Lighting designer Mike Swinford of UpLate Design loves new tech as much as he loves the chance to be the first to use it, so he was delighted when everything aligned for rental company Fuse to invest in the first Robe FOOTSIE luminaires to arrive in the USA … which he utilized as a key lighting element for the 2023 CMA Fest.

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21.5.2026

Robe Helps Epic Eurovision Glow Up

Robe lighting was proud to be a technical partner for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), staged with all the glamour, glitz, energy, sparkle, sheer Eurovision joy and superlative production values you would expect … last weekend at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.

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19.5.2026

Robe Goes to the Movies with RS Images

Ryan Schaminee (owner of RS Images) is a busy Netherlands-based freelance gaffer and lighting console programmer / operator working on a diversity of commercial, television and movie projects … who has invested in his own set of six Robe iFORTE LTX moving lights fitted with the HCF (High Colour Fidelity) LED engine for use on his numerous projects.

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15.5.2026

Lucie celebrates 40 with Robe

Iconic Czech rock band Lucie celebrated their 40th anniversary with incendiary concerts in four major cities around the Czech Republic – one in Brno, one in Ostrava, two in Prague, finishing up at the LOGSPEED CZ Aréna in Plzeň – all sold out.

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12.5.2026

Def Leppard Hysteria in Las Vegas with some Robe Influence

Legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Def Leppard – one of the biggest-selling rock artists of all time – played 12 incendiary sold-out shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, complete with a spectacular new visual and lighting design created by Montreal-based Luz Studio.