Schlagworte: Live

60 Truckloads of Infrastructure for Ed Sheeran Concert

60 Truckloads of Infrastructure for Ed Sheeran Concert
For many fans, an Ed Sheeran concert is an extraordinary event. The British singer-songwriter regularly draws over a hundred thousand fans to his concerts. The biggest concert in Europe on his current tour was at the end of July at the trotting course in Hamburg’s Bahrenfeld district. The logistical effort was immense: using 60 truckloads…
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Stars & technics

Everything Live: Prolight + Sound Streamed

Everything Live: Prolight + Sound Streamed
It’s already routine for young artists and amateurs: transmitting music, video games, or events via internet. At Prolight + Sound 2018 this technology was utilized at various points, and demonstrated how livestreaming can also be executed on a professional level. Live Production Forum Shows Productions Processes for Broadcast and Streaming “Livestreaming isn’t so widespread in…
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Prolight + Sound

Technic of the Stars: Peter Maffay Rocks With Lightpower

Peter Maffay live

Peter Maffay has been in show business going on 45 years now, and with 16 number one albums he is the most successful artist in the German charts by some distance. He delighted children with the little green dragon Tabaluga, and has taken a stand as a peace activist, but music continues to play a crucial role in his life. His latest album, “Wenn das so ist” (“If that’s the case”) came out last year, and the tour continues. For many years, Maffay has been able to call on the expertise of lighting designer Günter Jäckle, who in turn has been able to rely on German stage lighting supplier Lightpower.

Prolight + Sound

Opus winner Bertil Mark: “No feelings, no ideas”

Bertil Mark Lichtdesign

A picture, an nice song and Bertil Marks inner cinema starts. He is a lighting designer with heart and soul, has worked with Sportfreunde Stiller, Sarah Brightmann, Selig, Zemfira, The Notwist, Melody Gardot and Gentleman. At Prolight + Sound 2012 he won the Opus Award. In an interview he tells us about his work.

Prolight + Sound

Technology of the Stars: Tim Bendzko chooses Sennheiser

Tim Bendzko

Tim Bendzko keeps good company. Just like many other stars, including Shakira, Pink, Xavier Naidoo and Seal, he also uses the proven quality of Sennheiser audio technology. At his summer concert at the Waldbühne Berlin, the singer and songwriter performed his hits “Nur noch kurz die Welt retten”, “Sag einfach Ja” and “Am seidenen Faden” in front of almost 20,000 fans. He used wired and wireless microphones as well as IEM solutions from Sennheiser, which have consistently been exhibited at Prolight + Sound.

Prolight + Sound

How holograms can change concerts

holograms

To once again experience John Lennon together with the Beatles or Elvis’ legendary dance live and in color on the stage, most of us will never be able to experience those things. However, if we take into account the newest developments in projection engineering, many long gone legends could seem very alive and in turn breathe new life into the entire music industry.

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