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The tour rig for Chris Isaak included GLP impression X4S LED fixtures. Photo by Bree Kristel Clarke

Chris Isaak Tour Rig Includes GLP impression X4S LED Fixtures

LOS ANGELES — Having used GLP’s impression X4 LED heads in the design of Fleetwood Mac’s current touring set, production designer Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie has turned to 16 of the small impression X4S for recent theatre (and festival) shows by veteran rock singer, Chris Isaak. These were mounted on five vertical pipes — four on the center bar and three each on the others.

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Dierks Bentley Lighting Rig Driven by Jands Vista Console. Photo by Blu Sanders

Dierks Bentley Lighting Rig Driven by Jands Vista Console

AUSTIN, TX — LD Chris Reade is using a Jands Vista T2 console and S1 wing to control lighting for Dierks Bentley on the Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley “Locked & Reloaded” Tour. Along with a large quantity of profile, spot, wash and strobe fixtures, a video wall, video projection and moving pantographs, the set design by Bruce Rodgers of Tribe Inc. also includes custom designed Chroma-Q LED lighting filled set elements.

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Bruno Mars Tours with Clay Paky, Chromlech and grandMA Gear

Bruno Mars Tours with Clay Paky, Chromlech and grandMA Gear

LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is expected to continue touring in support of his album, Moonshine Jungle, through March 2014, with a brief pause in the regular touring schedule for a Groundhog Day gig in East Rutherford, NJ: the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show. The gear on the tour, supplied by VER, incudes a grandMA2 console, Chromlech Elidy LED matrixes, and Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash fixtures — all distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting.

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Naif Club, Prato, Italy. Photo courtesy of RED Lighting

Naïf Club in Italy Installs RED Lighting Gear

PRATO, Italy — This Tuscany hotspot may be called Naïf which, in Italian, means “naïve,” but its lighting design is anything but unsophisticated. With a combination of LED moving head fixtures, LED bars, LED strobes and a RED MX desk, the lighting system helps the space transform for uses ranging from dining to disco.

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Little Big Town's tour in support of their album, Tornado, included a backdrop from Sew What Inc

Little Big Town, Others Tour with Sew What? Inc. Backdrops

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA –  Little Big Town (pictured here, touring in support of their album, Tornado), Death Cab for Cutie and Emblem are three of the music acts now using flame-retardant digitally-printed backdrops made from a new cotton canvas print substrate offered by Sew What?, Inc. The new substrate can be digitally printed while retaining its flame-retardancy, reducing production time and meeting fire regulations.

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TLS Productions, Inc. Adds Two Team Members

BRIGHTON, MI — TLS Productions, Inc. announced the addition of two members to its staff. The company named Elizabeth “Eli” Essex production manager and Ryan Nicholson lighting designer. TLSP also noted that both Essex and Nicholson bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company.

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