White Light Stocks Up on Martin Gear, Prepares for Martin Road Show on June 30

White Light Stocks Up on Martin Gear, Prepares for Martin Road Show on June 30

LONDON — White Light has recently added 50 Martin Professional MAC III series fixtures to their inventory of Martin Professional lighting gear. The new purchase includes both MAC III Profile and MAC III Performance fixtures, Martin’s 1500W high-output profile moving heads. Lighting professionals will be able to get a closer look at the new MACs, as well as a host of other Martin gear, when the Martin Road Show visits the White Light facilities on Thursday, June 30, 2011.

Kylie Minogue Tour Rig Includes 202 Vari-Lite Fixtures

SYDNEY — With a production valued at over $25 million, Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite-Les Folies Tour 2011 features over a million moving parts, including 30 high impact water jets, rain curtains, fountains and nearly 600 light sources. The custom stage, which by itself cost over $10 million, is designed to be technically advanced, complex and precise.

by PLSN Staff
June 28, 2011
News

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — LD Jeff Ravitz and Intensity Advisors associate Kristie Roldan have been busy recently on a variety of television projects including an opera telecast, a talk show series starring Cee Lo Green, two music videos for Nick Jr. kiddie idols The Fresh Beat Band, a stand-up comedy special and live studio coverage of the E3 convention in Los Angeles for Spike TV.

Reed Rigging, Ampco Flashlight Support Rammstein Tour with CyberHoist Motion Control System

by PLSN Staff
June 28, 2011
News

CHICAGO — Pushing boundaries just like the German metal band Rammstein, Reed Rigging partnered with Ampco Flashlight Rental to support the Rammstein North American Tour with an XLNT CyberHoist Motion Control System. The system included 49 XLNT CyberHoists timed to shift various scenic elements throughout the production.

J. R. Clancy Adds Two Engineers to Staff

by PLSN Staff
June 28, 2011
On the Move

SYRACUSE, NY, June 27 —J. R. Clancy recently hired Hee Yeon Jeong as a mechanical engineer and Brandon Welsh as a new design engineer.

Al Murray Comedy Quiz Show Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures

LONDON — After his sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was just a matter of time before Britain’s most notorious pub landlord, Al Murray, was given his own TV game show. Now the British stand-up (or rather his beer-swilling alter-ego) is hosting his own pub quiz on UK comedy channel Dave.

4Wall New York Sponsors “Skate for Love” Cancer Benefit

by PLSN Staff
June 28, 2011
News

MORRISTOWN, NJ – 4Wall New York recently donated entertainment lighting for use at “Skate for Love,” a figure skating and entertainment exhibition benefiting the Susan G. Komen cancer foundation. The event was the idea of competitive figure skaters Corinna Lin and Madison Olivieri.

Trans-Lux Board Approves Comprehensive Restructuring Package

NORWALK, CT – Trans-Lux Corporation, a supplier of LED technology for digital signage and lighting applications including TL Vision LED large screen systems, TL InfoVision LED digital displays, Fair-Play data walls and scoreboard systems and TL Energy LED lighting solutions, announced plans for a major financial restructuring and recapitalization of the company.

by PLSN Staff
June 27, 2011
Tips & Tricks

Hideaki Tsutsui, a professor of lighting design at the University of Texas/El Paso, decided to find out what would it be like to stage a… Read More »All-LED Theatrical Lighting: Not Easy, but Possible

by PLSN Staff
June 27, 2011
News

LOS ANGELES — The dispute between California based GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. and Global Truss America, LLC, which had brought a suit against GLP US earlier this year claiming trademark infringement, has heated up again after GLP US issued a press release claiming to have been appointed as “the sole and exclusive distributor of Global Truss products for the United States of America and Canadian markets.”

Parnelli Awards Supporters Signing Up as Sponsors for 2011 Gala

by PLSN Staff
June 27, 2011
News

LAS VEGAS — A key group of forward-thinking companies have already confirmed their spots as sponsors of the 11th Annual Parnelli Awards, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando. This year’s Parnelli Awards ceremony will honor Ed Wannebo, winner of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award; Jim Fackert, the Parnelli Visionary Award winner; Kenton Forsythe, the Parnelli Audio Innovator; plus two dozen yet-to-be-determined winners of awards in the converging worlds of lighting, video and sound. It will take place at 8 pm, following a cocktail reception at 7 pm.

Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Day Two

Electric Daisy Carnival’s Three Nights in Vegas Go According to Plan

by PLSN Staff
June 24, 2011
News

LAS VEGAS — The Electric Daisy Carnival’s dusk-to-dawn electronic music and arts extravaganza moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas this summer, adding a third night to the schedule. The total attendee count was near 250,000, far exceeding the 130,000 who attended the two-day event in Los Angeles last year.

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White Light Stocks Up on Martin Gear, Prepares for Martin Road Show on June 30