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Bandit Lites and Datum Creative Illuminate DISPATCH

Bandit Lites and Datum Creative Illuminate DISPATCH

Indie folk rock band DISPATCH is back touring with a lighting package from Bandit Lites. Comprised of Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan, the Boston-based band were ready to release an album and tour when the COVID-19 pandemic happened. The band utilized the time to retool and deconstruct songs and released their eighth studio album Break Our Fall in August of 2022. They kicked off their summer tour with performances alongside the National Symphony orchestra, requiring lighting designer David Singleton of Datum Creative to engineer a design that could adapt to the special shows and additional festivals. 

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Adam Hall Group’s Cameo Lighting Brand at PLASA Show 2023

At this year’s PLASA Show from 3-5 September in London, the Adam Hall Group will present the latest product highlights of its two brands Cameo and LD Systems on stand B13. The focus will be on the lighting solutions from Cameo, which has been nominated for one of the renowned PLASA Innovation Awards in the form of the new PIXBAR G2 IP65 LED Bar series.Read More »Adam Hall Group’s Cameo Lighting Brand at PLASA Show 2023

Absen Inc. Unveils Innovations: KLCOB V2 Series, Absenicon X, and Absenicon C Ultrawide

Absen Inc., a global leader in DvLED display solutions, is proud to announce the launch of three cutting-edge products that will revolutionize the visual experience in various applications. The KLCOB V2 Series, Absenicon C Ultrawide, and Absenicon X are poised to redefine clarity, performance, and versatility in the DvLED display industry.Read More »Absen Inc. Unveils Innovations: KLCOB V2 Series, Absenicon X, and Absenicon C Ultrawide

Dan Michie Reflects Many Moods on Beartooth Tour with Compact CHAUVET Professional Floor Package

Things never got “routine” for the Beartooth production crew this summer. The Loudwire and Metal Hammer award winners’ 37-city tour has included a wildly mixed bag of shows, as they’ve moved from headlining their own appearances, to supporting bands like Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed, with a healthy sprinkling of festivals thrown in. “It was just kind of all over the place on this run,” said the band’s Lighting Designer Dan Michie. “This made it critical to have a floor package that was not only very versatile, but could also be set up and torn down fast.”Read More »Dan Michie Reflects Many Moods on Beartooth Tour with Compact CHAUVET Professional Floor Package

The Santa Fe Opera Re-Imagines ‘Orfeo’ Opera Production with Lectrosonics Wireless

Throw away your stereotypical stuffy ideas about opera. The Santa Fe Opera is no ordinary opera company, and the company’s home, the open-air Crosby Theatre, is no ordinary opera house. The opera’s new production of Orfeo, directed by Yuval Sharon with music by Claudio Monteverdi and a world premiere orchestration by Nico Muhly, is an innovative reimagining of one of the oldest known operatic works. The artistic choices around this production, which include using effects-processing on individual voices as well as mixing them spatially into the specially built multichannel surround system, required that the key characters wear wireless mic systems. For this, the opera uses Lectrosonics SSM belt pack transmitters and channels of Venue2 receivers.Read More »The Santa Fe Opera Re-Imagines ‘Orfeo’ Opera Production with Lectrosonics Wireless

Zac Coren Lights Morgan Wallen ‘One Night at a Time’ Stadium Tour with Elation Proteus™

Just years from debuting, Morgan Wallen dominates the country music charts with a pair of albums that remain in the Billboard Top 10. His 2023 release, One Thing at a Time, topped the chart for an impressive 15 weeks. Wallen’s current One Night at a Time stadium tour reflects his meteoric rise with an expanded production design by Zac Coren that includes Elation Proteus™ luminaires.Read More »Zac Coren Lights Morgan Wallen ‘One Night at a Time’ Stadium Tour with Elation Proteus™

Metallica’s ‘Cozy Stadium’ Paradox

Dan Braun, Creative Director/Production Designer for Metallica, spoke to PLSN about the deceptively spare look to the band’s 66-truck M72 World Tour. “All of that is the paradox that is Metallica,” he said, achieved by pushing back on naysayer pushback and getting the proportions of everything just right. “One of the things that I pride myself on is trying to make the room feel intimate; to make it feel small. The first review I read of this show called it cozy, that somehow we’d made a stadium cozy. We have changed the experience of a show in an 80,000 seat stadium.”

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A Vision Forward – DVS Introduces Its Next-Generation VIZRA Series LED Video Panels

DVS introduces the all-new, next-generation VIZRA series LED video panels where unrivaled performance, function, and value are further excelled. Designed for rental, stage, and mobile display applications, it comes in a lightweight design with a wealth of innovative hardware features that further enhance reliability, durability, and ease of use. It also incorporates new optical innovations with the latest image processing technologies to meet the unique needs of discerning LED display users across virtually any market.Read More »A Vision Forward – DVS Introduces Its Next-Generation VIZRA Series LED Video Panels

ADJ Lighting and LED Video Panels Create The Perfect Storm for Unique Theme Park Attraction

Beat the Storm is a thrilling interactive attraction that allows participants to fight their way through a hurricane. This experience is enhanced by intense lighting effects, created using ADJ LED-powered fixtures, which simulate overhead lightning flashes. In addition, the backdrop to the attraction incorporates a video wall, constructed from ADJ’s Vision Series high pixel pitch LED panels, which displays synchronized visuals of swaying trees and blowing debris to add to the realism of the adventure.Read More »ADJ Lighting and LED Video Panels Create The Perfect Storm for Unique Theme Park Attraction