NEW YORK – For an appearance on the Rockefeller Center stage for NBC’s Today Show, Duran Duran performed with lighting by LD Peter Greenbaum, who used 48 Chauvet Professional Nexus 4×4 LED panels provided by WorldStage.
BETHLEHEM, PA – The largest free music festival in the nation, the 32nd annual Musikfest drew more than one million people to Bethlehem, PA in August for ten days of music, art and family fun. For the third consecutive year WorldStage supplied an extensive lighting rig to the Sands Steel Stage, the main stage and only ticketed venue at the festival. The lighting design was by David Zeffren.
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BC, Canada – A semi truck carrying tour equipment for Jason Aldean flipped on the Trans Canada highway early this morning (Oct. 6), following his performance in Kamloops, a city in British Columbia. Because the semi was hauling musical equipment, the crash forced Aldean to postpone his Burn It Down concert stop in Prince George. Originally scheduled for tonight, it will now take place on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Read More »TvOne is offering a webinar detailing features of its CORIOmaster and CORIOmaster mini support, CORIOgrapher 2.0. The Webinar takes place Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. Eastern time (16.00 GMT)
Read More »LOS ANGELES – ADJ Lighting is announced two Open House events at their Los Angeles and Miami locations where dealers and end users can see new products releases from over the summer, get a chance to see new products announced at LDI 2015 and sit in on ADJ Live Learning seminars.
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BTX Technologies will feature a variety of signal processing products and other products at the LDI show, booth 452.
Read More »SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Responding to its growing influence within the global event space, Event Safety Alliance today announced the addition of two well-known industry veterans to the group’s Board of Directors. By unanimous consent of the current Board, Andy Lenthall of the Production Services Association and Tim Roberts of The Event Safety Shop were appointed to the organization’s leadership body, and will use their extensive international experience to guide the ESA’s evolution into a worldwide force for cultural change.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic has invested in eight Avolites Quartz consoles for its Electronic Engineering course, which offers a specialist final year of AV System Design. Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is located in Yio Chu Kang next to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, Singapore. More than 15,000 students attend, on a campus of 30 hectares.
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ATLANTA – NanoLumens named F.A. (Fran) Dramis chairman of the board. Dramis is the CEO of F. Dramis LLC, a technology consulting and investment firm. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board of NanoLumens, he currently also serves on the private company board of Catavolt, and is on the advisory boards of Virima, Voyager Capital, kwantera, and we&co. Dramis is also the cofounder of Urjanet, an energy data management firm, and is a limited partner in Seraph, a super angel investing group.
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LAS VEGAS – An exhibition of Neal Preston’s rock photos will be at the Las Vegas Convention Center during LDI, Oct. 23-25. This touring exhibition will be open to the public and is provided by the Lightpower Collection and presented by A.C.T Lighting.
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LOS ANGELES – Everlast Productions, Inc. in Miami, Florida has taken delivery of 12 Clay Paky Stormy fixtures, which were quickly dispatched to the dynamic Fitness-Concert at the 8th Annual Zumba Instructor Convention. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky products in North America.
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LAS VEGAS – Innovation is set to reign for Elation Professional at this year’s LDI show October 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center with a number of cutting-edge products set to impress at Booth 1117, including the Platinum FLX hybrid moving head, recent Innovation Award winner at the PLASA show in London.