AZERBAIJAN – Audiences were left enthralled and entranced by two dazzling Opening and Closing Ceremonies staged in the National Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the first European Games … which saw Belgian based engineering specialist WIcreations involved in making some key elements of these innovative and beautiful shows come alive.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — Despite efforts made by concert organizers, some of whom beefed up security and raised age restrictions this year, the death toll from apparent drug overdoses, which seemed to spike alarmingly with the use of Molly (MDMA) and other party drugs at EDM raves in 2014, continued during the summer of 2015.
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EAU CLAIRE, WI — Clearwing Productions provided lighting and audio for the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, a two-day event dreamed up by Bon Iver lead singer Justin Vernon that debuted July 17-18, 2015.
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GLENDALE, AZ – Audio, video and lighting integrator SGR Media Inc. announced plans to expand its operations with the hiring of skilled specialists across multiple disciplines and geographic regions.
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – For Passion, a nightclub that opened within the Seminole Hard Rock Casino late last year, Design Oasis provided lighting that included ÉPIX Strip 2.0 linear fixtures and other products from Chauvet Professional.
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SINGAPORE – K-Pop boy band Big Bang brought there show to Singapore Indoor Stadium, in front of thousands of enthusiastic fans. Showtec provided more than 110 RAPTOR moving heads from Italian lighting manufacturer D.T.S. for the event.
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GILFORD, NH – The SoulFest Christian Music Festival, which drew 13,000 to Gunstock Mountain Resort every day for three days Aug. 6-8, got a visual assist from Chauvet Professional PVP X6IP LED panels supplied by Events United.
EDINBURGH, Scotland – One of the latest additions to the Philips Strand Lighting line of consoles, the NEO, made its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, taking up residence for the duration of the arts festival in venue C south.
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MILTON KEYNES, U.K. – This year marked the third Electric Daisy Carnival in the U.K. Electric Fly supplied an Avolites Sapphire Touch and Pearl Expert as back up to the neonGARDEN stage, operated by Ross “Dubstick” Chapple. Over at the Pepsi Max cosmicMEADOW stage, Ben Hyman operated a Pearl Expert with the new compact Quartz consoles as backup.
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Pangolin Systems’ new Flashback 4 (FB-4) network interface is now available in a professional and durable aluminum housing. Ray Technologies (RTI) manufactures this new interface in Germany at their premises near Munich. The RTI FB-4 is available for Pangolin Quickshow or for Pangolin BEYOND, and it is available in different configurations, each providing additional features: Standard, DMX, IDLA and MAX.
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BORAS, Sweden – The Stadsteater in Borås, Sweden was looking to replace some of their old color scrollers. They opted to upgrade the house rig with 19 Robe LEDWash 800s – 10 for the 500 capacity main house, and nine for the smaller 100 capacity studio space. LD Michael Dimle says the theater’s management is very pleased with the results.
Read More »FOND DU LAC, WI – ModTruss, Inc. announced a new partnership with Madison, WI-based event services company Sosonic. Sosonic will serve the Madison area as an official dealer for ModTruss Corporation.