ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Euroshow provided Martin fixtures to light an ice show at Yubileny Sport Palace here. The show, which referenced the concurrent 2014 Paralympic Games, was held before the final stage of the Torch Relay. LD Alexey Yevstifeyev used 20 MAC Viper Profiles, 12 Atomic 3000 DMX strobes, 20 RUSH MH3 Beams, 48 MAC 101s and 20 MAC 2000 Wash XB fixtures.
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NEW ORLEANS — Production designer Paul Normandale specified XL Video-supplied Radiant MC-18 Hybrid LED screen for the 74 by 38 foot (WxH) stage backdrop Kings of Leon’s Mechanical Bull tour, which had an extended run of North American shows that will wrap up at the Smoothie King Center here April 11. The tour marked the first time the LED video gear was used in the U.S.
Read More »For years, lighting designers have been matching lumens between the lighting and video elements. The video was always brighter. In the last couple years, much… Read More »Don’t Blind the Audience
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, CA — The 22nd annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards Viewing Party, which raised $5.1 million for the fight against AIDS, was lit with gear provided in part by 4Wall Los Angeles. The Viewing Party featured a 5-course dinner prepared by Chef Gordon Ramsay as well as a stage performance by singer / songwriter Ed Sheeran. The gear from 4Wall LA that was used to light the stage performance included ETC Source Four Lekos and Jarag Par 30 fixtures.
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FORT WORTH, TX — The Long Reach Long Riders celebrated their 11th ride with a raffle and live auction to benefit Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference here in late March. Sales of raffle tickets, some key donations, and BTS and LRLR-branded swag raised just over $12,000 for the charity.
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Tour Dates: The current leg includes the two broadcast shows at SXSW and a Lollapalooza run through South America at the end of March.
Design: It supports and emphasizes a mood where shadows delicately outweigh highlights. Vertical ladders left and right get the pretty light angles, and the video content supports a surreal theme. The show is based on a lighting design by Kille Knobel with production design by Justin Collie. It’s an eclectic mix right now, as these are a series of festival style shows, and luxuries you enjoy on a standard tour are not always available. Soundgarden music is a primal, distorted, haunting version of their own psychedelia. The task is to support and convey that mood no matter what rig I have to use.
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The headline sounds nutty, right? “Finding Time to Work?” Don’t we already put in enough hours in the day to make our bosses happy? If you are on tour, in sales or a traveling man, a good part of your business is spent being outside of the office, being on site and, often, working out-of-pocket. Your typical “eight hour day” is spent nowhere near a computer and, most likely, away from paperwork. You know, those pesky pieces of paper or digital files that actually get us paid.
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