Fifteen Robe WTF! multipurpose LED strobe / wash / blinder effects fixtures were in spectacular action on the 2026 summer tour by Danish singer-songwriter Mads Langer, for a lighting design created by Malte Hauge. The fixtures were supplied by lighting rental company Light Design from Copenhagen, which was the first in the country to invest in these powerful and impressive luminaires, purchased...
Australian singer, musician and writer Nick Cave – whose eclectic and acclaimed musical influence has inspired generations since the 1980s – has completed the final European leg of a world tour with The Bad Seeds. This run of shows followed on from their Wild God album campaign in 2024/25. The lighting design was created by Sydney-based LD Grant Hickey and included 22 x Robe iESPRITE LTL wash beam...
Robe’s new Arianne 6 LED wash beams were out on a summer tour lighting design created by Jannik Kenneth for chart-topping, award-winning Danish singer and poet, Tobias Rahim. The Arianne 6s were a key part of the lighting rig and a new investment by rapidly growing Danish rental company Profox from Aalborg, and these were also the first fixtures in rental stock in Denmark. Jannik had originally...
Queen Machine – one of Europe’s best Queen tribute bands – definitely live up to their claim both in terms of performance and production! Formed in Denmark in 2009, and known for their flawless, high-energy replications of Queen's legendary music, Queen Machine is hugely popular, and tours extensively across Denmark and Europe, selling out arenas and larger venues. They also regularly collaborate...
Lighting designer Nick Whitehouse used Robe SVOPATT multisource LED luminaires for NBC Sports’ 2026 Sunday Night Baseball show open, starring Zac Brown Band. The inventive lighting created the scale and energy of an epic stadium performance. Filmed at American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, the show open features Zac Brown Band performing a reimagined rock classic. Nick needed high...
System of a Down’s 2026 stadium tour featured a large Robe moving light rig which was specified by Rob Sinclair, who created the initial lighting design and concept in early 2025. On the previous incarnation, programmer Andre Petrus had created the strong backbone to the current showfile together with Meg Sinclair, Daniel Richardson and Matt Arthur, who added extra finesse once on the road. This...
Robe’s new GigaPointe moving lights made their Slovenian debut with popular indie rockers Joker Out, who celebrated their 10th birthday with a massive special show – Karneval, a festival-style, circus-themed extravaganza, including special guests – staged at the outdoor Kardeljeva ploščad venue at the university in capital Ljubljana. Tasked with designing lighting this landmark event was visual...
US rock band Bleachers are on the road this year after their fifth studio album, Everyone for Ten Minutes, dropped in May, fronted by lead singer Jack Antonoff, also one of the most prolific and successful music producers on the planet. Bleachers is his current live music performance project. Wanting something special, different, quirky and great-looking to set the stage show apart, he asked...
Italian pop superstar and singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro is playing a sold-out Italian stadium tour – Stadi 26 – with an eye-popping lighting design by Giovanni Pinna, including nearly 150 Robe moving lights and 3 x Robe RoboSpot remote follow systems, all being operated on the road by lighting director Marco Zucchinali. The show is strongly video-based. Comix – the London-based multi...
Over 250 Robe moving lights – 264 to be precise – including 54 of the brand’s new laser-source GigaPointes – took centre stage at ULTRA Europe 2026, assisting the spectacular visual experience across the festival's Main and RESISTANCE stages in Split, Croatia, ensuring the adrenaline pumped and the serotonin levels peaked in Park Mladeži for three days in July. A star-studded lineup matched the...