ITALY – Italian fans enjoyed a display of lights, lasers, and effects at rock legend Vasco Rossi’s sold-out stadium tour this year. For maximum visual impact, designer Giovanni Pinna specified 64 of the new Lase-Array systems from ER Productions of London, along with 14 Look Solutions Viper Deluxe smoke machines.
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MIDDLETON, WI – With the debut of the D22 luminaire, the ETC Selador Desire family now includes three sizes of LED luminaires to cover every lighting task: the ultra-bright D60, the versatile D40 and the compact D22. At 8 inches, 7 lbs., the D22 brings efficient wash lighting to cafetoriums, children’s theaters, museums, lobbies, retail outlets and other installations where low-profile fixtures are a must. It is also designed as a detail light for any professional venue.
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KYOTO, Japan – At the Toei Eiga-Mura, Kyoto’s movie theme park, a main attraction combines acting, stunt work and projection mapping to create a popular Ninja-themed action show. The name of the show, Jiraya, refers to a popular folk hero with the ability to use magical formulas to reach his goals.
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SYDNEY – Robe supported UK based LD Simon Brockwell of SBLD to help his interactive work, ‘The Nocturnal Pianola,’ one of the eye-catching exhibits at the 2013 Vivid Festival of Music, Light & Ideas in Sydney, Australia.
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LOS ANGELES – The Rolling Stones have wrapped the U.S. leg of their “50 and Counting” world tour with Clay Paky lighting fixtures and grandMA2 consoles along for the still-wild ride.
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PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ — Dierks Bentley, The Band Perry and other artists teamed up and raised a reported $476,000 with the “Country Cares Concert,” a benefit performance that took place here on July 22. All proceeds are going to the United Phoenix Firefighters, for direct distribution to surviving family members of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots from the Prescott Fire Department who lost their lives fighting a wildfire near here on June 30, 2013.
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MEXICO CITY – Playing to a crowd of more than 20,000, Seattle-based grunge band Soundgarden recently performed at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City during its international tour, running through summer 2013. The band’s 26-song set list was brought to life by a Harman Martin lighting system, deployed by OCESA PRG Mexico.
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LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the list of nominees for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards at a July 18 ceremony held at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in the NoHo Arts District here on July 18. The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards will air live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT on CBS. The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place the week before: on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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BRIGHTON, MI — TLS Productions announced the addition of two new team members. Katie Lewkowicz joins as administrative assistant, and Amir Gamzu as assistant shop manager. TLSP, which also added 200 Elation Design Par 575 fixtures to its rental inventory, now offers more than 350 of the fixtures in all.
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LONDON – Five years in the making, the King Kong musical, produced by Australia’s Global Creatures, has opened to thrilled and awed audiences Melbourne, Australia’s Regent Theatre. The star of the show is undoubtedly the six meter, one ton King Kong puppet, designed by Global Creature Technology. King Kong is considered a breakthrough in automation control, allowing the puppeteering of large scenic elements while retaining the full control and safety systems within the automation system.
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LOS ANGELES – Designing shows for artists ranging from Sheryl Crow to Fleetwood Mac over a long period, experienced LD Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie has been increasingly finding GLP’s impression X4s an essential component in his touring inventory. Earlier this summer, PRG supplied production for the evergreen Fleetwood Mac’s Live 2013 48-city U.S. arena tour — and this time Guthrie requisitioned 36 of the new generation LED moving heads.
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