Cory FitzGerald Lights a 20-Truck Tour Featuring Skateboard Ramps, Trampolines and a Waterfall
Canadian singer Justin Bieber has a new Purpose. It’s the title of his new album and his world tour. It’s also the mantra he adopted to refocus on his music, apologize for his headline-making mistakes and to reinvent his image to make new waves in the world. With all that said, Justin Bieber desired “a new approach” to his third world tour.
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Supporting an A Cappella Group with Lighting and Video
You can’t build the visual elements of the show around the lead singer, because, well, there are five of them. You can’t move in and out on the band because, well, there isn’t one. Clearly the five singers that make up the a cappella group Pentatonix presents a challenge, one that was embraced by a creative team that included lighting and set designer Sooner Routhier and Robert Long; Moo Creative’s editor/senior graphic artist Andy Reuter; and choreographer Lindsey Blaufarb.
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Production designers James Scott and Louis Oliver formed Okulus Ltd. in 2014 and have since gone on to work with many clients at different stages in their careers, supporting shows in venues ranging from clubs to stadiums. PLSN spoke with Scott and Oliver about the current Chvrches tour they designed.
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Hubbell Control Solutions’ new CXSW switches are a line of low voltage switches designed specifically for use with the CX Lighting Panel. The CXSW switches are offered in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 programmable button configurations. Hubbell Control Solutions leverages a history of innovation to create future-proof lighting controls.
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The list of top lighting designers in the world is a short one. No such list would be complete without Peter Morse, who is a story all in himself. From teenage folk singer to Emmy (as well as Cable ACE and Parnelli) award wins, he’s led a spectacular life. Articles chronicling his lighting career are many, but few know that lighting is just part of the long road Morse has traveled.
LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment expanded its large format projection capabilities with a recent investment in Barco 30K projectors. They were quickly put to use for a UB40 tour featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey. Colour Sound supplied a projection system, LED screens, lighting equipment and crew.
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MEXICO CITY – Hermes Music México, authorized dealer for Wireless Solution in Mexico, recently completed an architectural lighting project in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City. Hermes supplied PR Lighting fixtures to light up Paragon Tower, a 151m high hotel, all with LED sources. Ricardo Segura de la Cruz, lighting specialist for Hermes, used WhiteBox F-1 G4S series units, which complemented PR Lighting’s capability to use W-DMX, for control.
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QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand – Vocal trio Sol3 Mio recently completed a tour of their native New Zealand in February and March in support of their album, On Another Note. LD Joel Stanners lit the trio using 16 Robe BMFL Spots as the main hard edged fixtures. These were supplied by Auckland, New Zealand-based lighting and production rental company Oceania.
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Blue Man Group, whose immersive show is a heady mix of music, technology, art, has come a long way from its street corner-performance art origins on New York’s Lower East Side in the 1980s.
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After a five year hiatus pretty much characterized by dead silence, heavy metal legends Disturbed returned with a roar on their Immortalized Tour. Judging from the intensity of their performance, the group must have built up a lot of stored energy over the past five years. Judging from the reaction of the crowds, so had their fans!
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LIGHTING
Throughout the creative process for this tour, lighting designer and director Cate Carter wanted to explore the different facets of Ellie’s musical personality. Carter and co-designer Dan Shipton (of Black Skull Creative) were inspired by the wide range of musical styles and influences that Ellie explores both through her recorded work and live performance.