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Morrissey North American Tour Canceled Due To Health Issues

LINCOLN, NE — Battling health issues that ranged from the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer in January to pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, Morrissey, 53, has been forced to cancel the remaining 22 tour dates on his on-again, off-again North American tour, which had been set to run through May 1. There are no plans to reschedule the shows, said Morrissey’s publicist, Lauren Papapietro.

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Saddleback Church

GLP Enhances Saddleback Church

LAKE FOREST, CA – Described as an “evangelical Christian megachurch,” Saddleback Church in Southern California recently installed GLP Spot One and Wash One LED moving head fixtures. With eight locations in its Lake Forest property, and seven other regional campuses, a typical weekend hosts around 25,000-30,000 worshippers, all watching the sermon enhanced with GLP moving heads from the main Worship Center.

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VLX Wash with individual cell control

VLX Wash Individual Cell Control

DALLAS – Philips Vari-Lite has released new software for the VLX Wash luminaire which provides individual cell control to the RGBW LED light engines inside. The individual control is achieved through a second DMX mode where users can toggle between combined or individual control.  The new mode only increases the DMX channel count to 72 DMX channels, but users may also still operate the light in the standard mode using 23 DMX channels.

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Petra Marklund

Swedish Singer Petra Touches Heaven with SGM’s LED Balls

STOCKHOLM – Swedish singer songwriter Petra Marklund has been touring with a stage set fabricated largely from more than 3,000 SGM LED Balls (LB-100) rigged as an overhead, interactive spatial canopy. Originally designed as a video light curtain, with low-resolution 120mm pixel pitch, the LB-100 display is made up from long strings, each containing seven white semi-transparent LED balls. Each sphere contains two RGB LEDs to create a 3-D effect when viewed through 360 degrees.

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Ed Donohue

Rosco Promotes Ed Donohue, Ame Strong

STAMFORD, CT — Rosco Laboratories Inc. named Ed Donohue, pictured here, president of Rosco US, a new post.  Mark Engel remains as CEO and Stan Miller continues as chairman of the board. Rosco also named Ame Strong director of US Sales, Donohue’s former position.

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Dreamgirls

Pete’s Big TVs Supplies ‘Dreamgirls’ Tour

NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs is providing the video equipment, cameras and d3 media servers for the new 2013 production of the “Dreamgirls” tour. Working with MB Productions, Pete’s Big TVs is providing the main set of the show, comprised of 400 digiLED MC15 (15 mm) LED video panels in three screens, which all track and fly in different configurations. Howard Werner of Lightswitch designed the media content.

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Bob Schacherl

Philips Announces Realignment, Bob Schacherl’s Retirement

DALLAS – Philips Entertainment, representing Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Selecon, and Showline, announced the realignment and consolidation of its Americas commercial group, naming Julie Smith commercial general manager of the Americas, Leonard Miller as North American sales manager, Jaime Friedstadt as Latin American sales manager and Pete Borchetta as marketing director. The company also announced the retirement of global sales director Bob Schacherl, pictured here.

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W-DMX on FIS Alpine Ski World Championship

W-DMX on Alpine Ski World Championship

SCHLADMING, Austria – Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology, worked with Ampco Flashlight Rental to use the new Wireless Solution W-DMX G4 system on the FIS Alpine Ski World Championship 2013 Opening Ceremony.  The W-DMX G4 system controlled moving lights, LED fixtures and conventional lighting fixtures at the event Feb. 4 in Schladming, Austria.

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