TURIN - It’s important that everyone in the audience feel like part of the show, says Ed Warren, especially when lighting a festival that features DJ and EDM performances. The award-winning designer was determined to achieve this level of connectivity when lighting multiple A-list acts at the C2C festival in early November, even though the venue he was working at, Lingotto Turin, wasn’t exactly conducive to creating a sense of... TURIN - It’s important that everyone in the audience feel like part of the show, says Ed Warren, especially when lighting a festival that features DJ and EDM performances. The award-winning designer was determined to achieve this level of connectivity when lighting multiple A-list acts at the C2C festival in early November, even though the venue he was working at, Lingotto Turin, wasn’t exactly conducive to creating a sense of...

NEWARK, NJ – Right from the start, Papa Roach fans at the Prudential Center, knew that the trailblazing metal masters were going to be coming at them in full force. Walking onto a dark stage, the band started to play “Between Angels and Insects,” as the background behind them suddenly erupted with strobing images from a massive video wall that ran almost the entire width of the stage. The menacingly... NEWARK, NJ – Right from the start, Papa Roach fans at the Prudential Center, knew that the trailblazing metal masters were going to be coming at them in full force. Walking onto a dark stage, the band started to play “Between Angels and Insects,” as the background behind them suddenly erupted with strobing images from a massive video wall that ran almost the entire width of the stage. The menacingly...

POCONO MANOR, PA – The Kalahari Resort in the Pocono mountains bills itself as “220,000 square feet, filled with wet, wild, fun.”  The massive complex does indeed offer some distinctive amenities, such as the world’s first virtual reality water slide. On the weekend of September 23-24, it was also the site of The Way, a Salvation Army Young Adult Retreat. In addition to enjoying the usual attractions at the resort... POCONO MANOR, PA – The Kalahari Resort in the Pocono mountains bills itself as “220,000 square feet, filled with wet, wild, fun.”  The massive complex does indeed offer some distinctive amenities, such as the world’s first virtual reality water slide. On the weekend of September 23-24, it was also the site of The Way, a Salvation Army Young Adult Retreat. In addition to enjoying the usual attractions at the resort...

EDINBURGH – The transformation seemed magical. For three nights this summer, Princess Gardens Park, a refined and stately 37-acre oasis of green in the middle of a downtown shopping district, took on the air of an EDM club as thousands of fans piled in to see stars like Kerri Chandler, Shanti Celeste, Mr. G, and DJ Boring, perform at the Fly Open Air Festival. Setting an appropriately intense tone for... EDINBURGH – The transformation seemed magical. For three nights this summer, Princess Gardens Park, a refined and stately 37-acre oasis of green in the middle of a downtown shopping district, took on the air of an EDM club as thousands of fans piled in to see stars like Kerri Chandler, Shanti Celeste, Mr. G, and DJ Boring, perform at the Fly Open Air Festival. Setting an appropriately intense tone for...

LONDON – “A stunning celebration of chemistry!” That’s how one music journalist described the triumphant return of the original Sugababes when the multi-platinum Brit Award winning trio made their moving O2 homecoming on September 16. The 15,000 fans in attendance on that Saturday night not only eagerly embraced that chemistry, they expanded on it as well, creating a warm, emotional glow that transformed the entire arena. Ed Warren felt the... LONDON – “A stunning celebration of chemistry!” That’s how one music journalist described the triumphant return of the original Sugababes when the multi-platinum Brit Award winning trio made their moving O2 homecoming on September 16. The 15,000 fans in attendance on that Saturday night not only eagerly embraced that chemistry, they expanded on it as well, creating a warm, emotional glow that transformed the entire arena. Ed Warren felt the...