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Phoenix Rises On A Bed Of Video And GLP X4 Bar 20 Battens

Phoenix Rises On A Bed Of Video And GLP X4 Bar 20 Battens

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SAN FERNANDO CA,– Paris lighting designer Pierre Claude has created a highly original concept for evergreen band Phoenix, based around multiples of GLP’s versatile X4 Bar 20 batten. His scalable rig saw as many as 76 of the award-winning fixtures used at Paris’ flagship venue, AccorHotels Arena, during the long-serving indie pop band’s latest tour to promote their new album Ti Amo.

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Tim Farquhar Harmonizes Rogues With Victor Wooten

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NEDERLAND, CO – The bass guitar is “utterly at the mercy” of Victor Wooten, one critic proclaimed about the artist Rolling Stone magazine named one of the Top Ten bassists of all time. The maestro’s mastery was on full display when his Victor Wooten Trio performed at the Caribou Room, a new live music venue just outside Boulder, CO. Pushing his bass to its creative limits, Wooten took his audience on a musical journey that wove its way through blues, jazz, fusion, rock and other genres.  Keeping pace with him note for note was a Tim Farquhar lighting design that featured CHAUVET Professional Rogue and CHAUVET DJ Intimidator fixtures.

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LD Manuel da Costa’s rig included 44 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes.

GLP Fixtures Light Nena TV Special Marking 40-Year Career Milestone

HAMBURG, Germany – A concert featured on Germany’s ZDF honored “99 Luftballons” singer Nena on her 40-year career milestone with a show staged at Hamburg’s Mehr! Theatre on Sept. 22. The special featured a set by Jürgen Hassler and lighting design by Manuel da Costa along with a parade of celebrity well-wishers. The rig included GLP impression X4’s and X4 Bar 20’s along with 44 of the company’s recently-launched JDC1 hybrid strobes.

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Photo by Todd Moffses

Halsey’s “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom World Tour” Rig includes 4Wall-Supplied Claypaky Scenius Fixtures

CLEVELAND, OH – Halsey recently completed the North American leg of her “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” world tour, which ran from Sept. 29-Nov. 22, and Claypaky Scenius Profile lighting fixtures, provided by 4WallPA, lit the way. The tour, the biggest yet for the 23-year-old singer-songwriter, supported her eponymous second album and included special guests Party Next Door and Charli XCX. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky products in North America.

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Library Of Congress Glows Bright White with Chauvet Professional

Library Of Congress Glows Bright White with Chauvet Professional

WASHINGTON, DC – Critics have rightly hailed the US Library of Congress’ Great Hall as a monumental triumph of architecture. Effortlessly balancing form and function within its spacious confines, the two-story room alternately awes and inspires with its towering Corinthian columns, Romanesque arches, double staircase and a gold-ornamented ceiling that exudes the unbridled optimism of its 19th century designers.

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Photo by MH Vogel

Robe for Rolling Stones No Filter

PARIS – Thirty-Six Robe BMFL Spots were workhorse moving lights on the recent Rolling Stones ‘No Filter’ European tour, part of a spectacular and epic lighting design created by Patrick Woodroffe. Patrick and associate designer Terry Cook of Woodroffe Bassett design (WBD) worked closely with stage architects Stufish on developing the show’s overall aesthetic.

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The band's Nov. 11 show at Trafalgar Square was followed by the EMAs at Wembley. Stageco provided an assist.

U2 Rocks Trafalgar Square, Honored at EMA’s at Wembley, with Production Assist from Stageco

LONDON – U2 give special performance on Nov. 11 at Trafalgar Square in London. The free show for 7,000 fans took place on the eve of London’s first opportunity to host the MTV European Music Awards for 21 years. Stageco supported both the Trafalgar Square concert and the 24th annual MTV EMA’s at SSE Arena, Wembley, where the Irish four-piece were honored with the coveted Global Icon award.

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