APPLE VALLEY, MN – After 35 years of touring, George Thorogood is hitting the road once again, with a mix of tunes dominated by classics from the 1970s and 1980s but with a much newer lighting rig from Toucan Lighting that includes Elation Professional's new Impression 120RZ "Zoom" fixtures.
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LONDON – Chaos Visual Productions, which has already supported U.K. tours for Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Supertramp and Guns N' Roses, opened its U.K. office July 1. It is being led by Gary White, managing director, and Alex Leinster, project director.
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ORLANDO, FL – LMG Inc., a national provider of video, audio and lighting support with offices in Orlando, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, recently promoted Kevin Kuhlman, pictured here, to executive vice president of live events. LMG also named Corey Olson director of show services.
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ATLANTA – The Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) drew 12,000 of the company's sales, marketing and field staff to Philips Arena. High Resolution Systems worked with Staging Techniques on the event, using a UDC-400 Universal Device Controller to switch all the live video feeds and computer content to the big screens viewed by attendees.
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SHANGHAI, China – The Information & Communications Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, presented by China Mobile and China Telecom, is providing information about – and a sample of – new information and communication technologies (ICT).
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LONDON – XL Video supplied video production for a series of shows in London's Hyde Park this summer, including the three-day Hard Rock Calling festival featuring Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, the Wireless festival headlined by Pink, LCD Soundsystem and Jay-Z, and a Kings of Leon show in the middle, all promoted by Live Nation.
Read More »ALFRED, NY – Alfred University has chosen J. R. Clancy's PowerLift automated hoists and the SceneControl 500 rigging controller for a new theatre at the university's Miller Performing Arts Center. The 498-seat proscenium theatre is slated for completion on October 15.
Read More »DALLAS – InLight Gobos signed an agreement with Beacon SSR Stage light AB of Umea, Sweden for U.S. rights to Beacon's patent covering thin color gobos and material.
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FORT A.P. HILL, VA – For the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)'s 100th anniversary National Scout Jamboree, Event Tech was tasked with providing all the structures for the three shows presented over the course of one week. The event took over two years to plan.
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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, U.K. – Blackburn, U.K.-based HSL has again supplied site-wide lighting equipment, including gear from Avolites, i-Pix, Green Hippo, Martin Professional and Robe, among others, for the GlobalGathering dance festival, staged at Long Marston Airfield.
Read More »HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, held annually since 1966, may be its best-known fundraiser, bringing in more than $60 million annually. But the Muscular Dystrophy Association stages other events for people who like to bowl, golf, walk – and others who don't mind getting handcuffed and hauled off to "jail" for a good cause.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – Architectural and theatre students are invited to participate in USITT's Fifth Annual "Ideal Theatre" Student Design Competition. This international design competition brings together the "client user' and the "designer" to explore the possibilities of what a performing arts space could be.
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