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John Rossi, Monkees’ Head LD

John Rossi

John Rossi, Monkees’ Head LD

Reflections on Reunion Tour after Rendezvous with Brain Surgery

Hooked up to an IV flowing with pain medication, LD John Rossi is recovering from back surgery. He has just designed The Monkees’ 45th anniversary tour and still manages to email back and forth with me to do an interview about this design. It is his first show design since his other big surgery — for a brain tumor — in November 2007. One wonders, can’t the guy get a break? For Rossi, this IS his break: back in to the world of concert design.

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Illustration by Andy Au

Tech Support

I’ve worked shows in clubs all around the world. Most of them have an in-house lighting system. With that comes at least one tech who knows how his system operates. Or we would like to think he does. Clubs usually do not possess a lot of state-of-the-art fixtures, nor fixtures with all of their parameters functioning correctly. Half of the time I will have a console I know little about. So I am dependent on my local lighting guy. And it’s uncanny how little some of these professionals know about their own gear.

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Michael B. (Mike) Healy

In Memoriam: Michael B. Healy

RICHMOND, VA — Michael B. Healy, a founding member of The Healy Group, a leading manufacturer’s rep firm serving the music, lighting and consumer electronics industries, passed away suddenly on June 26. He was 59. The Healy Group has represented American DJ, American Audio, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting, Global Truss and Arriba Cases on the East Coast for over a decade, along with other brands.

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PLSN Hometown Heroes 2011

Voting for 2011 Hometown Hero Lighting Companies Begins

LAS VEGAS — The nominations from PLSN readers are in, the regional finalists for the 2011 Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year awards competition have been chosen, and now it’s time for you, the readers of PLSN, to once again vote on the top regional lighting company in five regions of the U.S. and Canada.

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Oxegen Festival lit with Robe gear

Oxegen Festival Overcomes H2O with Robe Gear

DUBLIN — Rental company Just Lite provided Robe moving lights for the main stage and surrounding areas at the 2011 Oxegen Festival in County Kildare, Ireland, including more than 100 used for the main stage. The fixtures’ reliability was put to the test when the skies opened and it rained throughout the first day of the event.

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