Sublime with Rome 2016 Summer Tour
Rose Brand Inc. Introduces Sizzle, Multi Sizzle and Dark Iridescent Showstopper Fabrics
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY – With the release of the 2017 Rose Brand Catalog, the company rolled out Sizzle, Multi Sizzle and Dark Iridescent Showstopper Fabrics. These metallic fabrics are all flame retardant and lightweight. The Sizzle knit fabrics dazzles in 7 vibrant colors- royal, turquoise, red, black, silver, gold and fuchsia; and the Multi Sizzle fabrics come in combinations of royal/turquoise/gold/silver, gold/silver, red/gold/silver and red/royal/turquoise.
InLight Gobos Works with Artist Jay Shinn at Houston Airport
DALLAS, TX. – InLight Gobos has recently completed two projects for Artist: Jay Shinn. The permanent installations were done in the Houston Intercontinental Airport. The first is named: Celestial Candyland, 2016. It is 15 x 150 ft. printed fabric images with choreographed projected color sequence, repeating loop, 10 LED projectors each with custom glass gobos and keystone correction. The second is named: Candyland Landing, 2016. It is 15 x 45 ft. printed fabric images with choreographed projected color sequence, repeating loop, 3 LED projectors each with custom glass gobos with keystone correction.
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Abel Pintos’ Buenos Aires Concert Looks Feature Next NXT-1 Panels
BUENOS AIRES – For a recent concert featuring Argentina-based singer-songwriter Abel Pintos, Deligio-Producciones Técnicas provided Next NXT-1 moving LED panels from Chauvet Professional. Lighting designer Pablo Deligio, who co-owns the production company with his father Nestor Deligio, arranged 20 of the NXT-1 panels in four rows on a center stage truss grid for Pintos’ concert at Luna Park in the San Nicolás neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
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Avolites Ai version 10
Avolites is gearing up to launch the latest update to its Ai software – Ai version 10 – which will see an overhauled user interface for a more intuitive experience and new features developed for the real world demands of Coldplay’s video-heavy A Head Full of Dreams 2016 tour, and Las Vegas nightclub JEWEL – the latest addition to the Hakkasan Group of premium nightlife experiences.
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Supplies Jands and Chroma-Q Solutions for BridgePoint Church to Meet Ministry Goals
ST PETERSBURG, FL – – BridgePoint Church in St. Petersburg, Florida has set the goal of reaching the entire St. Petersburg peninsula by planting ten campuses over ten years. To achieve this, BridgePoint needs to be relevant to the community and fully enable their volunteers. Jands Vista lighting control systems and Chroma-Q Inspire house lighting, recommended and installed by Pendley Productions (based in Cumming, GA) – and supplied by A.C. Lighting Inc. – are playing a role in achieving this goal.
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Avolites Offering Training Sessions at LDI 2016
LAS VEGAS – Avolites is offering two one-day training courses during LDI this year.
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PR Lighting Puts Hardwell Center Stage In New Delhi
NEW DELHI. India – Modern Stage Service (MSS) recently supplied all technical production, including sound, trussing, LED wall — and PR Lighting fixtures — for a major concert by one of the world’s leading DJ/producers, Hardwell. This took place at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium sports arena in New Delhi. MSS supplied 20 XR 200 parallel beams for the Dutch electronic music star Appearing on his I AM Hardwell tour, the Dutch electro star performed before a sold out crowd of 15,000 people.
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Large PR Lighting Inventory Arrives In Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkino Faso, Africa – PR Lighting fixtures reach some parts of the globe that other brands do not. One of the more obscure locations is Burkina Faso, the tiny landlocked country in West Africa. From there, sound engineer Henri Damien runs the successful pro-audio importation and technical supply company Datalinks, from his base in the capital, Ouagadougou.
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New Rental and Production Company in South Africa Opts for Robe Pointes and Spikies
PRETORIA, South Africa- Event Lighting is a new rental and production company near Pretoria, South Africa, offering lighting equipment and design services. It was founded by Peter Rieck of Rieck’s Lighting and Henry Jenkins of Eventech. The joint venture has started with an investment in Robe fixtures including 12 Robe Pointes and 24 Spikie fixtures, Robe’s new small, super-fast LED WashBeams. The company also has an inventory of LED PAR cans. They sourced the fixtures through DWR Distribution.
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Beowulf Boritt – Serving the Show
Scenic design is a theatrical discipline requiring a delicate balance of vision, intelligence and a willingness to serve the narrative without overwhelming it. Tony Award-winning scenic designer Beowulf Boritt zeroes in on what’s most important: the tale being told. “What it looks like is less important to me than what it means,” Boritt tells PLSN. “Obviously, what it looks like is important — that’s what I’m doing, putting visuals on stage — but trying to make those visuals meaningful and relate to the story and scenes and not get in the way of story and scene is really the most important thing.”
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Drake’s ‘Summer Sixteen’ Tour
Music fans hungry to see Drake and Future perform their hits this year are being given a gourmet experience on the “Summer Sixteen” tour, which extends into autumn with the help from a mind-blowing production design by LD Guy Pavelo and tour director Steve Kidd of GP-SK Design & Production. With support from PRG, PRG/Nocturne, SGPS and Pyrotek, “Summer Sixteen” hit the road in July with 143 DMX universes, a whopping 27 trucks and 200,000 pounds of gear. PLSN caught up with Guy Pavelo to discuss exactly how he and his team have raised the bar with this production.
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