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WIcreations Helps Massive Attack Screen Stand Out

Massive Attack

WIcreations Helps Massive Attack Screen Stand Out

BRISTOL, U.K. – Entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations was asked to create a new visual solution for the recent Massive Attack tour. The video design, created by United Visual Artists (UVA) – needed a full horizontal section in the middle of a flown Roe MC7 LED screen that measured 14.4 by 6 meters (WxH) to protrude from the rest of the surface by half a meter. This was to make specific text statements, facts and figures being displayed really stand out.

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Chevelle 2016

Chevelle Takes Bandit Lites On Tour

NASHVILLE – American rock band Chevelle, comprised of Dean Bernardini and brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler, have been making music and touring for more than two decades, but they aren’t kicking back and looking towards slowing down. Rather than rest on their laurels, the band released their eighth studio album The North Corridor this July and have been touring the country with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites.

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Mein Schiff

German Cruise Ship, “Mein Schiff 5,” Sets Sail with Robe Lighting Fixtures

HAMBURG, Germany – Robe moving lights – including 65 DL4 series luminaires in the form of 50 x DL4F LED washes and 15 x DL4S Profiles  – were again selected as flagship fixtures for the four major entertainment areas aboard Mein Schiff 5, the latest cruise ship to be launched by German based operator TUI Cruises. This follows up the very successful Robe installation on Mein Schiff 3 in 2014 and Mein Schiff 4 in 2015.

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Prodigy P75 Self Climber

Prodigy P75 Self Climber Hoist from ETC Rigging

ETC Rigging’s Prodigy P75 Self Climber Hoist shares the same technology as all Prodigy hoists, but the P75 Self Climber is repackaged in a custom-made, heavy duty Tomcat 20.5-inch truss with a Working Load Limit (WLL) of 2,000lbs (900 kg) and vertical travel of 75 feet. The Self Climber was built to accommodate venues and installations that may have domed or peaked roofs, plaster ceilings, tight spaces and corners, such as historic buildings, houses of worship, theaters, arenas and more. Like all of ETC Rigging’s Prodigy line of hoists, the P75 Self Climber comes with high-level safety features such as slack-line detection, load cell, load profiling, and dual-brake systems. Every Prodigy hoist comes fully tested and pre-reeved and the Self-Climber is no exception.

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Queen

Queen + Adam Lambert Summer Shows Enhanced with Firefly FloppyFlex LED Neon and Solaris SoLED Strobes from TMB

SINGAPORE – This year’s Queen + Adam Lambert Summer Festival tour began in Europe and will wrap up in Asia at the end of September.  Queen’s long history of pushing the envelope, both musically and aesthetically, continues with a design from LD Rob Sinclair and scenic designer Ric Lipson of Stufish Entertainment Architecture. The summer shows were enhanced with Firefly FloppyFlex LED Neon and Solaris SoLED strobes from TMB.

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Larson Electronics LEDHWW-900

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Larson Electronics’ LEDHWW-900 is a 90 watt LED wall washer light used to replace traditional 400 watt metal halide floodlights. The compact LEDHWW-900 promises high light output, longer life and more durability than halogen and metal halide alternatives.

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Bridge St Community Church

UK’s Bridge Street Community Church Lit with Elation Fixtures

LEEDS, UK – Bridge Street Community Church in Leeds, UK, has opened up a new worship building and outfitted the space with Elation Professional stage and broadcast lighting, designed, supplied and installed by Wigwam Acoustics. The new purpose-built Bridge Community Church is a multipurpose building catering for conferences and live events, as well as weekly church services. The newly completed development provides the church with a comprehensive community center that includes a 1000-capacity auditorium, café and other facilities.

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Knights of Illumination

The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Announces TV Shortlist

LONDON – Organizers for this year’s Knight of Illumination Awards have announced the “shortlist” for the “TV” lighting category, which follows the “Theatre” and “Concert Touring and Events” shortlists disclosed earlier. The 2016 TV judging panel is made up of Stuart Gain (Chairperson) and STLD committee members John O’Brien, Andrew Dixon and Alan Luxford.

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Gearhouse Shapes the Future

Gearhouse Draws 600 to Industry Event in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG  – “Welcome to Tomorrow” was the catch phrase used to introduce some of Gearhouse Group’s latest technology to 600 of the organization’s top clients and suppliers. The launch was housed in the inaugural build of the Maxi Dome Lite Venue, a custom temporary structure designed and built in South Africa by Gearhouse In2Structures, the Group’s specialist design and manufacturing company.

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Gladys Knight

HSL Supplies Gladys Knight Tour

BLACKBURN, U.K. – ‘Empress of Soul’, legendary singer / songwriter Gladys Knight recently toured the UK and Blackburn based HSL was delighted to be supplying lighting equipment and crew to the production which was co-ordinated on the road for HSL by Lester Cobrin and designed by UK and Nashville based LD, Neil Scrivener.

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Jerusalem

Light Festival in Jerusalem Includes Robe BMFLs

JERUSALEM  – Israeli lighting designer Martin Adin of Pyromania presented his “Photographia – Painting with Light” installation at the 2016 ‘Light in Jerusalem’ festival of light, which involved projecting onto and lighting a large section of the city’s famous ‘Old City of Jerusalem’ close to Jaffa Gate, one of the main entrances to the old city.

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