HERSHEY, PA – LD Jason Robinson used Martin Professional’s new MAC Viper Profile for the first time on the 2012 version of Farm Aid, held in September at Hershey Park, PA. Robinson used them as aerial effects and as backlight/key lights for the band members. Upstaging provided the equipment for the annual show which featured Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and more.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Event Live Expo takes place Feb. 5-7, 2013 at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The expo showcases the latest equipment and services involved with live event productions, including lighting, audio, staging, facilities management and supporting services such as catering, merchandising, ticketing and other related businesses.
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BREA, CA – Live Nation hired Visions Lighting to provide lighting, video, rigging, staging and special effects for all four of Korean pop band Big Bang’s US tour dates. Visions Lighting’s work extended into recreating a set piece as well within a 36-hour turnaround time, which was missing key parts on its journey from Korea. All Access Staging & Productions provided staging and lifts as well.
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NEW YORK – PLASA has two chain hoist rigging standards in public review. Two draft Rigging Working Group standards related to the use of chain… Read More »Chain Hoist Rigging Standards in Public Review
Read More »NEW YORK – PLASA has a photometric standard in public review. ANSI E1.35 – 2007, Standard for Lens Quality Measurements for Pattern Projecting Luminaires Intended… Read More »Standard for Gobo Projection in Public Review
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THURLEIGH, UK – Chaos Visual Productions named Mick Jones project director. Prior to Chaos, Jones was with PRG, where he spent the last two years in project management. He has more than 25 years of live event experience with a focus on project management, video displays, switching systems, networking and complete system drawings.
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SYDNEY – Currently playing at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre, Legally Blonde The Musical is lit by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller with Hugh Hamilton acting as associate for the Australian Tour. The set and lighting design for the Australian production comes from the London production of the musical held at the Savoy Theatre. The Lyric Theatre’s house rig of Vari-Lite moving fixtures and more than 200 ETC Source Fours play big roles in the production.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Chauvet Professional fixtures were again chosen for the new season of TV’s ‘Idol Puerto Rico.’ LD David Ayala used Chauvet Professional SparkliteLED Drape backdrop drapes for the show’s first season, then added for the current one more than 70 Chauvet Professional fixtures. Musique Xpress supplied the lighting.
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LOS ANGELES – Production Designer/LD Marc Janowitz specified 50 GLP impression X4s on My Morning Jacket’s US tour. The tour is using a festoon-like hanging system. There are 10 soft, swooped hanging positions suspended between the trusses in the overhead grid, with five of the X4s on each. These festoons travel pre-rigged and cabled, and once the grid is hung, they can be fully deployed in about 10 minutes.
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