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Top 10 Tours of 2016: Gear and Crew

Coldplay's 'A Head Full of Dreams' tour topped the Pollstar charts in terms of number of tickets sold.

Top 10 Tours of 2016: Gear and Crew

LAS VEGAS – The year-end numbers are in, and whatever else you may have been thinking about how things in 2016 went down, live concert ticket sales are up, according Pollstar. Total sales for the top 10 tours worldwide, featuring, in order, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Guns N’ Roses, Adele, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Celine Dion hit $1.67 billion — an 11.3 percent gain on the $1.5 billion pulled in by the top 10 tours in 2015.

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All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis on March 11, 2017.

Deadline for ETCP Applications for USITT 2017 Exams Approaching

NEW YORK — All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis, MO on the morning of Saturday, March 11, 2017. The deadline is quickly approaching. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than February 14, 2017. The ETCP office is located at 630 9th Ave, Suite 609, New York, New York, 10036. USITT members and employees receive a $100 discount on examination fees.

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From left - Bernd Loy (EVAGO Group, COO), Lorenz Schmid (EVAGO Group, CFO), Goran Marincic (EVAGO Group, CEO), Alex Borger (Mojo Barriers, CEO), Cees Muurling (seller), Hedwig de Meyer (seller)

Evago Group Acquires Mojo Barriers

PYRBAUM, Germany — Evago AG, which owns Bümo, a provider of structures and other products for the live event industry, has acquired all of the shares in Mojo Barriers’ global crowd barrier business. Mojo Barriers, which supported 2016 tours for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Muse, among others, will continue to operate as a standalone company under Evago’s ownership, the companies said. Mojo’s main office locations in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA and Australia along with distributors in 20 other countries will continue to offer its global customers the same Mojo Barriers’ products, led by Alex Borger, CEO. Outgoing co-owners Cees Muurling and Hedwig de Meyer also spoke favorably of the deal.

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The reflections on the water's surface doubled the visuals in size.

Grand Opening for Dubai Canal Lit with Claypaky Fixtures

DUBAI – Point a reasonably powered telescope at the planet Mars and you will see the so called canals beloved of science fiction writers. Turn that scope around to view Earth from Mars and a new canal is clearly visible at the heart of Dubai; and this one is no fiction (see DubaiSat-2 link below). Cutting an elegant swathe through the city, the new Dubai Canal opened with a spectacular ceremony hosted by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.

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Morpheus Lights Expands 2017 Production Inventory

Morpheus Lights Expands 2017 Production Inventory

LAS VEGAS — Morpheus Lights announced a significant addition of new equipment to their Las Vegas-based production inventory for the 2017 spring touring season. In addition to gear from Claypaky, MA Lighting, Tyler Truss and Vari-Lite, Morpheus has made extensive additions to its award-winning Ayrton LED inventory.

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RGBlink MSP 200PRO

RGBlink MSP 200PRO

RGBlink’s MSP 200PRO, distributed by Mega Systems Inc., is a video format and test pattern generation device that provides users with an on board preview of an HDMI (or optionally SDI) source along with format inspection. Wave form monitoring and video monitoring capabilities are included. Popular test patterns can be easy selected with or without motion. Time code can be generated and displayed, allowing inspection frame delay. MSP 200PRO also includes a USB media input port as standard – use a MPEG4 or image as a test signal source, opening up many possibilities for producing bespoke testing configurations. Outputs as standard are (up to) 3G-SDI, CVBS and DVI, with DVI supporting both HDMI and VGA signals, and integrated Genlock. A compact touch friendly device MSP 200PRO is the essential device for the AV professional.

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