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Willie Williams Designs Tour for Bryan Adams; XL Video Provides Support

Bryan Adams

Willie Williams Designs Tour for Bryan Adams; XL Video Provides Support

LONDON – Bryan Adams, who is touring in support of  the 30th anniversary of his November 1984 album, Reckless, which was re-released in November 2014, is performing with a production design by Willie Williams that includes a big visual assist from XL Video. Along with a string of U.K. dates in late 2014 and shows in South Africa earlier this year, the tour continues with legs in the U.S., Canada and Europe in 2015.

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Clay Paky at F1 Show Special

Lighting for Car Racing TV Special Includes Clay Paky Mythos, Alpha Beam 700s

LONDON – To mark the end of 2014’s F1 season Sky Sports created a unique film called The Ballad of the Dueling Drivers that told the story of the intense battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.  To enhance this special project, lighting director Richard Bowles chose also Clay Paky Mythos and Alpha Beam 700 fixtures to deliver sharp beams of light and other lighting effects throughout. Richard Martin Lighting provided the gear.

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Science Museum of Virginia's Planetarium

Science Museum of Virginia’s Planetarium Installs Christie 4K Digital Projectors

RICHMOND, VA – Christie helped the Science Museum of Virginia create a state-of-the-art planetarium that is taking patrons across the planet and deep into the universe. Audiences are seeing it all in high resolution at 120 Hz thanks to Christie D4K2560 high frame rate projectors, which were installed by Evans & Sutherland (E&S), a pioneer in computer graphics and digital dome theater systems. 

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Chauvet Professional at Endymion for Mardi Gras

Endymion Mardi Gras Parade Lights Up with Chauvet LED Screens, Fixtures

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Ray Ziegler of RZI Lighting used video panels from Chauvet Professional aboard the festive floats that were designed for the Krewe of Endymion Parade, which helped kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities on Saturday, Feb. 14. The float’s elaborate decorations depicting Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and other fabled journeys. Along with video panels from Chauvet Professional, the floats used Geyser RGB Foggers from Chauvet DJ.

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USITT, LRLR Once Again Team Up to Support BTS at Annual Conference

CINCINNATI, OH — The Long Reach Long Riders and the PLASA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference taking place in Cincinnati March 19-21. This year’s raffle will also bring attention to the 12th Long Reach Long Riders motorcycle ride. The Riders have raised more than $450,000 for charity in their 11 years of two-wheeled touring.  

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Bring Me the Horizon at London's Wembley Arena (c) Handerson Yau

Bring Me The Horizon Perform with Robe Fixtures

LONDON – Bring Me The Horizon performed a big one off show in Dec. 2014 at Wembley Arena, wrapping up their 18-month world tour in support of their Sempiternal album cycle. The band’s LD, Ben Inskip, needed multi-purpose lights in the rig and chose 70 Robe moving lights for the show, which also served as a 10-year celebration for the band. The Robe fixtures included 39 LEDBeam 100s, 14 Pointes, 11 MMX Spots and six LEDWash 600s.

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