LONDON — For their 2014 tour in Europe, under the eminently cringe-worthy title, “Spreading the Disease (S.T.D.),” retro mock-rockers Steel Panther got support for their infectious brand of parody from PRG and PRG Nocturne.
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ABU DHABI, UAE — To support Bill Fontana’s “Acoustical Visions & Desert Soundings” exhibition here from March 21-April 20, coolux distributor TechnoPro provided Pandoras Box Compact Player technology. Along with work by Fontana, art created by regional students and established artists was featured during the month-long event.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Okay, it wasn’t exactly Pink Floyd, or Stonehenge. But in terms of production values, it certainly went beyond that scene with the dwarves and 18-inch-high stones in This is Spinal Tap. And to support the over-the-top looks for Eclipse’s Pink Floyd tribute down under, at Stonehenge Aotearoa near here, LD Nic Cave-Lynch really did use a wide array of gear from Chauvet Professional, provided by the company’s New Zealand distributor, MDR Sound and Lighting.
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Tulsa, OK – Recently remodeled, the Church on the Move’s (COTM) main auditorium is an updated performance space that now rivals many concert venues. For this year’s Seeds Conference, Lighting Designer Daniel Connell turned to 4Wall Nashville to provide lighting equipment. Drawing inspiration from Roy Bennett’s design for Nine Inch Nails Tension tour, Connell put together a rig that could give a variety of unique looks over the three-day conference.
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SINGAPORE — Looking for a way to make its convention space as flexible as possible, Suntec Singapore Convention Centre incorporated an advanced LED lighting solution into the center’s fourth level ceiling. As part of the innovative ceiling design, Martin’s LED VC-Dot 1’s allows the convention center’s clients to add logos, messaging and graphics to their event. The new design is centrally programmed and controlled, eliminating the need for staff to climb the ceiling in order to make adjustments.
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CORREGGIO, Italy — After the release of his latest album, Mondovisione, Luciano Ligabue embarked on a tour of Italy that began in late March. Tour stop venues range dramatically in size from the relatively compact Piccole Città here to much larger outdoor stadiums. LD Jò Campana included both Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Beam 700s in the rig.
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WAUKESHA, WI – For the second time in recent months, Blizzard Lighting products were brought in to help transform the look of a nightspot featured on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue. Episode 332, “I Smell A Rat,” which first aired Sunday April 27, 2014, highlighted a lighting transformation made possible with LED fixtures at The Oasis in Omaha, NE. Featured gear included Blizzard’s Torrent Xray, RokBox, and PixelStorm 240.
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Analog Way’s LiveCore Output Expander is a new system designed to offer additional output capability on select LiveCore-based Presentation Mixers. It can add four outputs (plus one monitor output) to the company’s SmartMatriX Ultra, Ascender 32 and Ascender 48 units.
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PERTH, Australia — Mega Vision Sound and Lighting once again provided technical support for the Perth Wildcats basketball team, lighting 14,846 seat Perth Arena (a.k.a. “the jungle”) with 12 Robe Pointes, 8 Robin MMX Spots and 8 Robin 800 LEDWashes driven by a ChamSys MQ 100 Pro control desk.
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