This year’s X-Factor Live tour featured an outstanding collection of new artists including the amazing Fleur East and 2014 X Factor Winner, Ben Haenow, who showcased their copious talents in a fast paced performance together with a vibrant and fluid visual environment produced and choreographed by Beth Honan and lit by Peter Barnes. Lighting equipment was supplied by Blackburn based rental … [Read more...]
JLS Exit on A High Note with HSL
Hugely successful UK pop band JLS completed their final tour just before Christmas complete with a bold and vibrant lighting and visuals design by Dave Lee and lighting equipment for the tour supplied by HSL to live producers, Production North. As the four members of JLS – JB Gill, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold and Ortisé Williams – are moving on to pursue solo careers and new projects five … [Read more...]
HSL Supplies Cheryl Cole A Million Lights Tour
Well … in reality …. It wasn’t quite that many ….. BUT leading Blackburn, UK based lighting and visuals rental specialists HSL did indeed supply lighting equipment and crew to Cheryl Cole’s first solo ‘A Million Lights’ arena tour, once again working for technical producers Production North. The lighting design by Peter Barnes, directed / operated out on the road by Neil Trenell of Fix8, … [Read more...]
Diversity for HSL
Leading UK lighting and visuals rental and solutions provider HSL continued a massively busy touring season supplying lighting, LED screen, rigging and a Kinesys automation system to Production North for street dance troupe sensation, Diversity’s first major arena tour. HSL has worked with Production North on many different projects. Once again, Mike Oates project managed for the … [Read more...]
HSL Says Farewell to Westlife
Westlife – the world’s favourite ‘boyband’ – played two phenomenal and highly emotional farewell concerts over two nights at Croke Park stadium in Dublin in their very last live performances, capping an amazing 14 year chart-topping, multi-million record selling career. Lighting for this – and the six week tour preceding the two 85,000 capacity sold out shows at Croke Park - was … [Read more...]
