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THE TPi AWARDS 2014 Yet again we’re able to reflect on another year of challenging, creative, innovative, boundary-pushing technological productions in the live entertainment sector.

2013 saw some pretty spectacular events in action. Biffy Clyro’s UK & Ireland arena tour ’Opposites’ combined intricate projection design, environmentally conscious set construction and inspiring themes. After a year’s absence Glastonbury returned with its incredible Arcadia Stage, producing a space age dimension to the festival’s atmosphere; Robbie Williams became larger than life on his ‘Take The Crown’ stadium tour; Bon Jovi showed the US and Europe that three decades after their inception, they remain very hands-on with their tours; Festival Number 6 stunned on its second coming in the beautiful and challenging surroundings of North Wales; SXSW in Austin, Texas, captivated an international audience with its round the clock inner city festival; and Beyonce’s ‘The Mrs Carter Show’ broke the record for the most lighting fixtures used on a tour.

That’s just a small example of what we’ve loved learning about, and we collectively appreciate the hospitality shown to us by the industry.

With the all-consuming planning and preproduction these kind of events involve, to the exciting live experience felt as the shows get on the road, it then becomes our passion to expose all the hard work from every part of an event and talk to the community and talent that makes it all happen, safely.

From all the global production and tour managers, to the engineers, crewmembers, designers, manufacturers, and service companies which made 2013 such an incredible year for both British and international live events, the TPi Awards is proud to have been able to honour some of the late, great and highly influential industry professionals during the ceremony.

Although we organise it, this event is yours; it’s a night which belongs to the people who make the touring world truly tick.

On behalf of everyone at the TPi Awards 2014 and TPi Magazine, thank you for being part of our industry’s special event and we look forward to seeing you next year, after another 12 months on the road.

Kelly Murray, Editor

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THE HOST

HUEY MORGAN After delivering some funny, intelligent and all-round entertaining hosting skills at the TPi Awards 2010, the whole team were delighted to welcome back smooth talking New Yorker, Hugh ‘Huey’ Morgan as the 2014 host of ceremony.

Huey is a half Irish, half Peurto Rican New York native, who currently resides in London with his family, and enjoys a successful career in the music industry.

As the presenter of his very own awardwinning radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music, ‘The Huey show’, and taking BBC Radio 2’s late night record collection slot, our host clearly thrives

on engaging with an audience which is why so many of you suggested his return.

Huey is also a veteran in ‘our world’. In 1993, Huey formed and fronted New York rock / hip hop band, Fun Lovin’ Criminals in which he performed both vocals and guitar duties and blended rock, hip hop, jazz, reggae, and funk influences into his musical endeavours. More recently, Huey recorded his first solo album ‘Say It To My Face’, and as of 2012 became part of the Love Hate Social Club tattoo studio in London, alongside Miami Ink star, Ami James.

We hope you enjoyed the show hosted by this true rock ‘n’ roller!

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THE AWARDS There were 27 categories during the evening.

These were...

Favourite Video Company

Outstanding Contribution Award

Front of House Engineer of The Year

Sponsored by the Production Services Association

Sponsored by Martin Audio

Favourite Rehearsal Facility

Favourite Catering Company

Sponsored by Chauvet Professional

Sponsored by Medialease

Tour Manager of The Year

Favourite Power Supply Company

Sponsored by VER

Sponsored by SES

Tour / Production Coordinator of The Year

Favourite Venue

Sponsored by LS-Live

Sponsored by CUK Audio

Production Manager of The Year

Favourite Staging Company

Sponsored by EFM

Sponsored by CGA:Live

Favourite Rigging Company

Favourite Freight Company

Sponsored by Sunbaba

Monitor Engineer of The Year

Stage Manager of the Year

Sponsored by Yamaha

Favourite Sound Rental Company

The Des Fallon Video Visionary Award

Sponsored by Harman Professional

Sponsored by Green Hippo

Favourite Security / Crowd Management Company

Favourite Lighting Rental Company Sponsored by Robe

Favourite Transport Company

Lighting Designer of The Year Sponsored by Martin by Harman

Mark Fisher Set Designer of The Year

Favourite Set Construction Company

Sponsored by Perry Scenic

Sponsored by J&C Joel

Favourite Crew Company

Favourite Travel Company

Sponsored by VME

Sponsored by Private Jet Charter

Rigger of The Year

Live Production of The Year

Sponsored by Rigging Services

Sponsored by Chauvet Professional

The people behind the people behind the scenes The PSA is the trade association for companies and individuals involved in the live event production industry. Our aim is to represent, improve, educate and develop the business of technical production for live events. This is achieved by pooling the knowledge of the entire industry to create a single voice for the industry and a central resource for its members.

