LED tape may not get the attention that high beam moving heads or flashy LED backdrops enjoy, but it certainly has its place on live sets as a visually important – and highly cost effective – decorative element. Take Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jon Secada’s show at the Wynn Resort’s Encore Theater in Las Vegas as an example where the Cuban-born singer performed with full backup on a stage composed of seven different levels and custom staircases.

XL Video supplied projection and Catalyst control for the recent UK tour by quirky and interesting indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club, which kicked off their “So Long See You Tomorrow” album campaign and world tour.

The award-winning wysiwyg previsualization suite from CAST Software of Toronto, Canada played a crucial role in the recent 6-week tour of Melodifestivalen 2014, the annual Swedish song contest that yields Sweden's song that will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year marks the country’s 54th time to enter. Melodifestivalen visited 6 cities across Sweden with the Finals held at the massive new Friends Arena in Stockholm. Viewed by approximately 4 million, it is Sweden’s most popular television program.

West London based rental company Entec’s lighting division once again renewed its great working relationship with the Bootleg Beatles, arguably one of the most successful and ‘authentic’ tribute bands in the world … with over 4,000 shows worldwide under their belts since their formation in 1980 - significantly more than the real Beatles!

The 2013 Music Industry Awards (MIAs) show was staged in Brussels by Flemish national TV channel VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroeporganisatie ) in February to honour the best of the lively Belgian music scene.

Proving great minds think alike, lighting designers Dmitriy Karabetskiy and Viktor Trifu both specified Avolites consoles for their individual designs for Kazakh and Serbian X-Factors.

His first time working as a video director, lighting man Robin Haddow has set himself some high hurdles in the way he manages the English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress Ellie Goulding show for lighting designer Cate Carter. “There are multiple screens hanging at various heights all over the rig. I’m using a grandMA2 full-size to map the content to the screens. Having used lots of different desks I’d say it’s the perfect surface for the job”, Haddow reported.

The final of the 2014 Eesti Laul ‘The Song of Estonia’ competition selected the country’s entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be held in May, and was lit by René Jõhve of creative design practice Cuu Club working in close collaboration with Set Designer Marit Kutser.

British hard rock band Heaven’s Basement has a reputation as one of the best live acts around. With a heavy touring schedule that saw them play 172 shows across Europe and the U.S. in 2013, and a debut single that reached #11 on the U.S. rock charts, 2014 has all the makings of a break out year.

Over 200 Robe moving lights graced the lighting rig for the 64th edition of the world famous Sanremo Music Festival in Italy, staged at the Teatro Ariston in the picturesque Ligurian city. The show was broadcast nightly on national TV channel RAI1’s primetime.

SGM’s pioneering X-5 white LED strobes are fast finding favour on the touring circuit — on both sides of the Atlantic and over a wide range of performance. One of the recent adopters has been Seattle band Pearl Jam, products of the city’s rock explosion at the beginning of the 1990’s.

Live Nation approached XL Video to supply a large video production for a recent epic one off show at London's Wembley arena by award winning Taiwanese alt rockers and superstars, Mayday.

The world’s number one DJ Hardwell recently took his acclaimed ‘I Am Hardwell’ show to Brazil playing the 8,000 capacity Espaço das Américas in Sao Paulo where lighting rental company Apple Produçoes supplied over 100 Robe moving lights for a design by Dutch LD Andre Beekmans of The Art of Light.

XL Video’s new Radiant MC-18 Hybrid LED screen is on the road for the first time in the US with the Kings of Leon on their “Mechanical Bull” tour, where it was specified by Production Designer, Paul Normandale.

Speed was at the essence of the all-Robe moving light rig specified by Lighting Designer Paul “Smiffy” Smith for the latest UK tour by lively hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, with kit supplied by High Wycombe based rental company, Siyan, project managed by Tom Grant.