LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib added MDG’s theONE dual haze and fog generator units to its rental stock and, shortly thereafter, the atmospheric generators hit the road to amplify the looks for American blues rocker Joe Bonamassa as he toured the UK and Europe. That tour, which took place this summer, paid tribute to three of the legends of the British Blues: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
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BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany – The Braunschweig Symphony Orchestra performed its 10th annual ‘Pop Meets Classic’ concert with a lighting rig that included Philips’ Showline SL BEAM 300fx LED luminaires. The concert was staged within the Volkswagen Halle. The show presented the orchestra’s re-worked versions of well-known pop songs featuring local musicians and singers, conducted by Helmut Imig.
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LONDON – Elation Professional announced plans to exhibit at PLASA 2016, which will take place Sept. 18-20 at Olympia in the heart of West London. Featured products on Stand C40 will include the company’s new Fuze Series of dynamic LED wash lights, the ZCL Series of high-output LED effects and DTW Series variable white LED lights.
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SINGAPORE – LD Mac Chan was part of the team led by creative director Beatrice Chia who made every Singaporean burst with pride on their 2016 National Day Parade (NDP) and this year, for the first time, the event was staged at the new National Stadium. With a live audience of 50,000, a TV audience of around 5 million plus a few more million tuning in to the live internet stream … there was plenty of pressure on everyone to deliver.
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NEW YORK – Behind the Scenes noted that LD and theatre consultant Dawn Chiang has accepted an invitation to join the group’s Board of Directors. Chiang has designed lighting on Broadway, Off Broadway, the New York City Opera, regional theatres across the country, and concert tours. A few highlights include Zoot Suit on Broadway; work at Manhattan Theatre Club, Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Guthrie Theater; and a Paul Anka tour. Chiang has earned two Drama-Logue Critics’ Awards and numerous nominations around the country.
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CINCINNATI, OH – The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra once again brought classical sound, light, and excitement to The Queen City. “Lumenocity 2016: Re-Imagine” took place at CSO’s temporary home at the historic Taft Theatre. Making its debut three years ago, 2016 marked the first time the event was held indoors. Lightborne, the local creative content collective and sponsor, and Okulus, the U.K.-based show designers, called on MooTV to map their vision to the Art Deco architecture within the 85-year-old structure.
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DETROIT LAKES, MN – Since 1983, WE Fest has been drawing crowds with a country music and camping festival experience at Soo Pass Ranch. Attendees gathered around the stage for performances from rising country stars and established megastars like Tim McGraw, Kid Rock, Eric Church and Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. Upstage Video returned to Detroit Lakes, MN for the sixth year in a row to provide LED rental services. With more than 150,000 attendees at the event, Upstage Video was responsible for distributing the action on stage to the crowd using two 17’ x 27’ LED walls using their CS-8 8mm LED tile. The screens flanked either side of the stage using client-provided truss.
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OMAHA, NE – For the 2016 tour featuring Christian band Building 429, LD John Hansen of EnHansen Design used 18 Chauvet Professional Nexus Aw 7×7 LED panels supplied by Theatrical Media Services. Hansen created memorable visuals by taking customized aluminum gobo cutouts of the band’s logo and positioning them in front of the Nexus Aw 7×7 fixtures. He also arranged LED strip lights behind the Nexus units.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer James Baker used 40 Philips Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes for British DJ Wilkinson’s live show at Manchester’s Parklife, formerly known as The Parklife Weekender. The festival took place at Heaton Park in Manchester, U.K.
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SAN DIEGO — Major League Baseball’s All-Star FanFest took place the week leading up to the 2016 All-Star Game on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego. One of the FanFest’s most popular events was the MLB All-Star Bash. A lineup of acts including Akon, Fall Out Boy and DJ Vice performed beneath a lighting rig that featured Platinum Series moving heads, ACL Bar 360 LED effect lights and Colour Chorus Series LED battens from Elation Professional.
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HARTFORD, CT – LMG Touring supplied a full lighting package including more than 200 Elation ACL 360i beam effect fixtures for rappers G-Eazy and Logic’s co-headlining “The Endless Summer” tour. G-Eazy’s Production Designer Sooner Routhier developed the design concept for G-Eazy’s set.
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LONDON – Event production specialist Maestra London worked with set and staging company Firecracker to support ‘Reply Exchange,’ a one-day conference sponsored by Italian IT giants Reply SpA. Gruppo Peroni staged the event and Toria Richardson was the event’s producer. The event was held in London’s 155 Bishopsgate venue. Along with a large conference space, attendees met in three breakout areas and at an exhibition section.
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