INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s state deputy labor commissioner and IATSE Local 30’s business manager signed an agreement Sept. 9 that frees the union of the $11,500 penalty assessed by the state’s OSHA after the Aug. 13, 2011 stage structure collapse at the Indiana State Fair.
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA — AV Concepts, which helped bring Tupac Shakur back as a holographic illusion at Coachella 2012, is supporting the virtual performances of other late rappers for the 2013 Rock the Bells series of hip-hop shows this fall, including performing likenesses of Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Baster (ODB) for shows here (San Manuel Amphitheatre, Sept. 7-8), in San Francisco (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Sept. 14-15).
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LAS VEGAS, NV — UsedAV.com, a division of 4Wall Entertainment and sister-site to UsedLighting.com, has added AV veteran William Posey as VP of National Sales. Posey’s focus will be the development of new business as well as working with production companies and clients to liquidate their unused audio and video equipment.
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ROSKILDE, Denmark — The Roskilde Music Festival, a summer tradition since the 1970s, this year featured Metallica on the festival’s Orange stage and also included performances by top acts ranging from Rihanna to Slipknot. LD Kasper Lange lit the Orange Stage with a variety of fixtures from Harman’s Martin business unit.
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SINGAPORE — The Star Performing Arts Centre (The Star PAC), which opened in November 2012, includes a 5,000-seat theater, a multipurpose hall, an outdoor amphitheater, rooftop reception areas, and supporting spaces of varying sizes. ETC’s lighting control systems and fixtures can be found throughout the complex.
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ArKaos has introduced the GrandVJ 2, the latest version of its ArKaos GrandVJ software for VJs, DJs, clubs and musicians.
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OWINGS MILLS, MD — R&R Events turned to Excel Lighting Services and LD Mike Lurz for the lighting design for the June 7 ceremony at the Under Armour Performance Center here where the NFL champion Ravens received their Super Bowl rings. The event, like the game, had a “second-half blackout,” but in this case, it was a fully planned part of the show.
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NEW DELHI, India — The lighting director for the Guru Tegh Bahadur Memorial here worked with PR Lighting’s distributor for India, Modern Stage Service, and its designer, Varinder Wadhwa on a lighting scheme for the attraction that incorporates PR Lighting’s XR300 Beam and PR-8802 fixtures.
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