And Creos lights up Glastonbury’s Levels dance stage
Aside from the huge quantity of GLP’s JDC2 IP and impression X5 Bars deployed on the Pyramid stage for Friday night headliners, 1975, it was another headline performance—Charli XCX’s appearance on The Other Stage—that became another of the most highly talked-about sets of the festival. Here the stage was bedecked with 168 JDC Burst 1 strobe/wash hybrids.
Since last November, her lighting has been supplied by Liteup who have now added 90 of their 100 newly acquired GLP JDC Burst 1s to her touring rig. These accompanied her to Glastonbury where they complemented a further 78 JDC Bursts on the over-stage rig, the wings and delay towers—part of the generic house rig provided by Siyan. This gave the artiste’s creative director, Imogene Strauss, and LD Jonny Kingsbury (Cour Design) the tools needed to deliver a dynamic and ever-changing set, as the versatile hybrid lights displayed their full range of tricks.
Said Liteup MD Marc Callaghan, “What really impressed us was the fixtures’ brightness, cost effectiveness, IP rating and the iQ.Mesh. These are all really great features.”
With its segmented, controllable white strobe line, the JDC Burst 1 delivers unparalleled punch and impressive strobe effects. Inspired by the innovative technology of the JDC2 IP, the new JDC Burst 1 features an impressive blend of power, colour intensity, and flexibility.
Over at The Levels—the late-night, open-air dance stage nestled within Glastonbury’s Silver Hayes zone—GLP’s powerful Creos washlights took centre stage, delivering a visually arresting experience for thousands of festival goers.
Now in its second year, this 12,000-capacity space, curated by Team Love, focuses on cutting-edge electronic music and immersive visual art. Lighting design for the stage was led by James Newmarch of Refrakt Labs, who first encountered the GLP Creos at the 2023 PLASA Show. Impressed by their intensity, versatility, and IP65 rating, Newmarch saw their potential immediately. And so it proved, as with standout performance and design flexibility, the fixtures proved themselves an integral part of this year’s visual identity.
Each Creos fixture features 18 x 40W RGBL LEDs, a motorised 1:12 zoom, and seamless pixel clustering, ideal for bold, dynamic environments like The Levels. Some 60 units were installed across the stage’s overhead trusses, with 15 fixtures per truss, forming sweeping light bars that transformed the space into a glowing, kinetic landscape.
“The fixtures were incredibly punchy and intuitive to programme,” said Newmarch. “We especially loved the Multipix random strobe mode—it added an unpredictable, organic static noise energy to the show.”
So effective was the output that one passing crew member noted, “They were so bright, they lit up the FOH of The Other Stage and the Glastonbury sign up on the hill.”
