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WorldStage Provides Gear for NBC’s Revamped Tonight Show, Late Night Studios

WorldStage Provides Gear for NBC’s Revamped Tonight Show, Late Night Studios

NEW YORK – The Tonight Show got a new Manhattan address as well a new man behind the desk earlier this year. To prepare for the show’s cross-county move to New York, LD Fred Bock created a new look in NBC’s upgraded Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center.  WorldStage supported Bock’s design with an extensive studio and band lighting package, and also handled the sale and rental lighting packages for the new Late Night with Seth Meyers in NBC’s Studio 8G.

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Clay Paky at Circus Roncalli

GERMANY – In the four decades since its founding, Circus Roncalli has always been committed to maintaining the classical circus tradition. And as the circus has grown over the years, so too has it lighting needs. Currently, several Clay Paky lights, including 36 A.leda K10s, 28 Alpha Spot HPE 700s and six Alpha Wash 700s, were installed along with other equipment. “The A.leda K10’s brightness is unmatched. Despite its compact size, it is a really efficient wash light. It is also impressive thanks to its excellent colour rendition. Furthermore, these lights are surprisingly lightweight and are perfectly suited to places of this kind,” said Managing Director Jens Wiegandt.

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Roscolux #359 Keeps Giving to Behind the Scenes

FORT WORTH, TX — Rosco Laboratories and The ESTA Foundation noted the sixth annual presentation by Rosco of the royalty check from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes, the charity that assists entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury.

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Excision Tours with Clay Paky, grandMA2 Gear

Excision Tours with Clay Paky, grandMA2 Gear

NEW YORK — DJ and dubstep producer Excision is touring the U.S. and Canada this year with a visual assist from Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20- LED-based moving lights, a cadre of Sharpys and grandMA2 lighting and laser control.   A.C.T Lighting distributes both Clay Paky fixtures and MA Lighting in North America.

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Solaris LED Flare Jr, distributed by TMB

Solaris LED Flare Jr

Flare Jr, a compact companion to the Solaris LED Flare, also distributed worldwide by TMB, made its debut at Prolight+Sound 2014 in Frankfurt. The Solaris LED Flare Jr fixture, now shipping, measures about one-third the size of the original.

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Dream Theater performs at The Chicago Theatre on April 5, 2014. Photo by David Venus

Dream Theater Brings PixelFLEX Along for the Ride

NASHVILLE — Dream Theater, which kicked off the North American leg of their “Along for the Ride” tour with a March 20 show in Toronto, is using 20mm FLEXCurtain LED displays from PixelFLEX to add to the show’s visual impact. (The band’s April 5 show at The Chicago Theatre is pictured here.) PixelFLEX notes that Dream Theater’s trek is also the company’s first big splash on the international touring scene. Photos of the band’s gigs in Europe are posted below.

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ETC Rigging Offering New Gear and Product Enhancements

Judging from the new products and feature enhancements ETC Rigging is presenting this year, the company’s R&D department has been pretty busy lately. New developments include the Prodigy P75 Hoist, with 75 feet of vertical travel, up to 3,300 pounds of lifting capacity, and eight lift lines with quarter-inch wire rope. Also new: their retrofit-friendly Fixed-Speed Motor Starter, the Foundation Handheld Remote (FHHR) and a new QuickTouch+ Merge control board option that lets users alternate control between as many as six QuickTouch+ controllers on one rigging system.

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