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Bandit Lites Brings The Light to Halestorm

Halestorm performs with a Bandit Lites rig

Bandit Lites Brings The Light to Halestorm

NASHVILLE  — Halestorm has been a stalwart of the rock touring scene since their self-titled debut album rocketed up the charts in 2009. The Grammy-Award winning band, featuring the striking vocals of Lzzy Hale, with three studio albums and multiple EPs (including a recent release of cover songs) has built up a loyal fan base who knows that the band’s live performances are not to be missed. As to be expected, their current tour, featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites, is no different.

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Photo by Steve Jennings

Mavericks In Step with Derek and Julianne Hough On Move Beyond Tour

NEW YORK – In a newspaper interview, Derek Hough described the recently concluded “Move Beyond – Live On Tour” as a “rock concert for dance.” Hough, who with sister Julianne, danced their way into the hearts of Americans on the mega TV hit Dancing With The Stars, was as spot on with that description as he’s been with his tango sidesteps.  The dancing siblings coast-to-coast tour featured all of the fast paced intensity of a rock concert, including flashy costume changes, stunning scenic elements, non-stop energy and an immersive, colorful lightshow that utilized a collection of CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK2 Washes supplied by RKDE Lighting.

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LD Mike Berger made some big cuts to the moving lights package from last year and increased his conventional package to help bridge the budget gaps.

LD Mike Berger Chooses 4Wall New York to Light Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

BOSTON – The Boston Pops Spectacular is a cherished tradition in Massachusetts that spans over 40 years. Thousands gather to watch the stunning fireworks display while the orchestra plays the “1812 Overture” at the historic DCR Hatch Shell. Lighting Designer Mike Berger, of Full Flood Inc., utilized 4Wall’s coast to coast capabilities working with 4Wall New York and 4Wall Los Angeles.

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The band performed as part of the venue's 10-year celebrations in mid-June.

Alt-J Show at London’s O2 Arena Lit with Claypaky Mythos2 Fixtures

LONDON  – Jeremy Lechterman and Jackson Gallagher of production design and creative direction partnership FragmentNine selected the dense light beams of the Claypaky Mythos2 to add texture to their lighting design for Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band alt-J in their first arena show of 2017, held at The O2 Arena in London. The design was an upscaled version of the production’s touring lighting design, also by FragmentNine, for The O2 Arena’s 10th anniversary showcase. FragmentNine’s design has since been nominated for a prestigious Knight of Illumination award.

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Christie CP4230

Christie to Play Key Role at SIGGRAPH 2017

LOS ANGELES – Christie continues its partnership with the ACM SIGGRAPH annual conference, supplying projectors and displays for sessions at the SIGGRAPH 2017 event, July 30 to August 3, in Los Angeles. Specifically, Christie CP4230 projectors (pictured here), Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors, and Christie Roadster projectors will form critical components for the informative keynote and panel sessions to ensure the utmost visual experiences as artists and creators showcase their work.

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FOR-A HVS-490 Video Switcher

FOR-A HVS-490 Video Switcher Now Shipping

FOR-A’s latest addition to its line of HANABI video switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD unit, is now shipping. Offering an extensive feature set in a compact unit, the new HVS-490 production switcher offers 4K-UHD and 3G capabilities, and is designed for use in any live environment, including mobile shoots, events, and in-house corporate productions. Numerous customers in both North and South America have already purchased the new FOR-A switcher, including houses of worship, video equipment rental companies and event spaces.

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Analog Way Announces HDBaseT 4-Play Support On Four Midra Series Models

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Analog Way has announced HDBaseT™ enhancements to four systems based on its popular Midra™ product family.  QuickMatriX – H, Pulse2 – H, SmartMatriX2 – H and Saphyr – H now offer improved connectivity and HDBaseT™ (HDBT) support for the SI market.  They will maintain the same key software features users value for live events, fixed installations, houses of worship and educational facilities.

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Chauvet Professional Captures Spirit of Peru at Juan Diego Florez Benefit Concert

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LIMA, PERU –– He has been called the “heir to Pavarotti.” Dazzling crowds with his immaculate, crystal clear voice, he is universally regarded as “one of the greatest tenors in history.” Still, even as his celebrated career has taken him from La Scala to Royal Albert Hall, Juan Diego Florez has kept his heart in Peru. So, when his homeland was struck by a series of natural disasters this spring, the famous operatic star stepped up and announced that he would hold a benefit concert to help those afflicted by these events.

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Mega-Lite XL LED Strobe RGB

Mega-Lite XL LED Strobe RGB

Mega-Lite’ XL LED Strobe RGB has a three segment control SMD LED light. Equipped with 1260 .80W RGB LEDs, this fixture is an intense strobe unit that can strobe in mixed and primary colors. It is assembled with segment control, allowing a variety of random strobe and chase effects specially when used in numbers. The unit can be also be addressed to be used as three pixels giving you pixel mapping capabilities. To add to all of these amazing features, the unit also makes a perfect wash light.

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DMH-200

Futurelight DMH-200

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Futurelight’s DMH-200 promises to serve as a moving head with a powerful LED, first class equipment and wide zoom. The beam angle can be widened from 7.5° to 40°, making the fixture well suited for use on a rock stage or in a theater.

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Colour Sound Enjoys the Best of The Kooks

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UK – West London UK based lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied a bespoke built touring lighting ‘specials’ package to alt rockers The Kooks for their recent  “The Best of … so Far” tour. This UK leg of the tour closed with a high profile gig at London’s Alexandra Palace for which additional lighting production was added, together with IMAG video.

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