Garth Brooks Tour Adds BMFL Spots to Lighting Rig

LAS VEGAS – Garth Brooks continues his maverick Man Against Machine tour which started in fall 2014 and has been delighting his massive and loyal fan base. The country superstar is known for his exciting live shows and amazing connection with his audiences, as well as for taking a very active interest in his production and stage presentation. Lighting designer Dave “Gig” Butzler  likes to keep the lighting rig constantly evolving to ensure that Brooks’ extended touring campaigns are constantly fresh.

LAS VEGAS — For the seventh time, PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE readers will have the opportunity to nominate lighting, staging, video and audio technologies worthy of an Indispensable Technology “IT” Award. The awards competition recognizes technologies that have advanced the state of the art in each of those categories within the previous year. The recognition process starts with nominations from readers of each magazine. Top nominated products make it onto the Parnelli Awards ballot for a final vote.

ZOTTEGEM, Belgium —For the Dunk! Festival, which ran from May 5-7 in Zottegem, Belgium, LD Frederick Heerinckx of BlackBoxDesign specified 42 Chauvet Professional Nexus 7×7 panels, making use of the fixture’s classic tungsten looks and pixel mapping capabilities. The festival acts as an extension of the independent record label, Dunk! Records and serves as a platform for its bands to perform to thousands of post rock and post metal fans.

VANCOUVER, BC – Under the working title “Hidden Fortress,” filming for the third installment of the Planet of the Apes commenced in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver in October 2015. Production crews have chosen to utilize Larson Electronics’ explosion proof fluorescent light fixtures on set, as well as their four-foot hazardous location light fixtures. Larson Electronics’ four foot, two-lamp fluorescent light fixtures are being used for War for the Planet of the Apes, due out next summer.

NASHVILLE– For more than 20 years, Big Events, Inc. has been designing and creating unique, customized events that guests will remember for years to come. So when they were approached by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts to help them create a contemporary “New Spain” club atmosphere for their Annual Gala on April 9, Big Events president Malcolm Greenwood welcomed the opportunity to showcase the design firm’s creativity. With the goal of implementing the highest production-value the event had ever seen, Greenwood then called upon Nashville-based Elite Multimedia who provided him with a complete lighting, audio and projection package for the black-tie dinner and cocktail reception.

AUSTIN – For the sixth season of PBS’ Bluegrass Underground, LD Allen Branton and programmer Han Henze of Keylight LLC used six SolaSpot 1500s provided by 4Wall Lighting to augment the show’s lighting production. A Todd Squared production for PBS broadcast, Bluegrass Underground is the brainchild of entrepreneur Todd Mayo, who transformed an underground cave system discovered by Aaron Higgenbotham in 1810 into the magical performance environment of The Volcano Room of the Cumberland Cavern.

ORLANDO – LMG, a national provider of video, audio, lighting, and LED support and a fixture in the Orlando high tech community for 32 years, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to introduce their second expansion to its current Orlando headquarters.  Founded in Orlando, LMG provides technical services for some of the world’s largest corporate meetings, trade shows, concerts, tours, and permanent installations. With steady growth over the last decade and continuous investments in ground-breaking new technology, the second expansion will provide a much needed larger facility.