LOS ANGELES — Dennis Sheehan, longtime tour manager for U2 and 2008 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement award winner, died May 27, reportedly of cardiac arrest. He was 68. Sheehan had been in Los Angeles with U2 for a series of shows kicking off their 2015 “Innocence + Experience” Tour. U2 had opened the first of five shows at the Forum the night before.
Read More »WARREN, RI – Creative Conners announces Royal Caribbean has installed their computerized automation control and custom hoists.
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ANCHORAGE, AK – Stark Raving Solutions, a Kansas City-based AV firm, installed four Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal fixtures from Chauvet Professional to Rabbit Creek Community Church in Anchorage, Alaska.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions is now distributing KASK Helmets, which are designed for professional work-at-height and rescue applications.
Read More »SINGAPORE – Klotz Communications GmbH recently opened a regional office based in Singapore. Klotz Communications Asia will look after all sales and support functions for South Asia and South East Asia, and stocks spare parts for immediate delivery. The opening of Klotz Communications Asia comes only a few months after the opening of its European sales office. The company noted that both openings reflected increased demand for its new line of products.
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LONDON – CORE Lighting’s new PinPoint wireless LED pin-spots and their best-selling ColourPoint Mk II wireless LED uplighters made their presence felt at the National Theatre In London for the 2015 Fast Forward Gala, a fund-raising event where normally unseen areas of the facility are opened up for an audience of special guests.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – LumenRadio’s CRMX technology employed for this year;s Eurovision song contest in Vienna, Austria.
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EDINBURGH – Lighting and Technical Event Production specialists Blue Parrot are providing lighting, staging and design services for the 2015 Hidden Door Arts Festival in Edinburgh.
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CARSON, CA – Visions Lighting’s Todd Roberts and Brandon Dunning included Elation lighting fixtures in the rig for KIIS FM’s Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center here May 9. The rig included Platinum BX beam moving heads, hybrid Platinum SBX moving heads and Protron 3K LED strobes. Also in the rig was some of their workhorse Platinum Beam 5R Extremes.
Read More »SINGAPORE – Christie’s valued partner, Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd, which specializes in custom, 3D projection installations, event displays and exhibitions, is gearing up to attain a new Guinness World Records title achievement for the Greatest light output in a projected image ever produced in a single event using Christie visual solutions.
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SUN VALLEY, U.S. – GLP has announced the full production release of the latest addition to its product range: the X4 Bar.
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PARIS – London-based Jamie Fobert Architects asked the team at CLD Distribution to assist in providing an LED lighting solution for an exhibition of their work at the Gallerie de l’Architecture in Paris. The work coincided with the publication of “Working in Architecture”, a book about the practice’s dynamic range of projects and work philosophies.
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