Randy Mayer, longtime Director of Concert Touring for Screenworks/NEP, died Aug. 2, 2022 at age 48. Based in the Los Angeles area, Mayer joined Screenworks in Jan. 2010 after playing a key role expanding West Coast sales for High End Systems and related products. He is survived by his wife Jocelyn and two sons. Mayer also leaves behind many industry friends, some of whom shared their remembrances with PLSN.
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Like some ancient deity of the underworld, Quintillian Speakers are shrouded in mystery. Even readers engrossed in the Vaxis 2 story, from which they sprang, know little about this ancient race of beings, other than that they are made of energy, and can turn up anywhere—even at this summer’s Coheed and Cambria tour across North America.Read More »Squeek Lights Gives Coheed and Cambria Unique Looks with 27’ Inflatable and Chauvet Professional
A Celebration of Life has been announced for Eric W. Pearce, the Father of SGPS ShowRig Inc., who passed away July 24, 2022. All are… Read More »Celebration of Life for Eric W. Pearce Set for Aug. 7 in Las Vegas Area
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The lighting rig for Coldplay’s current “Music of the Spheres” tour includes 74 Claypaky Xtylos fixtures. Claypaky notes how its lighting gear passed an audition of sorts with flying colors when LD Sooner Routhier used them for Coldplay’s show at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena last fall.
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Not that Medellin needs putting on the map of course, but the Colombian reggaetón superstar and the city’s very own pretty boy/dirty boy sold out its Atanasio Girardot stadium in a matter of nanoseconds for this one-off homecoming show that was as spectacular as it was popular, complete with an amazing light show created by Alain Corthout using over 200 Robe moving lights.Read More »Robe Helps Maluma Put Medellin on the Map
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Ovation, an experiential event production company with more than 30 years of experience providing event solutions to clients, debuted its new and improved MARQUEE cloud-based content management system and launched its UNIfy breakout system at CEMA Summit 2022.Read More »Ovation Showcases MARQUEE and UNIfy Event Automation Solutions at CEMA Summit 2022
Coldplay’s efforts to “go green” on tour had an impact on the design team, which had to pivot in how they put together a production. In this issue, we talk to the creatives about complying with the sustainability mantra on one of the most talked about tours, “Music of the Spheres.”
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There are many articles this month of shows that include creative uses of video. Those, paired with some advice for lighting designers working with video from Contributing Writer and Designer, Craig Rutherford, set me thinking about how creative video for live entertainment has grown and changed over the years.
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PLSN’s August 2022 issue features new products from ADJ, Blackmagic Design, Claypaky, Creative Conners, Lectrosonics, Prolights, Pro Tapes, RentalPoint, and Vari-Lite.
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INFiLED’s Titan-X LED panel has an 8mm pixel pitch and a high transparency of 70% making it well suited for blow through screen applications where designers can layer lighting, effects, and even audio behind the LED screen. This newer LED panel was developed collaboratively between production and rental solutions provider, PRG and LED manufacturer, INFiLED.
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Coldplay wanted to find a way to tour in an environmentally green way and they may have found it. With the “Music of the Spheres” tour out on the road, PLSN checks in with the creative team to learn how the tour is disrupting and redesigning the normal process of concert touring and production.
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