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Drug-Linked Deaths Cancel EDM Show in Boston and E-Zoo Festival’s Third Day in NYC

E-Zoo 2012. The Labor Day weekend event on Randall's Island in NYC has grown substantially since it was founded in 2009.

Drug-Linked Deaths Cancel EDM Show in Boston and E-Zoo Festival’s Third Day in NYC

BOSTON and NEW YORK — Separate drug-related incidents claimed the lives of three EDM revelers in late August, with one death canceling an EDM concert in Boston on Aug. 28 and two more deaths leading to the cancellation of the final day’s performances for the three-day Electric Zoo Music Festival at Randall’s Island Park in NYC over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. (E-Zoo 2012 is pictured here).

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Wild Oats photos by Lynn Batten, courtesy of Minack Theatre

“Wild Oats” at U.K.’s Minack Theatre Lit with White Light Gear

PENZANCE, U.K. — For the Shattered Windscreen Theatre Company’s production of Wild Oats at the outdoor, seaside, carved-from-the-granite Minack Theatre here in August 2013, White Light provided lighting equipment to the specifications of LD Ken Allford. The gear, which complemented the Minack Theatre’s own stock of fixtures, included a range of ETC Source Four profiles, Philips Selecon Acclaim fresnels, Robert Juliat followspots and PAR fixtures.

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For the Zac Brown Band’s recent tour (pictured here), for example, Sew What? made a white cyclorama that under UV light revealed a full-color image of the Day of the Dead-inspired cover of the band’s album, Uncaged.

Sew What? Supports Zac Brown Band, Other Acts with Soft Goods, UV Imagery

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA — Sew What? Inc., based here, has been supporting popular acts including The Zac Brown Band, Sublime with Rome, and Little Big Town with new stage drapery designs and invisible UV imagery. For the Zac Brown Band’s recent tour (pictured here), for example, Sew What? made a white cyclorama that under UV light revealed a full-color image of the Day of the Dead-inspired cover of the band’s album, Uncaged.

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2013 MTV VMA lighting rig includined Martin fixtures

2013 MTV VMA Rig Includes Martin Fixtures from VER

BROOKLYN, NY — For the much-discussed and tweeted-about 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, held at Barclays Center here Aug. 25, the lighting rig was hardly at the center of attention, but was nevertheless an integral part of the show. LD Tom Kenny’s rig included Harman’s Martin lighting fixtures, supplied by VER.

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Creamfields 2013 photo by Marc de Groot

Creamfields 2013 Supported by LarMac Live, Others

LONDON — LarMac Live, based here, provided production support for the Creamfields UK dance festival in Daresbury, Cheshire, U.K. for the fourth consecutive year. Ian “Lar” Greenway worked with Cream and Live Nation as production manager with an assist from Matt Smith and Siobhan Shaw. The long roster of production companies supporting the two outdoor arenas and nine tented areas also included Colour Sound Experiment, XL Video and Adlib.

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From left, Christian Kohl (Motion Light, Fürth owner); Sven Heindl (Robe distributor LMP); Marcus Armbrust (Motion Light, Fürth Service department ); Jan Kerschbaum (Motion Light, Fürth Stock department)

More Robe Robin 800 LEDWash Fixtures Available in Germany

FÜRTH, Germany — Motion Light, based here, is one of several lighting rental companies adding Robe Robin 800 LEDWash fixtures to their inventories. Pictured here are, from left, Christian Kohl (Motion Light, Fürth owner); Sven Heindl (Robe distributor LMP); Marcus Armbrust (Motion Light, Fürth Service department ); Jan Kerschbaum (Motion Light, Fürth Stock department)

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Chase & Status Festival Tour Gets HSL Support

Chase & Status Festival Tour Gets HSL Support

BLACKBURN, U.K. — Working with Chase & Status LD Neil Carson and lighting director Cate Carter, HSL provided more than 160 Robe, Clay Paky and Martin/Atomic and Novalight lighting fixtures along with a grandMA2 console in support of Chase & Status’ 2013 summer festival tour, which drew to a close at the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festivals.

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Verizon Fundraiser Lit by Pro Vision, HES Gear

Verizon Fundraiser Lit by Pro Vision, HES Gear

PHILADELPHIA — A Verizon-sponsored fundraising gala staged at the Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel here on behalf of Philadelphia University got a visual assist from LD Bill Murray of Pro Vision Production Inc. and LD/programmer Richard Dunn. Their setup included High End Systems DLVs and TechnoArcs with Hog 4 control.

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Derry/Londonderry Spectacular, lit by dbn-supplied Clay Paky fixtures

Derry/Londonderry Spectacular Lit by dbn, Clay Paky

DERRY-LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland — Having seen the benefits to Liverpool after it was designated a European City of Culture by the European Union in 2008, the United Kingdom launched a similar program for cities in the U.K. The first city designated for the one-year honor is the Northern Ireland city known as both Derry and Londonderry. To support the celebrations of that designation, for the year 2013, Manchester, U.K.-based dbn Lighting provided Clay Paky fixtures.

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