Mojo Barriers’ Australian office was called in by Metallica to provide extensive stage barriers for the Southeast Asia leg of the band’s Through the Never tour, 21-25 August 2013. The rock legends played Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore before heading to Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia….continue reading
Mojo Barriers expanded its Scottish presence this year, supplying stage barriers for the brand new urban music programme Glasgow Summer Sessions, 15,17 and 20 August 2013. Headliners Kings of Leon, Tiny Tempah and Eminem were among the artists to grace the stage at the inaugural event which took place at Bellahousten Park. Jim Gaffney, Mojo…continue reading
Mojo Barriers’ new Gatekeeper 2.0 was put into action at this year’s Lowlands Festival collecting data on crowd flow and movement, 16-18 August 2013. A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known simply as Lowlands, is held annually in Biddinghuizen in the Netherlands. This year saw Bullet for my Valentine, Chase and Status and Jake…continue reading
Mojo Barriers’ US office designed and installed a brand new barricade layout at this year’s Lollapalooza Festival, ensuring the highest levels of safety for audiences, crew and artists, 1-4 August 2013. Chicago’s Grant Park became home to the festival once again with performances from The Cure, Mumford & Sons, The Killers and Nine Inch Nails…continue reading
Mojo Barriers has announced Sensei Producciones, as part of Live Nation Barcelona, as its first exclusive Spanish distributor; building on the company’s success providing its patented barrier systems across the country, July 2013. Sensei’s director Kata has worked in the Spanish production industry for over 30 years on major tours and festivals. An admirer…continue reading
Mojo Barriers’ US office played a vital role in ensuring the Canada Day celebrations went without a hitch, deploying crowd barricade across Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, 1st July 2013. Over 80,000 people descended on Canada’s capital to sing, dance and celebrate the country’s 146th birthday, with ‘The Hill’ becoming a sea of red and white. The…continue reading
Mojo Barriers is supplying its patented stage barriers to Hard Rock Calling and Wireless Festival for the tenth year, following the Live Nation events to their new location in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, July 2013. This year a brand new festival has also been added to the run. The Insomniac and Cream-affiliated Electric Daisy Carnival…continue reading
Mojo Barriers’ US office was back at Greenbrier Classic Concert Series for the third year running, providing its largest stock of products to date, 1-7th July 2013. The Greenbrier, a classic American resort in White Sulphur Springs WV, played host to performances from country superstar Kenny Chesney and rock legend Bon Jovi, as part of…continue reading
Mojo Barriers unveiled its new access control system ‘the Gatekeeper 2.0’ at Belgium’s Graspop Festival, combining a secure turnstile entrance with integrated scanning capabilities, 27-30 June 2013. The crowd control specialist launched the new product at Belgium’s ‘hardest rock festival’, which used 18 Gatekeepers to control the ingress and egress of the 45,000 capacity crowd…continue reading
Mojo Barriers was entrusted to supply all of Download festival’s stage barriers. Jim Gaffney was project director, with crew chief Chris Kordek managing six crew to install over 1,100metres of Mojo aluminium barrier, 14-16 June 2013. Download had five music stages this year, each with its own barrier design and supplementary front of house and…continue reading