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Adlib Supplies Elvis Costello’s Tour

A fan onstage spins the wheel for Elvis Costello's next song.

Adlib Supplies Elvis Costello’s Tour

LIVERPOOL, UK – UK rental specialist Adlib is supplying lighting, sound, rigging equipment and crew for the current Elvis Costello and The Imposters ‘Revolver’  UK and European tour. It’s the first time that the Liverpool based company has worked with Costello. There’s no formal set list in the show. Songs are chosen – enough to fill nearly three hours of performance – largely by audience members invited onstage to spin a giant wheel bearing different song titles, with a pool of more than 100 potential numbers.

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Inaugural BET Experience Draws Thousands to LA Live

LOS ANGELES — The 3.5-hour telecast of the BET Awards, hosted by Chris Tucker and featuring Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Erykah Badu among others, capped the inaugural BET Experience, a three-day urban music event organized by collaborators AEG and BET that was nearly two years in the making.

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Berlin Summer Rave

Robe in The House for Berlin Summer Rave

BERLIN – More than 200 Robe moving lights helped rock the house and showcase the Berlin’s emerging DJs and Techno, House, Electro and Minimal talent who made serious summer noise in four aircraft hangars at the Templehof Airport site for A&P’s 2013 ‘Berlin Summer Rave.’ A capacity audience of 20,000 enjoyed Martin Kuhn’s production lighting design. The Robe fixtures were central to the night of action in the Ostfunk, Planet Bass and House Floor arenas.

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The Voice of Germany. Photo: SAT.1/ProSieben/Richard Hübner

Clay Paky on ‘The Voice of Germany’ TV Show

BERLIN – ProSieben and SAT.1 has launched its new season of “The Voice of Germany,” a German talent show, recently broadcast from Studio Berlin Adlershof. The show is based on “The Voice” TV format, produced by Talpa Media and Schwartzkopff TV Productions.  LD Manuel da Costa used about 300 moving lights, including 50 Clay Paky Sharpys and the new Elidy LED system made by the French manufacturer Chromlech, which Lightpower has recently begun distributing.

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Performer in Cirque du Soleil’s “Ka” Dies After Fall

LAS VEGAS — Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, an aerial performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Ka at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, died June 29 after a fall during a battle scene late in the show. The production stopped after the accident and the show has been put on hold until further notice. Audience members said the performer fell more than 50 feet into the production’s pit, which is hidden from the audience’s view.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit.

Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Exhibit Features projectiondesign

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – When Space Shuttle Atlantis, the newest attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, FL, opens to the public June 29, a new chapter in the story of interactive AV design for the themed entertainment industry will be written. The attraction was designed by PGAV and installed by Electrosonic. Norway’s projectiondesign high-performance projectors are used in the preshow visitor area and various exhibit areas to engage, enthral and entertain audiences.

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Showtech 2013

Showtech 2013 Organizers Report ‘Good Business, High Visitor Quality’

BERLIN – More than 7,400 visitors attended Showtech 2013, the international trade show and conference for theatre, film and events at the Berlin Exhibition Center June 19-20. It was a slight increase compared to the previous event two years ago, which drew 7,364 in 2011. Showtech organizers say this year’s show was characterized by “good business and high visitor quality.”

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Peter Stressing

Milos Acquires Mobil Tech

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – The Milos Group announces its latest acquisition of UK-based truss lift and lighting/speaker stand manufacturer Mobil Tech International. Peter Stressing joins the Milos UK team and will lead new business development for all Milos products while continuing to provide support for existing Mobil Tech clients.

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Timomatic

Chauvet Nexus 4×4 Excites in Australia

SYDNEY — Chauvet Professional Nexus 4×4 performed at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, spicing up Timomatic’s performance  during the 2013 State of Origin Game 1 pregame entertainment. Singer-songwriter and dancer Timomatic gained fame as a contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance” Australia. Josh Moffat of Events Infrastructure specified, designed and operated  the lighting equipment, and also supplied the visual technical support for the event.

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IgNight - Grand Finale

Chaos ‘IgNights’ Visuals at Six Flags Great America

BURBANK, CA – Chaos Visual Productions teams up with Six Flags Great America to premiere igNight – Grand Finale, the biggest nighttime event spectacular in the Chicago park’s 37-year history. igNight – Grand Finale is featured in the Hometown Square at park close and will continue its run, which began June 15, until August 11. Chaos Visual supplies the high-definition technology that brings the visually entertaining production to life during its limited run at the park.

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