LAS VEGAS – GLP reported a successful LDI 2015 show in Las Vegas, with a variety of awards and honors accompanying the positive response the company got at its booth and demo area. GLP also noted that its 2015 LDI booth, pictured here, was “the largest trade show stand they had ever assembled.”
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ORLANDO, FL – For his True Colors world tour, an Aug. 6-Nov. 28 trek in support of his second studio album that goes by the same name, Russian-German musician Zedd turned to Pyrotecnico for a special effects assist. Along with custom pyrotechnic spinners, close proximity pyrotechnics, flames, cryogenics, confetti and streamers, Pyrotecnico used a total of 9 high power KVANT laser systems for the tour. They also utilized Pangolin’s Beyond software and FB3QS hardware to design and control the RGB Spectrum series lasers.
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BROOKFIELD, CT – IDK Corporation, a major player in Japan’s ProAV market, announced IDK America Inc. Based in Brookfield, CT, IDK America is led by Hideki Iwasaki, pictured here.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Director GMUNK and Visual Artist Adam LaBay of Future Weapons Lighting worked on the visuals to support the release of the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Android smartphones. They used Pangolin’s BEYOND software and laser projections to add to the excitement surrounding the product’s launch.
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MEXICO CITY – For the Hyde nightclub, Rodrigo Molina of Light Moxion created a new system using a lighting design fashioned by Michael Meacham of iDesign Productions (Miami). Along with color changing Swarovski candelabrums and LED tiles, the new design includes 32 Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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LOS ANGELES – Miranda Lambert’s most recent tour, which brings back the name of her first headlining tour in 2010, “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars,” made use of a lighting rig supplied by Bandit Lites that included Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s driven by grandMA2 light and ultra light consoles. Both the lights and the consoles were sourced via exclusive North American distributor A.C.T Lighting for the 13-city trek. Production designer Chris Lisle designed the looks.
BERLIN – The Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Maccabi Games (EMG2015), Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event, was staged at the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin’s Olympic Park, and officially declared open by German President Joachim Gauk. The event’s lighting rig, supplied by Berlin-based TSE and designed by LD Ronen Najar, centered on fixtures from Robe, with close to 200 units in all.
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NASVILLE – Elation Professional is bringing its latest lighting and video products to the WFX show, which is set for Nov. 18-19 at the Music City Center in Nashville. Featured products will include the Platinum FLX hybrid moving head (pictured here) as well as the company’s Emotion moving head digital light.
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CANBERRA, Australia – The Canberra Theatre Centre (CTC) recently upgraded their lighting systems with an assist from staging and lighting specialists Sound Advice and Jands-supplied ETC fixtures. The CTC is made up of three venues: the 1,200-seat Canberra Theatre, a traditional proscenium arch theatre; the 600-seat Playhouse; and the 100-seat Courtyard Studio. A total of 248 fixtures made up the CTC upgrade including 10° ellipsoidal luminaires, 15-30° zoom ellipsoidal luminaires and 25-50° compact zoom ellipsoidal luminaires.
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Martin’s Martin RUSH Strobe CWL (Cold White Linear), designed for fixed installation at nightclubs, bars and other small entertainment venues, is designed to provide a traditional Xenon strobe look with a 17,000 lumen output. The fixture features 99 3W Cree XP-D LEDs with a reflector design and an 87-degree beam angle to create a variety of special effects such as ramp up/down, up-down, random flash, lightning, blinder and single flash.
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LAS VEGAS — One of the highlights of the 2015 LDI Show was an exhibition of Neal Preston’s photos. Titled In the Eye of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hurricane, the exhibition was on display Oct. 23-25, right on the show floor. Pictured here is a moment from the video reel where Queen’s Brian May credits Preston for his work – in this case, a shot of the band from backstage.
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