NASHVILLE – Shaping Sound, the contemporary dance company founded by Emmy-nominated choreographers Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance, and dance visionary Kyle Robinson, is back on the road with Bandit Lites, bringing their energetic and visually compelling story that is part pop show, part traditional dance, and part rock concert to stages all across North America.
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Christie’s Boxer line expands with the Christie Boxer 30, a 2K product for rental staging applications and permanent installations. Featured include omnidirectional functionality, integrated Near Field Communication (NFC), a preview screen and 1,500-hour lamp-life to 70 percent brightness. The 30K lumen Boxer weighs 160 pounds and features 2K imaging with optional upgrade licenses to 4K DLP.
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GHENT, Belgium — Chauvet opened its second European facility. The grand opening was attended by more than 200 lighting professionals. The invitation-only event also celebrated Chauvet’s 25-year milestone and featured product demos, music and a lightshow.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Folk rockers Mumford and Sons are currently traversing the globe in support of their latest number one album, with lighting designer Ed Warren employing the bold bright wash and LED effects of 16 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures to deliver “some of the most impressive moments of the set.”
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DEL MAR, CA. – LD Chris Lisle included Solotech-supplied 36 VL4000 Spot, 41 VL3500 Wash and 12 VL3500 Wash FX luminaires at the inaugural KAABOO festival earlier this year.
Read More »LONDON – Applications are now being accepted for the ILMC Production Meeting’s (IPM’s) new ‘Production Notes’ sessions. IPM will present a series of case studies, initiatives, new technology and product presentations during the one-day event on March 3, 2016.
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LAS VEGAS, NV and SAN ANTONIO, TX – AG Light & Sound supplied Elation gear to both the Life is Beautiful Festival, held in Las Vegas in late September, and the Victoria’s Secret PINK Nation Game On! Bash (pictured here), which took place at the University of Texas San Antonio campus Oct. 28. AG Light & Sound supplied lighting packages that included Elation Colour Chorus LED battens and Platinum Series moving heads.
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BUCHAREST, Romania – More than 100 PR Lighting fixtures were out in force Nov. 12, when Greek artist Nikos Vertis arrived in Romania for his sell-out concert at Sala Palatului Bucharest.
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AMSTERDAM – For the 2015 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF), a two-day event featureing Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Hardwell, Tiesto, Alesso, Martin Garrix and other EDM artists, André Beekmans of The Art of Light used a variety of Robe fixtures including 101 BMFL Spots, 94 Pointes, 180 LEDBeam 100s and seven BMFL Blades. The AMF event at the Amsterdam Arena capped the five day annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) which featured with 350 individual sub-events across 80 venues and clubs in the city from Oct 14 to 18, 2015.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Featured on the current Mötley Crüe “final” world tour is Tommy Lee’s “Crüecifly” overhead drum kit “coaster”, highlighted by 24 Solaris LED Mozarts. The Mozarts, mounted on the underside of the drum riser, are the perfect eye candy to highlight Lee’s solos as he rolls high in the air on an elaborate “roller coaster” of truss.
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NEW YORK — Michael Ahern, 67, one of the pioneers of the live event industry who handled production for artists from The Rolling Stones to Michael Jackson to the Pope, died Nov. 19. He is pictured here at the 2014 Parnelli Awards, where he joined Steve Thomas to present Benny Collins with that year’s top honor.
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COOKEVILLE, TN and EL PASO, TX — Separate tour bus crashes injured band members for Hinder and The Ghost Inside Nov. 18 and 19. The Nov. 19 crash near El Paso, pictured here, was the more serious of the two, killing The Ghost Inside’s tour bus driver, Gregory Hoke, 31, along with the driver of an 18-wheeler after a head-on collision.
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