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4Wall DC Lights ‘Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat’ for the Adirondack Theatre Festival

4Wall DC Lights ‘Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat’ for the Adirondack Theatre Festival

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GLEN FALLS, NY – Kicking off Adirondack Theatre Festival’s (ATF) 23rd summer season of professional theater is Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat, an electronic pop musical about one of history’s most influential and controversial innovators. 4Wall DC provided the lighting for the show that can be described as “Hamilton meets Tesla.”

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d3 Supports Blink-182’s Worldwide “California Tour”

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WORLD – d3 is accompanying American rock band Blink-182 for their headlining worldwide “California Tour” .  The ongoing tour, in support of the band’s seventh studio album, called “California,” began last summer; its first international leg concluded in October 2016.  The US leg of the 2017 tour wrapped up in May.  European and other international dates follow through autumn. Blink-182 uses d3 to map lights, control multiple feed maps on the same surfaces and provide direct Art-Net control of some playback layers. d3 Designer, the software-only version of the d3 production suite is also used offline for programming and visualization.

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Green Hippo Reflects on Successful Showlight 2017

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LONDON, UK,– Italy was the venue for Showlight 2017 and the Green Hippo team was in Florence in force, enabling it to benefit from the quadrennial event’s smart mix of exhibition space and time, as well as a packed program of presentations aimed at lighting professionals. Showlight takes place every four years, each time moving to a different location, and 2017 saw Italy host its first show.

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HSL Captures the Depeche Mode Global Spirit

[caption id="attachment_277674" align="alignnone" width="800"]HSL supports Depeche Mode at London Stadium [/caption]

LONDON – Depeche Mode are, beyond doubt, one of the most exciting live bands in the world! A show-stopping career spanning four decades and a reputation for musical originality has kept them relevant and at the cutting edge in delivering one visually and sonically inspiring  performance after another … to hordes of adoring fans across the globe embracing all demographics. You could just say … they totally rock! Blackburn lighting rental specialist HSL is very proud to be the main lighting and video contractor worldwide for the current “Spirit” tour. They are partnering with CT to deliver the video package.

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Robe Can Be Itself on Sheryl Crow Tour

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NASHVILLE – Multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Sheryl Crow is on the road with her new ‘Be Myself’ album, together with a brand-new lighting & scenic concept created by LD Jeremy Roth which includes Robe Spiider and BMFL Spot moving lights. Jeremy landed the gig after production manager Rick Purcell saw his designs for the current tour by Chicago alt-rockers Wilco … and made Sheryl aware of his work. They and her management team all wanted a more theatrical presentation that was based on soft scenic elements.

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Weezer at Firefly 2017

Firefly Festival Weekend Glows with Bandit Lites

DOVER, DE –The Firefly Music Festival ran from June 15-18, with headliners including The Weeknd, Muse, Twenty One Pilots, Chance the Rapper, O.A.R, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bob Dylan, Flume, Weezer and The Shins. Bandit provided lighting for the Firefly main stage, Lawn and Backyard stages.

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tvONE 128 GB Streaming Media & 4K Playback Module

tvONE’s Latest VOIP Solutions for CORIOmaster Now Available

tvONE noted that its Video Over IP solution for CORIOmaster video processing systems is now available. The IP video encoder, Magenta Encoder-100 announced earlier this year, will begin shipping, as well as the new 128 GB Streaming Media & 4K Playback Module (pictured here).  Along with the two new hardware additions, tvONE has also upgraded its system design software, CORIOgrapher, to version 2.5.

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