Cirque du Soleil’s ‘FUZION’
Lighting and set designer Mikki Kunttu returns to Cirque du Soleil with “FUZION,” a specially commissioned brand-new production that was staged for the 2022 Jeddah Season Festival.
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Summer Stadium Tour Roundup
Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with updates on LD David “Gig” Butzler (Garth Brooks); Production Designer Andy Ruiz (Grupo Firme); LDs Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe, and Production Designer Florian Wieder (Rammstein), Joel Wojcik (Train); Justin Collie (Nimblist) and Production Designer Es Devlin and LD Jason Baeri (The Weeknd).
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Unpaid Labor
Chris Lose wants to open a dialogue on unpaid labor in the industry. As demand is high for labor at the same time that budgets are tight, people are being asked to chip in a little extra. But where do we draw the line between being a team player and being taken advantage of on a show?
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Main Light adds More Elation Gear to Inventory in Form of Fuze MAX Spot™
One of the largest dry-hire rental houses in the United States, Main Light, has added Elation Professional’s new Fuze MAX Spot™ LED moving head to its growing inventory of high-quality lighting products. The full-color-spectrum automated LED Spot fixture is currently in stock and available to rent across all Main Light locations. Here’s a video from Main Light demonstrating the Fuze MAX Spot luminaire:
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Jason Aldean Goes Big on Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour with Lüz Studio, Bandit Lites
Three-time ACM “Entertainer of the Year” Jason Aldean continues taking his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour to 34 cities nationwide with Bandit Lites and Luz Studio, which has provided production design and creative direction for the tour. Luz’s Matthieu Larivee worked closely with Aldean’s longtime Lighting Director Keith Hoagland to select fixtures.Read More »Jason Aldean Goes Big on Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour with Lüz Studio, Bandit Lites
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble Celebrates Nieuwjaarsconcert With Martin Lighting
Lighting design company Light-H-Art used Martin MAC Ultra Performance LED fixtures to provide the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble: Nieuwjaarsconcert 2022 in Amsterdam with lighting that captivated… Read More »Nederlands Blazers Ensemble Celebrates Nieuwjaarsconcert With Martin Lighting
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Claypaky: Tambora Flash, Three in One Fixture
Claypaky’s Tambora Flash is a hybrid fixture that can act simultaneously as a strobe, wash, and blinder. It was specifically designed with a modular approach for use in a linear array, offering new creative opportunities to lighting designers. Click below for more information and an introductory video.
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GLP Helps Lüz Studio Create Illusory 3D Effect for Jack White’s Tour
When Canadian Creative Director Matthieu Larivée, of Lüz Studio, sat down to design the stage set for Jack White’s Supply Chain Issues tour, GLP’s trusty JDC1 hybrid strobe and X4 Bar 20 batten were prominent in his tool kit. And so were an 144 additional ‘virtual’ X4 Bar 20s.Read More »GLP Helps Lüz Studio Create Illusory 3D Effect for Jack White’s Tour
In Memoriam: Randy Mayer, 48
Randy Mayer, longtime Director of Concert Touring for Screenworks/NEP, died Aug. 2. He was 48. Based in the Los Angeles area, Mayer joined Screenworks in… Read More »In Memoriam: Randy Mayer, 48
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Pytch, Chauvet Professional Rock World Procurement Awards
Organizers of the World Procurement Awards, which celebrates the achievements of companies and individuals involved in the procurement supply chain, wanted to endow their show with a “rock vibe” to reflect the bold convention-challenging attitude that drives that industry. Helping to convey this mood was a dynamic production and lighting design by Pytch that emulated the look and feel of rock shows throughout the 02 Intercontinental Hotel in London.Read More »Pytch, Chauvet Professional Rock World Procurement Awards
In Memoriam: James Poole, Lighting Designer/Director, 34
Edward “James” Poole, 34, lighting designer/director, died July 19, 2022, a day before his 35th birthday. Poole was most recently out on tour as lighting designer/director with The Pretty Reckless. Before that, he spent about five years on the road as Tracy Lawrence’s LD.
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