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Philips Vari-Lite VL3500s Blast Color Onto WWZ Premiere

Vari-Lites with Muse.

Philips Vari-Lite VL3500s Blast Color Onto WWZ Premiere

LONDON – LD Tim Routledge used Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash and Spot luminaires to deliver a backdrop for the World War Z action film premiere after-show concert by Muse, held at London’s Horse Guards Parade. Epic and apocalyptic, Routledge’s lighting design not only took care of the stage but the buildings and park surrounding the area to create an eerie, experiential evening of atmospheric entertainment for the 15,000 Muse fans attending.

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Bonnaroo's 700 acre site.

Bandit Lights Bonnaroo for 12th Year

MANCHESTER, TN –  Bandit Lites was more than ready when more than 80,000 music fans poured into the 700 acre site known as “The Farm” for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, an event Rolling Stone magazine has referred to as one of the “50 Events that Changed Rock and Roll.”  The four-day music festival offers more than 150 acts on many stages. Bandit Lites has provided the lighting for Bonnaroo since its inception 12 years ago, working with many of the individual designers to meet their needs at the event within the framework of a festival system.

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Strictly FX on Beyonce. Photo: Parkwood Entertainment.

Strictly FX Adds Sparks to Beyonce’s Tour

CHICAGO –  Strictly FX of Chicago is supplying special effects for Beyonce’s “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour,” after having worked with her during her Super Bowl Halftime show earlier this year. “Beyoncé is very hands on with every aspect of her production and was an intricate part of the design process. She knows what she wants and knows what she doesn’t like. It was a truly a collaborative effort with her team that helped us bring her production to another level,” says Strictly FX partner and effects designer Mark Grega.

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Plugfest Returns, RDMnet Draft Expected to Debut

WESTLAKE, TX – The PLASA Control Protocols Plugfest, the event where manufacturers and developers can test their products for interoperability with other manufacturer’s products, is scheduled to take place Aug. 2-5 at the DFW Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. A few implementations are expected of the draft standard for RDMnet, BSR E1.33, as the task group continues its work on the latest protocol being developed by the Controls Protocol Working Group of the PLASA Technical Standards Program. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Mark Fisher, 1947-2013

In Memoriam: Mark Fisher, 66

LONDON — Mark Fisher, founder and managing director of Stufish, died June 25 after a long illness at Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead, U.K. with his wife Cristina at his side. He was 66. Fisher played a key role in the creation of some of the most complex and successful stadium rock shows ever produced, for artists ranging from Pink Floyd to U2 to the Rolling Stones and many others.

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Lighting for Norway's Margaret Berger at Eurovision.

World’s Biggest Song Contests Rely on wysiwyg

TORONTO – The world’s biggest song contests – not just Eurovision but also Melodifestivalen (“Melody Festival”), the momentous annual music competition organized by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio – both rely on Cast Software’s previsualization suite wysiwyg for their production designs.

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Black Sabbath.

SewWhat? Sets Stage for Black Sabbath Tour

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA –  Because it was the first tour for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath in more than 30 years, the staging had to be as dramatic as the event itself. Custom theatrical drapery manufacturer Sew What?  Inc. was called upon to create a 3-D set for the tour.

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