LONG BEACH, CA — SMG worked with John Sergio Fisher Architects, Theatre Projects Consultants and Jerry Sherman, AIA to update the Long Beach Arena with a new tension grid rigging system provided by J. R. Clancy, Inc.
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LONDON — XL Video is supplying a projection system, Pandora’s Box mapping and media server control, cameras and PPU to the current #willpower solo tour by Black Eyed Peas founding member will.i.am. The tour recently moved from the U.S. to Europe.
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LES EPESSES, France — Historical French theme park Puy du Fou, based here, wows its crowds with a live nighttime spectacle, Cinéscénie. LD Koert Vermuelen has been relying on Clay Paky gear in the rig for the shows, including Alpha Beam 1500s and Sharpys. The historical theme park celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
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LOS ANGELES — Smart Monkeys Inc. supported the video enhancements to the traveler experience at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. The Integrated Environmental Media System (IEMS) there incorporates seven media features with approximately 9,600 square feet of combined active display area, designed by Marcela Sardi of Sardi Design.
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LONDON — For Jessie J’s Alive Tour, Creative Technology (CT) provided a video system including LED screens (more than 300 Barco MiStrips) and control (Ai Media Servers and a Panasonic 450 mixing system with a multi-viewer output). The mix of prerecorded video content and I-Mag was overseen by Paul Caslin and Steve Price. The Jessie J Alive Tour completed its U.K. leg in November and takes off to America in the New Year for a three-month tour.
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DURBAN, South Africa — The 2013 Crown Gospel Awards, staged at the International Conference Centre (ICC) here and seen for the first time via South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), was lit with an LED-dominated rig that included 24 Robe Pointes 18 DLF Wash fixtures, six DLS Profiles, 30 LEDWash 600s and 70 LEDForce PRs, all supplied by Gearhouse South Africa.
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NASHVILLE — Blake Shelton’s “Ten Times Crazier” Tour, which hit the road from July through October, was lit with a rig provided by 4Wall Nashville that included Martin MAC Vipers and MAC 2000 Washes along with Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots and GLP Impression X4S Wash LEDs.
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WALLDORF, Germany — For a recent opening ceremony at the Walldorf Ärztezentrum (Medical Center) here, Session Pro provided LD/programmer Benjamin Schleger with Clay Paky fixtures including 32 Sharpys, 48 Alpha Spot QWO 800s, 24 A.leda Wash K20s and 24 A.leda Wash K10s.
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MEXICO CITY — For a sold-out show at 10,000-capacity Auditorio Nacional here recently, Colombian-born singer Margarita, La Diosa de la Cumbia, was lit by LD Ángel Alvarado, who used a rig featuring Robe Robin MMX Spots, LEDWash 1200s, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100s along with ColorWash 2500E ATs. Tama Producciones provided the gear.
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