NASHVILLE — For Rascal Flatts’ Rhythms & Roots tour, LD Mike Swinford worked with Andy Knighton on a design that includes Elation ACL 360 Bar color-changing LED battens in the rig. Knighton has 18 ACL 360 Bar fixtures encircling each of three 22-foot round LED video circles. Bandit Lites is supplying gear for the tour, which runs into mid-October.
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UK – Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the recent UK tour by iconic soul and jazz singer / songwriter and guitarist George Benson. Benson, who had his most popular hits in the 1970s including the album “Breezin’” still has a huge following, and tours worldwide from May to October every year.
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ITALY – Multi award winning Italian singer / songwriter and music producer Laura Pausini started her 2016 world touring campaign in support of her new ‘Simili’ studio album with a brand new lighting design created by Alain Corthout and Ignace D’Haese from Belgian based creative visual design practice, Arf & Yes. This includes 128 x Robe Pointes and 109 x BMFL WashBeams which are right at the center of a complex and eye-catching rig.
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NASHVILLE – With business growing and the touring inventory constantly expanding, Bandit Lites has added to its Nashville office with the hiring of Ethan Mills, Sombath Inthavong, and Sylvain Thonethongthip. Ethan Mills joins Bandit as the Equipment Coordinator. Bandit’s Technical Service Department has also expanded with the hiring of Sombath Inthavong as Electronics Technician and Sylvain Thonethongthip as Assistant Electronics Technician.
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NYC – The Behind the Scenes Foundation announced the Fred Foster Scholarship Fund. Board members had long been seeking a way to honor Fred’s innumerable contributions to our industry and, in particular, his unwavering support of the charity since its inception.
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ERLANGER, KY – tvONE would like to invite you to the upcoming DataVisual On Display Audio Visual Demo Exhibit & Seminars. Come and learn about the latest in Unified Communications, Wireless Collaboration, Digital Signage, Conference Mics and Audio Solutions, Video Walls and Much More.
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BOSTON – For a music event billed as the “ultimate double-header” at Fenway Park, Jason Aldean teamed up with Kid Rock for two shows on the weekend after Labor Day, Sept. 9-10. Keith Hoagland’s light show made use of a floor package of Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving lights supplied by Bandit Lites. Hoagland used 18 Rogue RH1 Hybrids in groups of three along the upstage risers behind the backline for Aldean’s show. Justin Shaw, working for Kid Rock’s lighting designer Nook Schoenfeld, also made use of the fixtures at the event.
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ITALY – Clay Paky is expanding its leading market position in the entertainment sector and has acquired ADB, the French company specializing in theaters and studios. The transaction was completed on 3 August 2016 and the acquired business, which includes a factory in Saint Quentin, has become integral part of OSRAM’s subsidiary Clay Paky.
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LONDON – Clay Paky is thrilled to be celebrating its 40-year milestone at Plasa 2016 and welcomes visitors to the Clay Paky Universe, inside the Ambersphere Solutions area, inviting you to get up close and personal with its broad portfolio of trailblazing creative tools.
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LONDON – It’s mid-afternoon on Saturday, Sept. 10, and Stageco’s crew are present in a damp and virtually empty Wembley Stadium as Billy Joel sound checks with his band. A living jukebox, Joel plods through classic after classic, none of which are his own. “Ground control to Major Tom,” announces the singer with a Bowie impression so on the money that even the most cynical head is turned.
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In 2015, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles became the focus of a hostile bidding war that pitted the Nederlander Organization against Live Nation, AEG’s Goldenvoice and others for exclusive management rights. Offers and counter offers flowed as deadlines for the 2016 season grew closer. A deal was finally reached allowing the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and management company SMG to create an “open door” policy for all promoters.
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When you ask Russell Armentrout about how he came to work for Performance Lighting over 28 years ago, he laughs and says, “I was in the right place at the wrong time.” At the time, he was involved in music, but as a drummer, not a lighting designer. When Armentrout joined Pete’s Lights, the company itself was only a few years old. The owner/founders, Douglas and Robert Peterson, formed the well-respected company in July 1985, boasting among their early clients tours with George Thorogood, George Benson and REO Speedwagon. Armentrout came up through the ranks at Pete’s Lights, today known as Performance Lighting, working as a lighting designer and senior crew chief. Today, he is president of the company. PLSN caught up with him recently to discuss his career in the industry and the core of what keeps Performance Lighting’s clients coming back.
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