Bryan Reesman expands his focus this month from Broadway to 11th Ave. and 34th St., the site of the Jacob Javits Convention Center and New York Comic Con, first launched at Javits by ReedPOP in 2006. This year’s event is set for Oct. 8-11, 2015. —ed.
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Ligting designer and director Dan Hadley first started working with the Foo Fighters when he started filling in for shows here and there in 2001, then eventually took over full duties. Hadley has also worked with the Foo’s Dave Grohl with the band Them Crooked Vultures where Dave plays drums, as well as for Tenacious D where Dave would also fill that seat once in a blue moon.
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NEW YORK — For The Church, an Australian band founded in 1980 that has been touring extensively through North America in 2015, LD Victor Zeiser and lighting director Kirby Naylor included eight Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spot fixtures in the rig.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Every year ETC invites students with an interest in lighting design and stage technology from around the world to apply for the company’s annual LDI Sponsorship as a part of its commitment to nurturing young people looking to launch professional careers in the industry. Sponsorship recipients – five from North America and two international students — were awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the 2015 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV, Oct 23-25.
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Forever Cunard Marks 175 Years with a Queen Mary 2 Sound and Light Show in New York
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The “Heart and Soul” Tour that played in sheds across the USA this summer featured a unique performance unlike any co-headline tour before it. Well, almost any tour. 2015 marked Earth, Wind and Fire’s fourth time out playing with Chicago in this format.
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PHILADELPHIA – Starlite Productions is providing gear to support local artist Meg Saligman, who is bringing attention to the problem of homelessness at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (pictured here), a key focal point for both the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia (Sept. 21-24) and Pope Francis’ visit to the city (Sept. 26-27).
ARNHEM, The Netherlands — To update the lighting for historic John Frost Bridge, Fairlight BV overcame two key challenges. Martin’s Exterior 400 and 410 Fixtures were part of the solution.
LONDON – At White Light’s Studio 15 training center, trainees got the chance to give video-mapping a try. Entitled Learn to Video Map Like a PRO! attendees of all levels of experience learned how easy it is to achieve complex projections quickly, trigger shows from a lighting desk and build a quick cue sequence using ArKaos MediaMaster PRO. Pictured here are ArKaos’ MD Agnes Wojewoda with White Light MD Bryan Raven.
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Designer Paul “Arlo” Guthrie who set up Toss Film & Design back in 2002, a company that handles tour design, video and content, has kept busy lately. Along with the 2015 Van Halen tour design and recent Fleetwood Mac tour, Guthrie’s design on Lady Antebellum’s “Wheels Up” tour is his second outing with the band. His first collaboration with Lady A was their 2013 ‘Take Me Downtown” tour.
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Laserworld’s world is getting a bit bigger. Founded in 2007 in Switzerland, its array of products quickly dominated the European continent. More recently they have increased their visibility in the U.S., serving the laser needs of live event professionals from the modest DJ to the lighting designer of the largest concert tour act and producer of mega live events.
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Jon Pollak must be something of a mathematician, because he’s dealing with a lot of numbers. The first is Steely Dan’s band: There are 14 musicians to keep track of, and even on the typical big shed stage here on a not-too-hot July evening, that’s a crowded stage. Next, any given show’s set list comes from a master list of 70 tunes, all of which he has to be ready for.
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