LONDON – The National Event Lifting Certificate (NELC), a recent initiative from PLASA’s U.K.-based National Rigging Advisory Group (NRAG), was launched March 3 at the International Live Music Conference Production Meeting at the Copthorne Hotel, Kensington, London. Industry supporters of the NELC program including the BBC, White Light and Britannia Row.
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Iron Maiden’s Boeing 747 was grounded after the plane’s connection with towing vehicles failed and it collided with the support vehicles. The accident happened early on March 12. Band, crew and gear were not aboard the plane during the accident. Two airport employees were injured.
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BERLIN, Germany – Creative Technology (CT) named Michael Grabinski New Business Development Manager for Broadcast, Event, Sport and Live Entertainment. Grabinski will take responsibility for CT’s new office in Berlin-Brandenburg which is located on the Filmpark Babelsberg site in the Babelsberg FX Center.
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NASHVILLE – Guitarist and singer-songwriter Peter Frampton stripped down his rock sound for an acoustic recording session taped for an Audience Music Special, which aired March 4 on DirecTV and U-Verse. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the production which featured performances of “Show Me the Way,” “Baby I Love Your Way” and “Lines on My Face.”
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SINGAPORE – Singapore-based AIMS Productions (SG) Pte Ltd. has joined the growing roster of d3 Studios, boosting the number in the APAC region to three. As a d3 Studio AIMS offers a full d3 workflow as its in-house solution for pre-production and production of experiential multimedia for live events. d3 Technologies maintains a network of partner studios worldwide dedicated to helping fulfill customers’ d3 requirements, from consultation and support to client demos and more.
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LAS VEGAS — The 31st Annual Stellar Awards, held Feb. 20 at The Arena in the Orleans Hotel, showcased the top stars, performances and achievements in Gospel Music. Veteran show supplier TNDV this year saw its role expanded by the show’s producers, Chicago-based Central City Productions, Inc. CCP put the HD mobile production leader in charge of all technical production management, among other tasks.
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PHOENIX – Innovative Show Design has designed and installed an all-LED lighting system for this technology talk show’s new contemporary studio. The show is now airing from a new facility in Phoenix outfitted with more than 100 LED lighting fixtures from Elation Professional and Acclaim Lighting. The setup includes Elation SixBar 1000 LED battens, SixPar 200 LED PAR color changers, Colour Chorus 12 LED battens, Colour 5 Profile ellipsoidal spots, DW Fresnel dynamic white light fixtures, Elar Q1 compact PAR lights, and TVL2000 and TVL3000 white light LED Fresnels along with Quad Eye LED downlights from Elation’s affiliated company, Acclaim Lighting.
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BOCHUM, Germany – tarm Showlaser GmbH became a member of the Laserworld Group in January, adding to the higher end portion of Laserworld Group’s growing portfolio of laser-related products and services.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – For Simple Minds’ “Big Music” tour, LD Stephen Pollard expanded and scaled up the stage set and lighting rig he used in theatre venues last year, adding Robe BMFL Spot moving lights for extra visual impact as the band moved into larger venues and arenas. UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL invested in 50 new Robe BMFL Spots just before the tour went out, 24 of which were used by Steve.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik named Bryan Sherrel finance director. Sherrel will direct Neutrik USA’s financial planning and accounting practices with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community. He is based at the company’s U.S. headquarters Charlotte and began work Feb. 1.
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Tour: “Gimme Love” U.S. and Canada tour
Dates: Feb. 12-April 5, 2016
NEW YORK – Last month, the American National Standards Institute’s Board of Standards Review approved four ESTA standards: two brand-new, safety-related documents and two control protocol documents that were reaffirmed. These and all of ESTA’s published standards are available for free download to everyone, courtesy of ProSight Specialty Insurance, at tsp.esta.org/freestandards, or they may be purchased from ANSI or IHS.
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