The deepest emotions tend to live in that area between light and darkness, where nebulous boundaries give them endless space to expand and shrink, twist and turn in infinite directions. By devising such a space on stage for Tom Odell’s Black Friday Tour, Joe Beardsmore created the ideal visual setting for music that one critic […]

REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY – “A Concert For Dreamers.” That is how one music critic described the two-and-a-half-hour concert by the red-hot Italian indie group Pinguini Tattici Nuclear (Tactical Nuclear Weapons) at RCF Arena, Europe’s largest outdoor concert venue. Like all beautiful dreams, this one too embraced a never-ending universe of hope and possibilities. There were […]

LAS VEGAS – History isn’t made every day, but it sure was on Sunday February 11. Not only did it mark the first Super Bowl played in Las Vegas, and a major step forward for the football dynasty of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, it was also the largest audience ever to watch […]

AMSTERDAM – Visitors cannot help but feel the freedom of the sea tug at their hearts when they encounter Het Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, the National Maritime Museum of the Netherlands. This is not just because the iconic attraction sits on an artificial island built in 1656 as a naval base near Amsterdam’s city old harbor. Nor […]

Meet the crew who designed and programmed this year’s UMF Radio stage. WATCH NOW “We chose CHAUVET Professional because they offer a wide range of IP65-rated fixtures: profiles, beams, washes… everything that we need to cover this stage.” – Nick Rodriguez, owner, Gravitate Productions “We chose Maverick Storm because we’re out here in the elements. […]

Fans might have been well advised to wear seatbelts when they packed venues for Motionless in White’s “Touring The End of the World Tour.” Aptly described by one admiring critic as a “torrent of explosive metalcore,” the band’s performance on this 33-city tour, took fans on a wild ride of searingly intense music, dancing, pyro […]

The desert planet Arrakis came to life at Leicester Square for the world premiere of Dune: Part Two, with nearly 30 tons of sand shipped to the site for the gala created by Limited Edition Event Design. But the rainy weather during the build-up days leading to the star-studded red carpet affair was anything but […]

Country… Red Dirt Country… Indie… Country Rock… Roots Rock… the music of Turnpike Troubadours may be hard to label, but it is really easy to like. That explains why the band from Oklahoma has been on the rise lately, after returning from a COVID era hiatus. This freewheeling quintet not only sounds good, they create […]

Looking at the impeccably balanced work of this Finnish visualist and designer one cannot help but be struck by its intricately crafted blend of light and darkness, and its seamless intermingling of shapes and space.  Words like “flawless” and “perfection” come to mind, when attempting to describe his designs for clients like Cirque du Soleil, […]

LONDON –  The desert planet Arrakis came to life at Leicester Square for the world premiere of Dune: Part Two on Thursday February 15, with nearly 30 tons of sand shipped to the site for the gala created by Limited Edition Event Design. But the rainy weather during the build-up days leading to the star-studded […]