For country star Chase Rice’s show at the Blame My Roots Festival in eastern Ohio this summer, Zakk Bosserman paired his floor package design with an overhead rig provided by Showtime Sound that included Chauvet Professional Maverick MK3 Profile, STRIKE 4 and Rogue R2 Wash fixtures.
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Bandit Lites LD Alex Becker programmed a halftime light show for The University of Tennessee Volunteers’ new season of football in Knoxville using a gear package that included Elation Proteus Maximus fixtures and a ChamSys Magic Q MQ500 console for control.
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Solotech announced the appointment of Lee Moro as Senior Vice-President, Business Development, John Flynn as Vice-President, Operations, and Jim Yakabuski as Director of Audio Projects, of the Live Productions Division (US), effective September 1, 2022.Read More »Solotech Appoints New Senior U.S. Business Development Leaders in its Live Productions Division
BLUMANO, engineering consultancy and advisers for safety and stage machinery design, is proud to announce its expansion with BLUMANO Deutschland. This base, located in the heart of Western Europe, will work closely with BLUMANO’s network of offices in Ireland, the UK, Italy, South Korea, and the Netherlands.Read More »Engineering Consultants BLUMANO Launches in Germany
The ULTRA LB18 is ADJ’s latest addition to its range of LED-powered wash fixtures utilizing enhanced lime-infused color mixing. This versatile linear lighting device incorporates powerful 5-in-1 RGBAL LEDs to deliver enhanced color mixing, including tunable white, and a high CRI. Offering a variety of useful features and customizable operating parameters, including zone control, it is designed both for permanent installation and temporary event use at indoor locations. Here’s a video preview of the ULTRA LB18 from ADJ:
LMG, a national provider of video, audio, lighting and LED, announces the purchase of land in Austin, TX along with plans to build their 11th US location. The site at 8016 Burleson Rd will soon be home to a new LMG location including offices, warehouse space, a production studio, and a state-of-the-art rehearsal studio, and will span approximately 30,000 sq. ft.Read More »LMG Purchases Land in Austin, TX; Announces Plans to Build 11th US Location
Audinate has announced two new tools within Dante Studio, an application within the Dante AV ecosystem that integrates PC applications with AV-over-IP. These new tools,… Read More »Audinate Announces New Tools To Simplify AV Workflow
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The 2022 Creative Emmy Awards were presented the weekend of Sept. 3-4, 2022. PLSN congratulates all those honored with an award.
We list the Lighting and Production Design winning teams.
For this week’s Video of the Week, here’s a link to watch the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert that was captured live from Wembley Stadium on Sept. 3, 2022. The concert, with production and lighting design by Dan Hadley, featured a who’s who of musical artists paying tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer.Read More »Video of the Week: Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Following the PLASA Innovation Awards, the prestigious Gottelier Award was presented to JB Toby, Technical Director for Avolites. This award, named in memory of Tony Gottelier, the renowned industry innovator and commentator who passed away in 2006. The Gottelier Award recognizes individuals or teams of people who have made sustained and significant contributions to the development of entertainment technology. Read More »PLASA 2022: The Gottelier Award Honoree is JB Toby – Technical Director for Avolites
This year’s winners of the PLASA Awards for Innovation were announced Monday night at the PLASA Show at Olympia London. The Innovation Awards celebrate future-focused tech that improves safety, efficiency and performance through new methods and materials.Read More »PLASA 2022: Innovation Award Winners
Despite all our advance planning, we can’t completely control the outcome or the smoothness of our working day. Proper planning can make the local team’s day easier, though. In turn, that translates into a better day for all of us. If we all approach gigs with the intention of making it a better day for the other side, we can all have more days with most of these niceties. Taking just a few moments to be grateful for the things that we do have in modern touring puts most of the bad days back into perspective.
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