Bandit Lites is thrilled to be providing the lighting for multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning Zac Brown Band on their 2023 From the Fire Tour. Comprised of Zac Brown, Jimmy De Martini, John Driskell Hopkins, Coy Bowles, Chris Fryar, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Daniel de los Reyes and Caroline Jones, the Zac Brown Band recently released The Comeback (Deluxe) album which features re-recorded tracks with James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Marcus King, and Blake Shelton.Read More »Zac Brown Band Takes Bandit Lites Gear on ‘From the Fire Tour’
Amish Dani’s company, FRAMEWORX, was able to execute the Peso Pluma ‘Doble P’ tour in less than four weeks from phone call to opening night—an incredibly brief span of time. Two of those weeks were spent entirely on conceptualization, before a single piece of gear was pulled.
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Ayrton announces the official launch of its new IP65 rated Argo 6 Wash and Argo 6 FX fixtures. Here’s the Argo 6 official launch video from Ayrton:
Marketa Fantova joins the team at ROBE lighting s.r.o. as International Education Program Coordinator and Designer, where her role will be coordinating ROBE’s existing NRG program on an international level. ROBE lighting s.r.o.’s Commercial Director, Josef Valchar Jr (JJ) says: “We are delighted to have Marketa onboard. We have known each other for some time, she has the right knowledge and extensive connections in the arts and education worlds, great communication and diplomatic skills, and we are all looking forward to working alongside her as she develops this important and exciting aspect of ROBE’s future vision.”Read More »Marketa Fantova Joins Robe to Expand NRG Initiatives.
Kito Crosby, a leading manufacturer of lifting and securement solutions, is pleased to announce its Lifting for the Troops campaign for 2023, supporting the Children… Read More »Kito Crosby announces 2023 ‘Lifting for the Troops’ campaign
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Sadly, Jimmy Buffett died Friday at the age of 76. All of us at PLSN offer our condolences to the production teams, crews and industry friends of Buffett who worked with him throughout the years helping to share the joy his music brought to the world. We share this CBS Sunday Morning video with contributor Bill Flanagan offering an appreciation of the “Margaritaville” singer-songwriter, a friend for whom everything was an adventure, and whose positive life force was directed towards giving his music fans a two-hour vacation at every concert.
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The Gottelier Award is a special award which recognizes the invaluable contributions of the people behind the products that have changed our industry over the decades. Voted on by the industry, this year’s winner is Howard Eaton of Howard Eaton Lighting.
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The winners of this year’s PLASA Awards for Innovation were announced last night at PLASA Show at Olympia London. The awards celebrate future-focused technology that… Read More »Winners Announced for PLASA Awards for Innovation 2023
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On June 23, 2023, a unique show was held to celebrate the millennium of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. Called Solstice du Millénaire (The Millenium Solstice), the sound and light show designed by Les Ateliers BK retraced the history of the historic monument and magnified the building listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The technical production of this grandiose mapping was entrusted to AV technical provider VLS. Comprising five scenes, the spectacular combined video projection, sound, 18 beams of light and 400 drones. Here’s a video of the project:
Lighting Designer Emmanuelle “Gigi” Pedron has taken Elation Professional’s broadcast market KL Panel XL IP™ LED soft light and transformed it into a high-impact, aesthetic rock ‘n’ roll light for Queens of the Stone Age’s The End Is Nero tour. After playing European festivals throughout much of the summer, the band launched their North American leg August 3rd in Sterling Heights, MI. “I wanted to do a color field type show in the style of an abstract painting, minimalistic in form with a sense of open space,” Pedron explains of her design. “I want people to see what I see in my head when I hear the music—like Chromesthesia—and I needed a light that could express that with color.”Read More »LD Gigi Pedron Employs Elation KL Panel as Rock ‘n’ Roll art for Queens of the Stone Age
From September 1 until October 6, 2023, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies below down to just six. These regional winners will then automatically appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which will be posted for a final round of voting.
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