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Fineline Lighting and CHAUVET Professional Help Will Furze Reflect Energy of Skid Row on Tour

More than 30 years after they became the very first metal band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts with 1991’s “Slave To The Grind,” Skid Row still has plenty of highly combustible fuel left in the tank. This was breathtakingly evident on the last leg of the band’s 2022 Gangs All Here tour in support of their new album, and their first with their new lead singer, winner of Swedish Idol, Erik Gronwall.Read More »Fineline Lighting and CHAUVET Professional Help Will Furze Reflect Energy of Skid Row on Tour

McGraw Tour 2022: A Neon Glow

When country superstar Tim McGraw hit the road for McGraw Tour 2022, Lighting and Production Designer Patrick Brannon adapted the canceled 2020 design with its Neon inspiration for the outing. Nashville-based Premier Global Production Co. provided the lighting support for Brannon’s designs. The designer tells us how he did it and talks about two new products he put in his rig.

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Bandit Lites: 55 Trailblazing Years

Having started in 1968, by a then 12-year-old Michael T. Strickland, Bandit Lites is now celebrating it 55th Anniversary. It is today a global leader in the live event industry with facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia. This month we speak with Strickland and others at Bandit about the five-plus decades of supporting some of the biggest acts and events in live entertainment.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: An Effects Filled Production

Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been touring its annual holiday-themed production for 23 years but Director of Touring and Production Elliot Saltzman and Production and Lighting Designer Bryan Hartley make sure that every year is a fresh design that tops the year before. Helping them do that is special effects expert Doug Adams, President of ImageSFX. PLSN speaks with all three having just wrapped the 2022 tour.

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The CoiL Learning Center: Lead, Teach and Learn

Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP), in concert with their brand, LMG, created and support the CoiL Learning Center, with two U.S. locations at LMG’s facilities in Orlando and Las Vegas, as well as one at an ETP studio in London. We take an in-depth look at CoiL speaking with Ormilla Vengersammy, Director of Academic Programs, and Earl Hoback, Technical Programs Manager.

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Visionary Honoree: Keny Whitright

Keny Whitright, innovator and inventor, is being honored with the Parnelli Visionary Award this year. Whitright created the first color scroller using gel strings and never looked back. The innovative technology developed by his company, Wybron went on to be used in all segments of the live entertainment industry. His vision created many products that became standards in our industry over the course of his career. 

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Indispensable Technology

With voting underway for the Parnelli Awards, [see the Official Ballot on pg. 47] PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote on lighting, staging & effects, and video technologies worthy of the name Indispensable Technology for the Parnelli “IT” Award. This month we have a roundup of the 18 nominated products.

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