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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Chris Mounsor Winner:

Chris Mounsor started his music career in the early 80s, providing disco equipment and eventually a ‘proper’ band PA to London’s Electric Ballroom. By the mid / late 80s, his company Encore PA and his friends, Oz PA, were providing audio services to the likes of the Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Farm, The La’s, Oasis, Morrissey and a whole raft of other artists in the ‘Madchester’ music scene.

Encore’s involvement in the rave / acid house scene even saw Chris make the front page of the News Of The World for two weeks running in 1989.

In the early 90s Chris honed his industry sales skills further under the watchful eye of Bryan Grant at Britannia Row. In the mid 90s Chris was poached

by Malcolm Mellows to head up PSL’s fledgling music division with the late Des Fallon as assistant.

soon joined Chris and Lee’s new venture. As an innovator Chris brought the ubiquitous PPU to the industry and furthermore, pushed the use of LED products, eventually leading to their popularity on touring riders.

Chris always brought a level of respect to touring video and is primarily responsible for its undeniably important presence as seen today. XL Video is now considered a leading, first class operation. It has developed into a world renowned tour supplier, providing ground-breaking creative, technical and innovative services to global artists including U2, Roger Waters, The Rolling Stones and Depeche Mode, to name but a few. On such tours, Chris could always be found in or near the catering!

Touring video had been somewhat chaotic up until then, and Chris brought structure and a degree of professionalism to the new found sector.

His willingness to push the boundaries as well as his humour and determination to deliver the best has endeared him to everyone he dealt with and as you know, Chris truly deserves TPi’s Outstanding Contribution award.

After a successful few years at PSL Chris, along with friend Lee Spencer, set up XL Video UK. Des, Richard Burford, Paul Wood and Malcolm

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FAVOURITE REHEARSAL FACILITY WINNER:

LH2 Winner:

NOMINATED: Black Box Cato Music LS-Live Music Bank

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TOUR MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Glen Rowe Winner:

NOMINATED: Barry Brostrรถm Ian Day Sheep Steve Chapman

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TOUR / PRODUCTION COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR WINNER: Winner:

Helen ‘Hels Bells’ Smith NOMINATED: Holly Sandeman Lizzie Adshead Maya Gas Simon Buckley

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PRODUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Andy Cotton Winner:

NOMINATED: Bob O’Brien Johan Bengs Paddy Hocken Ricardo Ribeiro

THE MUSIC, LIVE EVENT & ENTERTAINMENT LOGISTICS SPECIALISTS EFM offer global coverage and provide the highest levels of customer service in domestic and international freight, aircraft charters, logistics and transportation.

Moving equipment via air, road or sea, including raising ATA Carnets, taking care of documentation, border crossings and customs brokerage, EFM support the music, live events, sport and entertainment industries worldwide.

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PROUD SPONSORS OF THE TPI AWARDS 2014 www.efm-worldwide.com

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FAVOURITE RIGGING COMPANY WINNER:

Knight Rigging Services Winner:

NOMINATED: Blackout Rigging Services Star Events Group Ltd UK Rigging

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MONITOR ENGINEER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Otto Kroyman Winner:

NOMINATED: Adam Taylor Andy ‘Baggy’ Robinson Francois Pare Matt Napier

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FAVOURITE SOUND RENTAL COMPANY WINNER:

Britannia Row Winner:

NOMINATED: Capital Sound Nitelites SKAN PA SSE

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FAVOURITE SECURITY / CROWD MANAGEMENT WINNER:

Showsec Winner:

NOMINATED: AP Security Headline Show & Event Vespasian Security

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FAVOURITE TRANSPORT COMPANY WINNER:

Phoenix Bussing Winner:

NOMINATED: Beat The Street Fly By Nite Redburn Transfer Stagetruck

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MARK FISHER SET DESIGNER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Misty Buckley Winner:

