November marked the 40th anniversary of Lighting & Sound International magazine - and a realisation for Rob that he has been writing for the magazine for thirty-three of those forty years!
The anniversary was commemorated with a special issue of the magazine looking back across those four decades and how the entertainment production industry and its technology have evolved over that time. Rob was delighted to be able to talk in depth to the pioneering show designer Willie Williams about how his work over that period for U2 and others has largely led the way, and also to be able to write about the Live Aid musical Just For One Day as part of a pair of articles looking at the original Live Aid and this new take on the iconic event - with Rob delighted to have been able to take the lead lighting designer of the orginal concert, Jimmy Barnett, to see the new show and to meet its lighting designer, Howard Hudson.
You can read all this and more in the 40th anniversary edition of LSi, available, like every issue of the magazine, online: [link]