LOS ANGELES – Jelly Roll, Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer, Gracie Abrams, Pink and more… the stars came out in force for Live Nation’s Fire Aid benefit concert. But behind the scenes there was also an array of talent that made this spectacular and very worthy event (it raised […]

MELBOURNE – “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 […]

ALBERTVILLE, FRANCE – The words you speak become the house you live in. So wrote the ancient sage Hafez. The wisdom of this dictum echoes clearly through the halls of Le Dôme Théâtre, a beautiful Italianate building in the heart of the Savoyard town. Since its opening, this multi-purpose facility has built a vibrant theatrical […]

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. There’s safety in numbers. Hedge your bets! There is no shortage of advice, telling us that we should avoid finding ourselves in a position where we rely on only one solution with no alternative. After all, it is common sense, right? Well…not always! Fortunately for the fans […]

On February 15, 2012, Danish metal masters Volbeat scored their first No. 1 Hit in the USA with “A Warriors Call.” Impressive? Yes! But it wasn’t yet time to celebrate. To be completely honest, the group still hadn’t yet cracked the elusive “Big Time” barrier on this side of the Atlantic. All that changed, and […]

Soothing sunsets, autumn leaves, gentle fields of grain. . . amber is there in many of nature’s most embracive scenes. No wonder this color has such an uncanny ability to wrap itself around an audience, drawing them into a uniquely transcendent space. “The amber of the moment,” author Kurt Vonnegut of “Slaughter House Five” fame […]

MESA, AZ – The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Christian metal rock band Skillet, is said to have gotten their name from the pastor at their Tennessee church, who said they blended together so many musical backgrounds and influences that it was like mixing ingredients in a southern friend skillet dish. The pastor knew whereof he spoke. Fans […]

NASHVILLE – Somewhere between EDM and the Grateful Dead? Sounds like some sort of chimerical space residing in the deepest recesses of a very wild dream! But such a spot really does exist, right smack dab in the middle of a Billy Strings show. That’s how Matthieu Larivée describes it. He ought to know too. […]

DAVIE, FL – There are a lot of impressive features everyone can expect to find in the new Maverick Storm 1 Flex, from its jaw-dropping zoom range (2.6° to over 50°) to its dual gobo wheels, to its layerable prisms, to its ability to produce true reds, but there is one thing that no one […]

FRANKFURT – Recently, CHAUVET Professional has been marketing its celebrated line of fixtures under the banner “Finally True Colours ReveaLED.” And while it’s true that the brilliant, realistic colours created by the company’s latest fixture are nothing short of jaw dropping, it’s also true that the company will be impressing with another kind of “reveal” […]

LONG BEACH, CA – Big results require big ambitions. The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said it, and how right he was! Dreamstate SoCal’s creative design team certainly got the “big ambitions” part of that down. Their vision for their main stage was to deliver a production that took fans on an evolving journey across the […]

PRAGUE – Transcendence is built into the very essence of art, which, at its best, is never limited to a single time, place, or culture, but rather, serves as a beautiful fabric that weaves them all together into one beautiful, unifying tapestry. Pioneering Czech Art Nouveau painter-illustrator Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha certainly exemplified this quality. Moving […]