BLACKBURN, UK – HSL supplied lights, LED screen and crew to the latest Moody Blues UK and European tour, working with the band’s longtime LD Mick Thornton. For this tour, Thornton wanted a lighting contractor who could also supply the LED elements as well as a company with “a friendly, people-orientated approach who were big enough to offer the service levels we required and without a large and complex management hierarchy,” he explains.
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During the course of the month, I talk with a wide range of folks from the industry. From leaders, manufacturers reps and the guys out there on the front lines — those who make the magic happen on stage night after night. Over the course of just this past month, I have talked with a number of people about what’s going on throughout the industry and their views in general. There were a few comments, questions, and ideas brought up that struck a chord with me, and I want to share them with you to get your opinions as well.
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Tour Name: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tour 2013
Dates: May 1-June 30, North America
Lighting: Simple and elegant with some bells and whistles.
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InfoComm 2013 took place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, with 937 exhibitors showing off products and services within 470,000 square feet of exhibition space from June 12-14. This year’s event drew a record-setting 35,126 visitors, up 2.5 percent from 2012. Along with the exhibition, InfoComm 2013 offered seminars from June 8-14. Attendees came from 110 countries around the world. Here’s a look at some of the companies and featured products at the show.
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Lighting Co
East Coast Lighting & Production Services
Venue
Agganis Arena, Boston University
Boston MA
Anticipation for the opening of the hit British musical Matilda the Musical in New York ran high this past April. PLSN caught the show a few days after it officially opened, and there were two long lines snaking around the corner to get in. And the lavish musical did not disappoint. Inspired by the Roald Dahl book of the same name, it depicts the life of five year-old genius girl Matilda Wormwood, who must cope with a loud, boorish family and a repressive school environment that mock and deride her high level of intelligence, her creativity and her desire to learn more.
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The Rolling Stones’ 50 & Counting tour, marking a half century since the band performed their first shows in late 1962, also marks the last time the band can tour with a set design dreamed up by Mark Fisher, whose creativity could be seen in the design for every one of the band’s major touring sets since 1989. Fisher, the 66-year-old founder and managing director of Stufish, passed away June 25, a day after the Stones’ final show on the North American leg of the tour. He died in London after a long illness.
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