Take That may be the biggest phenomenon in British pop since The Beatles. Their reunion tour - which reunited the other band members with Robbie Williams - needed to be spectacular. Brilliant Stages helped ensure that it was.
In July, a 33 year old former Olympic swimmer from South Africa was officially declared Princess Charlene of Monaco when she married Prince Albert. French rental company Arpege Son Lumiere and DiGiCo were in attendance.
The UK's Goodwood Festival of Speed saw not only a number of fast, exotic cars but also the largest Christie MicroTiles temporary installation yet created in Europe.
DesignScene have production-designed and managed the first full scale large live event to be staged at the new flagship St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, a charity fundraiser in aid of The National Autistic Society.
ETC's Sarah Clausen has been appointed as market manager for ETC Germany, while Erik Larsen will be focusing on those territories served by ETC from the UK.
Blackburn, UK-based lighting rental company HSL supplied all stage lighting equipment for the Israeli Opera & Les Choragies d'Orange in France's production of "Aida", staged at the foot of Masada Mountain at The Dead Sea in Israel.
For two or three months each year, it seems that all anyone talks about in the UK is the Glastonbury Festival. For a certain section of the British population, it's the 'must-attend' event of the year. XL Video were also there.
A three week Hewlett-Packard sales meeting tour taking in London, Frankfurt and Istanbul, provided a number of design, installation and logistical challenges to events company Stage Electrics.
Although the recent royal wedding is now fading rapidly in many people's minds, evidence of the role the rental/staging industry played in it continues to emerge.
130 trucks, each carrying 40 tons of equipment. 5,638 lighting fixtures. 8.5km of truss. 4,580 Barco tiles. 1,200 audio signals. Is there another event in the world that uses as much AV technology and skill as the Eurovision Song Contest?
In September 1999, Jeremy Gilley founded the Peace One Day project to try to create an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. Fifteen rental/staging companies came together in Dubai to help raise awareness.
‘Exit Planet Dust’, ‘Dig Your Own Hole’, ‘Surrender’, ‘Come With Us’, ‘Push The Button’ and ‘We Are Night’ were their first six albums – and The Chemical Brothers have been on tour to promote ‘Further’, their seventh.
Irish alternative rock band The Script's 'Science and Faith' album was released towards the end of 2010 and, as is common practice, the band went on the road to promote it. Tickets for the 12-date UK tour sold out within five days of going on sale.
Love him or hate him, there can be no doubt of James Blunt's success, nor that he has many thousands of fans. He's been taking his most recent album out on the road - and GrandMA has been helping him look his best.
