Maroon 5 Tour
The Hippie Hippie Shakes
Automated lighting programmers have a multitude of functions available to them to modify lighting looks. From gobos to color, to movements, the options are nearly… Read More »The Hippie Hippie Shakes
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Lady Gaga Shows How It’s Done
The Super Bowl halftime shows rarely thrill me. I think the lighting, production and staging of these shows is usually incredible, year after year. But to be honest, the last time I think I saw an artist that really impressed me with their performance was when Prince killed it. But this year rocked.
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LD Jonny ‘Tosar’ Tosarello with Lynyrd Skynyrd
DATES: Feb.-Oct., 2017. “A weekend-warrior schedule.”
THE DESIGN: “As we do festivals, fairs and clubs, the design needs to stay flexible, so I look carefully at fixture types, placement and purpose.”
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‘Elegant Decay’ for ‘Sunset Boulevard’
With Glenn Close returning to the character of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, the role that won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 22 years ago, one wonders what the creative team could do to top the previous production. As Sunset’s new scenic designer James Noone notes, the last mansion set was enormous and very realistic. “It was a beautiful, stunningly executed, Gothic Hollywood movie palace that came down from the flies and moved forward,” he says.
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Intel Extreme Masters 2017 in Poland Features Multimedia Stage Provided by Aram
KATOWICE, Poland – Once again, Aram designed and built the multimedia stage for Intel Extreme Masters 2017. Along with the huge and complex main stage, Aram designed and built three smaller stages for IEM Expo and other supporting structures for this mega-gaming event.
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Bon Jovi ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ 2017 Tour
PLSN caught up with Bon Jovi’s longtime designer Doug “Spike” Brant of Nimblist, the company he runs with Justin Collie based out of Lancaster, PA. Together the two designers and their team put on various immersive entertainment projects, live sports, broadcast specials, festivals and special events and most notably concert tours with the likes of Lady Gaga, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, just to name a few. We spoke with Brant about his work on the current Bon Jovi — This House Is Not For Sale Tour, along with lighting director and automation programmer Joe Bay.
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From ‘PEDG’ to ‘Nimblist’
Spike Brant and Justin Collie Rebrand
Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG), noted for their creative work in the live event and installation world and currently designing the Bon Jovi tour, has rebranded.
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Lighting Up the Lumineers – Cathedral Style
Unique “Organ Pipe” Look Gets Additional Video Halfway Through Sell-Out Tour
“They are big, ugly, and intimidating when they are sitting in their set carts,” Jason Rothberg says of The Lumineers’ set for their Cleopatra world tour. “But once they are flown, lit and have content going through the Sceptrons, they make a beautiful transformation.”
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Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show with Lady Gaga Includes GLP GT-1 and X4 Bars
HOUSTON – Lady Gaga gave a scintillating, high-flying performance at the Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at the NRG Stadium in Houston. Opening with God Bless America on the roof of the stadium she leapt to the stage before cramming seven of her greatest hits into the 12-minute show. The acrobatics throughout were stunning. Everything, from ‘Shooting Star’ drones flying in unison above the stadium to create the American flag to the stage surrounded by fire and Glow Motion torches, was top drawer.
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