In 1988, jazz musician Chet Baker spent his final night at Hotel Prins Hendrik, a centuries-old three-star hotel on the Prins Hendrikkade in the heart of Amsterdam. A memorial plaque on the outside wall marks the spot, and each year, the hotel holds an event in his memory. It is a building with music running through its history. That connection continues with Prince Charming Bar & Kitchen, the hotel’s recently reimagined restaurant. Formerly known as De Kroonprins, the space was relaunched as Prince Charming, a bar and restaurant with capacity for around 60 guests. Prince Charming has a menu centred…
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As the highest-grossing stage musical of all time, ‘The Lion King’ has been seen by a global audience of over 100 million people. The German version of the production has become the nation’s most successful musical show, having welcomed upwards of 700,000 spectators each year since opening at the Stage Theatre im Hafen in Hamburg in December 2001. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, producer and live entertainment company, Stage Entertainment, has undertaken a significant technical upgrade to ensure the production continues to deliver the same impact to future audiences. A key part of this upgrade is a comprehensive KV2 Audio sound system designed to support the…
Women in AV/IT (WAVIT) is kicking off October with a triple threat of opportunities designed to help its community connect, grow and recharge. From professional mentorship and leadership wellness to a community-wide walking challenge, WAVIT is bringing its mission to life through three interactive initiatives: WAVIT Mentorship: make your connection, de-stressed: lower stress. lead better. perform stronger., and the ‘Walk with WAVIT challenge.’ Make your connection: WAVIT mentorship live walk-through: On Thursday, October 1 at 9:00 a.m. PT, WAVIT will host WAVIT Mentorship: Make your connection, an interactive activation introducing members to the reimagined Wave of Influence mentorship program. Rather…
Clear-Com has announced that First Baptist Nashville has upgraded its production communications with a Clear-Com intercom solution as part of a comprehensive sanctuary technology renovation led by systems integrator Mankin Media. Centred on the Arcadia Central Station, the installation delivers reliable wired and wireless communications to support worship services while preserving the integrity of the church’s historic sanctuary. Serving downtown Nashville for more than 200 years, First Baptist Nashville recently completed an audiovisual renovation designed to modernise the worship experience while maintaining the character of the church’s more than 50-year-old sanctuary. Mankin Media integrated new audio, video, lighting and communications…
In August 2025, SC Telstar took to the pitch at BUKO Stadium for their first Eredivisie football league home match in nearly five decades. The club, known as the Witte Leeuwen (the White Lions), had secured promotion from the Eerste Divisie in June 2025, returning to Dutch professional football’s highest tier for the first time since 1978. Their 6,000-capacity venue in Velsen-Zuid, North Holland, had to meet the operational and acoustic standards of an Eredivisie match from day one. That requirement immediately exposed the limitations of the existing PA system, which was outdated, difficult to control, and no longer capable…
Emaar Properties has built a new digital out-of-home advertising network across Dubai Mall using INFiLED’s MVmk2 Series LED displays, with roughly 1,100 m² of screen distributed across approximately 50 indoor and outdoor positions. Delivered with Dubai-based integrator Blue Rhine Industries and completed in July 2026, the network gives one of the world’s most visited retail destinations a scalable advertising system built on a single display platform. Dubai Mall is the world’s largest shopping, entertainment and leisure destination, covering more than one million square metres, which is about 200 football pitches in size. The mall includes over 1,200 retail stores and…
Super Furry Animals returned to the road in 2026 with Taith Supacabra, the Welsh band’s first UK tour in more than a decade. The band chose a deliberately compact run of dates in intimate rooms, playing at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom and the O2 Apollo in Manchester before closing at O2 Academy Brixton in late May. PRG supplied video for the tour, with an AV Stumpfl Vario 64 frame system as the show’s primary projection surface. The tour had a small number of dates in smaller venues, leaving little truck space and budget for a bespoke projection surface. Still, the show’s…
Pixel Global AV announces the launch of Pixel Global Care a new enterprise managed service designed to help global organisations simplify and standardise AV support across international workplaces. All this while reducing downtime, improving workplace experience and strengthening operational resilience. As organisations continue investing in hybrid working, enterprise collaboration platforms and workplace technology, AV has become increasingly business-critical. Yet many organisations are still relying on fragmented support models involving multiple suppliers, inconsistent service standards and unclear accountability. For increasingly technology-dependent workplaces, this can mean more than frustrating technical issues. Meeting disruption, recurring AV problems and lengthy resolution times can impact…
The power of d&b Soundscape has helped to deliver an unforgettable live sound experience for Chinese music superstar Silence Wang. During August, the performer’s Age of Romance World Tour played a 10 shows consecutive shows at Beijing’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium, in what is believed to be the largest ever d&b Soundscape deployment in a stadium environment to date. Supplied by OST Productions, one of China’s leading national specialists in sound solutions for large-scale concert touring, the system succeeded in bringing immersive spatial audio to more than 60,000 audience members on each night of the unprecedented run. Silence Wang (‘Wang Sulong’) is…
When the British Museum wanted to mark the forthcoming return of the Bayeux Tapestry to England with a message of thanks to France, the White Cliffs of Dover offered an unusually appropriate canvas. Nearly 1,000 years after the events depicted in the Tapestry, imagery inspired by the historic work appeared across the cliffs alongside a simple message: “Merci”. For Pixel Sharp founder and director Jon Sharpe, however, turning that concept into a successful projection involved much more than pointing high-brightness projectors towards a large white surface. The project had to be delivered at a remote location with no mains electricity,…