Los Angeles, CA-based Lighten Up Inc. chose 30 Ayrton Diablos and 30 Zonda 3 FX fixtures to upgrade the rig in nya studios Main Room from conventional to moving lights. Lighten Up is a leading lighting and A/V services company in event production and maintains an extensive lighting equipment rental inventory.
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Follow-Me, a provider of performer tracking technology, is happy to announce a new partnership with ULA Group in Australia and New Zealand. The new partnership marks an exciting milestone for both companies, expanding access to Follow-Me’s cutting-edge performer tracking technology across the region.
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LC Innovations is pleased to announce that by permission and an agreement with PRG, the Macula remote follow spot system is now available for sales in North America. LC Innovations is a branch of Litecom Group, based in Denmark. The 100% open-source software means the Macula system is able to control any moving head in the automated fixture market.
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Designer Mike Castle Castle is working the angles with his lighting for the red hot indie hit making band Hippo Campus on their 40-date North American ‘FLOOD’ tour. Embracing the five-piece band with multi-levels of light from myriad directions, he is using CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Curve 12 units, supplied by Tom Gorman and the Legacy Production Group.
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Chauvet has moved its European distribution hub to a new and greatly expanded facility. The new facility in Deinze, Belgium is only about 9 kilometers from Chauvet’s previous EU Hub in Kruisem
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The Capital One Orange Bowl, held on Jan. 9 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL, saw country music star Nate Smith headline the Halftime Show, while Lauren Alaina, a multi-faceted country artist, performed a high-energy tailgate concert at the Fan Fest stage before the game. Both performances benefited from entertaining lighting designs by IPS, using a range of all-weather IP-rated Elation products.
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EDM artist Subtronics was back for a three-night run at the Tacoma Dome for Cyclops Dome II. PLSN caught up with Production Designer Erik Mahowald of Bending Lite Productions and Production Manager Larry Barcello, of Brass City Productions, Inc. to find out about realizing this venue encompassing show.
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DeLong Rigging Solutions announces the relaunch of their company website featuring updated and expanded One Shot Training, a series of free videos providing training in most aspects of rigging. Topics include fundamentals such as common rigging knots, where to start in a new venue, wire rope terminations, and basic terminology.
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Nashville was the location for ‘Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’—at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park to celebrate the new year rollover. The Big Bash featured an impressive artist lineup and an eye-popping lighting and production design created by Robert W. Peterson of Real World Lighting using a range of Robe lights, all supplied by Solotech.
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Beckhoff USA has brought Andrew Bollinger on board as its new IPC Product Manager. Bollinger’s vast experience in application engineering, business development, and product management, with an emphasis on industrial control systems, highlights his unique qualifications to take on this job.
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Recently, Rogue Productions showcased the capabilities of its Rogue Servers, powered by Pixera (a media server software made by AV Stumpfl), during the co-headlining ‘Sweat Tour’ featuring artists Charli XCX and Troye Sivan. Cour Design, a Nashville-based creative content house spearheaded the tour’s design.
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By the time the stage version of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ arrived in London’s West End at the end of 2024 it was with an entirely fresh production, including a new creative team and an original score from Elton John. LD Bruno Poet took over the reins in the UK, specifying around 120 GLP fixtures. PRG was the lighting supplier.
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