All Access provided the full scope of event staging for Super Bowl LVIII, handling everything from opening night through the post-game festivities – not to mention the halftime show. Here is a look at the build of the staging for the halftime show and two bonus clips showing All Access’s work on the team entrance and Kaskade’s DJ booth in the stadium.
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Over the years, PLSN has become a hub for the industry conversations that drive us forward both professionally and personally. It is with that spirit that PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy welcomes a new column to PLSN – ‘Life’s Jam,’ a new column on financial wellness penned by Life’s Jam founder Rachael Bronstein.
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Product news from ADJ, Blackmagic Design, CHAUVET, City Theatrical, Eilon Engineering/Ron Stagemaster, Elation, elektraLite, Holotronica, LynTec, Martin/Harman, PROLIGHTS, and ROE Visual
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Cinematographer Pierre Gill talks about capturing a natural tone and realistic feel for Disney+’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ shoot both on a volume and on locations.
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats were back for their annual holiday show, this year at Denver’s Ball Arena, and Brown Note Productions were back to support them. Production Designer Jeremy Roth and Video Designer/Director Michael John Grant fill us in on the details.
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The Los Angeles-based alt-metal rockers, Tool set out on the road supporting their record, ‘Fear Inoculum,’ with a show from the creative team of Lighting Designer/
Director Mark “Junior” Jacobson, Video Designer/Director Breckinridge “Breck” Haggerty, and Laser Designer/Programmer/Operator Scott Wilson from Production Design International (PDI).
Tom Sutherland of DX7 DESIGN brings us inside the live-streamed 5-hour event, the ‘TikTok In The Mix Festival’ which took place in front of a sold-out crowd of 17,000 music fans at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ. Billed as “the first-of-its-kind live global experience on TikTok,” they brought in 9.6 million viewers tuning in live, and set a viewing record of 33.5 million viewers counting the original broadcast and three rebroadcasts.
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The design team at The Playground created a spectacular send off—La Meta, the final five concerts in Daddy Yankee’s career at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. The Playground team of Creative/Show Director Curtis Adams; along with Production Designers Trevor Ahlstrand and Sooner Routhier worked with Lighting Programmers Will Flavin and Dane Kick on these spectacular shows.
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For this month’s Buyer’s Guide, we take a look at some of the latest safety gear and services that manufacturers and vendors make and supply. The concert touring and live events industry are filled with numerous dangers and hazardous situations.
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This month we cover the resources you may want to consider when you need to purchase or rent a stage or staging products. We’ve compiled brief overviews from a range of staging companies with information about the array of products and services they offer the industry.
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Be sure to check out the list of recipients that were honored at the 22nd annual Parnelli Awards that took place during NAMM 2024. There is also an array of photos of the winners and their trophies from the live event industry’s biggest night honoring the many people who work behind the scenes and companies that make entertainment happen.
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This month we continue an ongoing discussion about mental health and wellness support for the touring and live events industry. We speak with Tour Manager Marty Hom, who over this past year has begun bringing in mental health support for his tours, as well talking to Dr. Chayim Newman of Amber Health, a provider of clinicians and therapist specifically for our industry on implementing this much needed well-being resource.
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