NOTTINGHAM, UK – Currently on the road until the end of October, the Mark Knopfler & Band tour brings all-time Dire Straits and Knopfler classics such as “Sultans of Swing” and “Brothers in Arms” to packed arenas throughout Europe and North America. LD Mark Henderson’s tour rig includes 22 Nexus Aw 7×7 panels from Chauvet Professional.
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STATELINE, NV – For a Reggae festival featuring Iration at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Lake Tahoe area, lighting designers Chris Brodman and Cullen Noon, working for LIT Lighting (Phoenix, AZ), included 16 COLORbar SMD fixtures from Chauvet in the rig.
Read More »CHICAGO – RGB Lights, Inc., which recently moved to a new location in Chicago (6045 N. Keystone Ave., Chicago, IL 60646) reported a successful open house event to help launch the new facility.
Read More »ERLANGER, KY – tvOne, long-time developer and supplier of high performance video processing equipment, completed a friendly management buyout and is now operating separately from previous owner Nortek, Inc. The acquisition was completed July 31, 2015. The newly independent company is led by David Van Horn, David Reynaga and Andy Fliss, with continued active involvement of Frithjof Becker and Richard Mallet.
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LONDON – The National Theatre’s production of Everyman is lit by Paul Anderson, with a set design by Ian MacNeil, video design by Tal Rosner and sound design by Paul Arditti. Dan Murfin, the lighting control supervisor at The National, is using features in the new v2.3 software and an Eos Ti desk along with Ableton Live to turn the parameters of the actor’s voice into OSC commands in real time.
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LONDON – After adding Prolyte S36PRA truss to its inventory, White Light has used it for a variety of shows and events. The truss was first used by White Light on the recent UK Tour of the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, produced by BBC Worldwide and Vision Nine (pictured here). The company has also put its recently acquired Martin MAC Aura XB fixtures to work at big events including the Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House.
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MIAMI – Smart Monkeys, Inc. named Olivier Moser (pictured here) Director of Design & Engineering, a new position. The company also promoted Mitchell Schuh to Director of Technology. Schuh previously served the company as Project Engineer.
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WYOMISSING, PA — Building 24, a live entertainment and club venue located inside a large indoor entertainment facility called The Works, has enjoyed the benefits of an Elation lighting system since being installed in 2010. Five years on, the venue was looking to upgrade and add to their lighting system and again chose the Elation brand.
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MANCHESTER,UK – The ‘10×10′ Day & Night’ event at the Manchester International Festival, featured two special evenings energized with 12 hours of non-stop pumping music, great DJs and live music plus the very best dance vibes to mark 10 years in the city for both the Warehouse Project (WHP) and the biennial Manchester International festival (MIF). Manchester based lighting and visual specialists dbn, working for these two regular clients –– supplied lighting and visuals.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites provided the lighting for rising country star Tyler Farr’s summer tour. The Missouri native is out promoting his sophomore album, Suffer in Peace, in between touring with friend and fellow Bandit client, Jason Aldean.Lighting director Logan Foote used Bandit’s GRNWashes, GLP X4S’s, Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes and a Grand MA Command wing to light the ‘Redneck Crazy’ singer.
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OSAKA, Japan – The Rock Star Hotel in Osaka City has built a full 4K broadcast workflow, which is built around three Blackmagic Studio Camera 4Ks and an ATEM Production Studio 4K, to stream live events from the hotel.
Read More »AARHUS, Denmark — Although the headquarters for its Martin lighting unit will remain in Aarhus, Harman International announced Aug. 5 that the production facility for Martin lighting products in Frederikshavn, Denmark will close and operations there will shift to Hungary. Martin’s smoke machine factory in the U.K. would not be affected by the relocation. Harman noted that the Frederikshavn factory will remain in operation for at least six months as the transition takes place.
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