GREENSBORO, NC — Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band have canceled the show set for Greensboro, NC April 10 in protest of HB2, a.k.a. “the bathroom law,” which prevents municipal and county governments from passing antidiscrimination measures that could serve the interests of those who are gay or transgender. Springsteen posted an explanation outlining the reasons for the cancellation on Facebook.
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NEW YORK — In response to recent legislative action in Mississippi and North Carolina, USITT has issued a statement, signed by USITT President Mark Shanda and Executive Director David Grindle, outlining its position on the issue
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NEW STANTON, PA — Good Sounds provided Chauvet Professional fixtures to for the new campus for New Stanton United Methodist Church. The system designed by Good Sounds owner Dwight Brown includes six COLORdash Par-Quad 18 par-style fixtures, four Rogue R2 Washes and four COLORado Batten 72 Tours.
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PHILADELPHIA – LD Michael Korsch selected Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 and Alpha Profile 800 ST moving lights as part of the rig for the world premiere of Don Quixote at the Pennsylvania Ballet. The production featured a large, two-story set from San Diego Opera. The production was staged from March 3-13 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Main Light Industries supplied the Clay Paky fixtures for Korsch’s lighting design.
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LONDON — In 2014, White Light was appointed as an approved cross-palace supplier for independent charity Historic Royal Palaces. The company has renewed its approval and will be providing support for events staged at Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace until 2016.
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LAS VEGAS — For a string of shows in California and Nevada during March, dubbed the “March Madness” tour, String Cheese Incident LD Andy Cass included 15 Strike 4 LED Blinders from Chauvet Professional to add an extra dose of intensity to his dynamic light show.
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Martin’s outdoor-rated Exterior Projection 500, featured at Prolight + Sound 2016, promises to serve as a powerful creative fixture for the integration of light textures and graphics in outdoor lighting designs. Martin says its Exterior Projection 500 is specifically designed to project crisp images and striking lighting patterns on buildings and structure exteriors such as stadiums, arenas, hotels, theme parks, convention centers and more.
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The new Wings IOBox Pro network control device from AV Stumpfl is due to ship this month. The company says the unit weighs 240 grams and is compact enough to fit in the palm of a hand, but is powerful enough to control an entire building’s automation, AV and lighting systems 24/7.
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LONDON — The latest addition to the Philips Showline product range, the SL Hydrus 350, made its pre-launch debut at electronic duo Lamb’s concert during the Convergence Sessions festival. The festival ran from March 13 to 19 March at venues across London including the Roundhouse and art deco Troxy. Now in its third year, Convergence spans different genres of music and celebrates visual artists and pioneering technology. Lighting designer Mark Wynn-Edwards, who has worked with the band for nearly two years, specified 11 of the brand new moving lights to add super bright beam effects to his stripped back design.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC has launched The LearningStage portal. It can be found in the new ‘Online Training’ section of the ETC website. Users may log in with an existing MyETC account, or they may create a new account to sign up for courses. In addition to providing access to the training portal, this account also grants access to user forums, white papers, and other helpful information about ETC products.
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NEW YORK — Three existing ESTA standards have been opened for revision. They involve the deflagration of dust, light source color rendition and makeup mirror lighting. Those who might be affected by the changes are invited to join the Technical Standards Program working groups developing the revisions or to comment in future public reviews.
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