In September 2015 innovative post punk electronic rock band New Order released their tenth “Music Complete” album and started the live tour to support the work, which to date has included tours of the UK, Europe, Asia … and is set to visit the US, Japan, Australia and then festivals this summer. The band formed in 1980, and their long term New Order lighting designer Andy Liddle has also been a … [Read more...]
Robe BMFLs Specified for Arlette Gruss Circus
Robe BMFL Spot moving lights have been specified for France’s famous Arlette Gruss Circus show which started its 2016 winter tour at the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux. Since 2009, the show has been staged in the 1500 seater ‘Cathedral’ tent venue, an impressive structure that features 8 masts and is 83 metres long by 49 metres wide with 20 metres of headroom. With those dimensions, … [Read more...]
HSL Supplies Lights to War of the Worlds in the West End
Blackburn, UK based lighting and visuals specialist HSL is supplying lighting and production rigging for the recently opened and much talked about theatrical staging of Jeff Wayne’s 1978 cult album “War of the Worlds” at the Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London, produced by Bill Kenwright. The work is based on HG Wells’ 1879 novel about a Martian invasion and has the additional … [Read more...]
BMFLs Light FNB Stadium for Daimler Trucks & Buses Event
Technical production and solutions specialist Solid Rock Event Technical working for Blue Platinum Events, provided the full technical production – lighting, sound and large format video projection - for a massive son et lumière at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, part of a special invitation two location event for the key sales teams, dealers and clients of Daimler Truck & Buses, a division … [Read more...]
No Sleep Until Nijmegen for Robe!
Robe moving lights have been installed at the new Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty) venue in Nijmegen, one of the famous live music venues in The Netherlands. Originally founded around 1968 and since 1970 operating out of a disused school building in the south suburbs of the city, the club became a popular hippy hangout in the 1970s, and through 40 years at the cutting edge of live music and … [Read more...]
