Award winning Swedish progressive metal band OPETH celebrated their 25th anniversary this autumn with a European tour, complete with a stunning lighting design by Mick Thornton, who has worked with them since 2005. Mick, a respected and well established UK based LD who works with a number of high profile international artists, specified Robe moving lights after an excellent experience using … [Read more...]
Robe BMFL Spots Funk Up Paolo Nutini
Multi award-winning, multi-talented, chart-topping singer songwriter Paolo Nutini recently played a concert at Millennium Square in Leeds, UK, right in the city centre, for which the production (flown) lighting rig of Robe BMFLs, Pointes and LEDWash 600s was supplied by locally based Zig Zag Lighting for event promoter Futuresound Events. Paolo’s lighting designer Jason Hyne brought his … [Read more...]
Robe Puts On Its Colours for You Me At Six
Acclaimed UK rockers You Me At Six celebrated the conclusion of their 2014 “Cavalier Youth” album campaign with a UK arena double-headliner with US pop punk band All Time Low, bringing an interesting fusion of genres and uniting thousands of enthusiastic young fans equally into both of them. Lighting and visuals designer Louis Oliver from creative practice Okulus specified 18 x Robe BMFL Spots … [Read more...]
Robe Highlights All Time Low
Popular American punk pop band All Time Low recently took the UK by storm on their latest “A Love Like” tour, and part of the WOW factor for their energy-fuelled performances was the lighting design created by Boston based LD Jeff Maker. Lighting for the UK tour was supplied by Leeds based rental company Zig Zag and included over 80 Robe moving lights including 54 x Pointes, 12 x LEDWash … [Read more...]
