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Ayrton Helps Lady Gaga Bring Warmth to the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl Halftime Show

Lady Gaga's 'Piano Dome' was covered with Ayrton MagicDot-XT fixtures. Photo by Kelly Coffey.

Ayrton Helps Lady Gaga Bring Warmth to the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl Halftime Show

HOUSTON – On Feb. 5, Houston, Texas played host to the NFL’s Super Bowl LI, at NRG Stadium. Entertaining the crowds in the hotly anticipated Pepsi Zero Sugar Halftime Show was Lady Gaga, whose performance earned the respect of millions in an intense 12-minute spectacular that was viewed by over 115 million people worldwide. The show was another world-class collaboration from co-production designers, Bruce Rodgers of Tribe Inc., LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works, and lighting designer Bob Barnhart of 22 Degrees.

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FOR-A HVS-100 Express

FOR-A HVS-100 Express

FOR-A’s HVS-100 Express will be featured at NAB 2017 in booth C5117. The HVS-100 Express is part of the company’s offerings which will be featured at the show. It expands the company’s 1 M/E HVS-100 video switcher series.

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Sharpy setup at Complex Nightclub NYE event

Complex Nightclub NYE Event Lights Up with Claypaky Sharpys

MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands – Nearly 100 Claypaky Sharpys were used for an eight-hour light show to 2,000 partygoers at an underground club hosted by Dutch techno music agency Claydrum at Complex nightclub, Maastricht for New Year’s Eve. Dutch production designer Joël Lemmerling, from Maastricht-based production company, Stöd, selected 96 of the multi-award winning Sharpy fixtures to create a fastidious design formulated by gridded white, colored and UV light beams and clever manipulation of angles. 

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Jack Whitehall U.K. Comedy Tour Gets Adlib Assist

Jack Whitehall U.K. Comedy Tour Gets Adlib Assist

LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib continues its work with top comedians having just supplied full production – sound, lighting and video – for Jack Whitehall’s sold out, three week ‘At Large’ UK arena tour. The Liverpool based company was delighted to be on the road with one of the UK’s most exciting and successful talents having previously supplied production for his ground-breaking 2014 arena tour which was staged in the round.

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Lara Wedding Venue in Israel Lit with 60 Robe Viva LED Spots

[caption id="attachment_275330" align="alignnone" width="800"]LARA – the ultimate wedding experience uses Robe VIVA LED spots[/caption]

KANNOT JUNCTION, Israel — The wedding industry in Israel is a highly competitive sector with rivalry among the top venues to offer the best facilities, making good technical production in the main reception rooms an absolute key to ensuring each event is trending. So when Nesher Edri launched his new enterprise Lara, he specified 60 Robe VIVA LED spots. For this venture he has used his experience, knowledge and enthusiasm from running another leading wedding venue, Signal – where he originally started as the sound and light jockey –  to ensure LARA would be a premium choice for The Big Day.

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Super Bowl LI Halftime Show photo by David Levisohn

Super Bowl Halftime Show: One Year in 12 Minutes

LD Bob Barnhart on the Long Path to Lighting the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Super Bowl LI took place in Houston on Feb. 5, 2017, and while the world will never really know if the halftime show’s patriotic themes gave the team from New England the edge they needed for their come-from-behind second half victory, the general consensus was that the show itself was a marvel.

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Jim Runge, David '5-1' Norman and John Callahan

The Art of Tour Managing

Three Industry Pros Define their Role on the Road

Road manager. Tour manager. Sometimes the titles are interchangeable. Above all, it means this: Make your artist happy. And make the show happen. Whatever it takes.

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The production for the band's 2017 tour is the biggest yet. Tour photo by Steve Jennings

Twenty One Pilots ‘Emotional Roadshow’ Tour

PLSN caught a look at Twenty One Pilots’ ongoing “Emotional Roadshow” tour, the band’s biggest tour to date. With a design that started just two short years ago, playing in club/theater size venues, the band has grown to play to sold out arenas, and their design has grown with it. We spoke to production, lighting and set designer Daniel Slezinger and lighting director/co-designer Tyler “Shap” Shapard about the current trek.

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