NOMINATED: Ala Lloyd Es Devlin Mark Fisher Oli Metcalfe

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FAVOURITE CREW COMPANY WINNER:

Stage Miracles Winner:

NOMINATED: Cato Music Expert Eyes Gallowglass Showforce

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RIGGER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Sven Knight Winner:

NOMINATED: Jez Craddock Nick Brown Omar Franchi Pete the Greek

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FAVOURITE VIDEO COMPANY WINNER:

XL Video Winner:

NOMINATED: Bluman Associates Chaos Visual Productions Creative Technology Satis & Fy

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FRONT OF HOUSE ENGINEER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Snake Newton Winner:

NOMINATED: Elvis Elfström Jay Rigby Marc ‘MC’ Carolan Martin Walker

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FAVOURITE CATERING COMPANY WINNER:

Eat To The Beat Winner:

NOMINATED: Crunchtime Catering Eat Your Hearts Out Popcorn Snakatak

For further information on The Festival Awards and the associated partnership opportunities please contact: James Drury • Tel: +44 (0)7789 950 272 • Email: james@festivalawards.com

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FAVOURITE POWER SUPPLY COMPANY WINNER:

Buffalo Winner:

NOMINATED: Aggreko Fourth Generation Frisby Technical Services The Technical Department

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FAVOURITE VENUE WINNER:

O2 Academy Brixton Winner:

NOMINATED: O2 Arena London O2 Academy Leeds Roundhouse Royal Albert Hall

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FAVOURITE STAGING COMPANY WINNER:

StageCo Winner:

NOMINATED: Acorn LS-Live Serious Stages Star Events Group

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FAVOURITE FREIGHT COMPANY WINNER:

Rock-It Cargo Winner:

NOMINATED: EFM Global Motion Horizon Sound Moves

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STAGE MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Josh Rosen Winner:

NOMINATED: Mike Grove Paul English Rik Benbow Steve Lemahieu

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THE DES FALLON VIDEO VISIONARY AWARD WINNER:

Richard Turner Winner:

NOMINATED: Dave Crump Lydia Baker Oli Metcalfe Tom Kirk

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FAVOURITE LIGHTING RENTAL COMPANY WINNER:

Neg Earth Winner:

NOMINATED: HSL Nitelites PRG Production Services Ireland

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LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR WINNER:

Oli Metcalfe Winner:

NOMINATED: Johan Bengs Paul Normandale Vince Foster Zachary Matusow

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FAVOURITE SET CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WINNER:

Brilliant Stages Winner:

NOMINATED: Hangman LS-Live Steel Monkey TAIT

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FAVOURITE TRAVEL COMPANY WINNER:

Music By Appointment Winner:

NOMINATED: ET Travel Media Travel Rima The Tour Company

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LIVE PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR WINNER: Winner:

GLASTONBURY:

Arcadia Stage NOMINATED: Opposites - Biffy Clyro 2nd Law - Muse Take The Crown - Robbie Williams

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SPONSORS

EVENT PRODUCTION

CGA-Live, Chauvet Professional, CUK Audio, EFM, Green Hippo, Harman Professional, J&C Joel, LS-Live, Martin by Harman, Martin Audio, Medialease, Perry Scenic, Private Jet Charter, PSA, Rigging Services, Robe, SES, VER, VME, Yamaha, Sunbaba

Production Manager - Liz Madden of NoNonsense Group Show Caller - Alex Clayton-Black

SUPPORTERS Clay Paky, Elation, GLS, Pioneer, XL Video PRODUCTION SUPPLIERS Beautiful Minds, Blackout, Clink Clink, Creative Technology, Digital Insanity, KB Event, Knight Rigging Services, Rider Provider, S+H Technical Support, Showsec, Siyan, Sunbaba, VME, LS-Live, J&C Joel, Autocuehire, Gallowglass H&S, Coco Photobooth, Rigging Services

TPi TEAM Event Manager - Amy Wright General Manager - Justin Gawne Advertising & Sponsorship Manager Hannah Eakins Advertising Sales - Kieren Gardens Editor - Kelly Murray Assistant Editor - Patrick McCumiskey TPi Awards and TPi Magazine Circulation Danielle Ramsden MISC. Brochure and Artwork Production - David Bell Awards Voiceover - Paul Willett Awards Trophies - Gaudio Event Photography - Jim Ellam