Automated lighting fixtures are extremely sophisticated, including movement of pan/tilt or other features. Fixtures and consoles provide a multitude of methods to ensure that these… Read More »Automated Fixtures: Smooth Movement vs. Speed
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UPCOMING TOUR DATES: Australia in March, UK/Europe in April, returns to North America in July for summer amphitheater tour through September.
THE DESIGN: “As per the band’s name, it’s designed to be fun. There’s a 32-by-8-foot video wall behind the band with a 40-by-8-foot (W x H) Plexiglas two-way mirror in front of that. Five media servers show content through the Plexiglas from behind. There are four robotic and six static cameras that can then feed the live crowd shots back through the mirror, thus reflecting the live crowd. At other times in the show, the lights are pointed directly at the mirror, which makes them reflect back and appears to double the quantity of fixtures in the rig.” Read More »
Are you tired of hearing about safety yet? I hope not. It has always been important, but it lurched front and center for our industry during the stormy 2011 summer touring season, and it won’t go away any time soon. Being safe ensures that you’ll make it to the next gig. Sure, you may overlook some minimal safety concern and still be fine. Honestly, who hasn’t forgotten a safety cable now and then? It’s a slight oversight, and may not be the end of the world. That is, until something else fails, and there is a 20-plus-pound dead weight traveling 120 mph towards the deck. Are you wearing a hard hat?
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Compulite Systems has released their new, improved Vector iControl App which remotely controls and edits basic functions for all Vector lighting consoles. The App, for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android devices, has been completely redesigned with a full GUI makeover.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Electrosonic supplied and installed equipment for Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum exhibit, “House & Home.” Running through spring 2017, “House & Home” presents an array of photos, objects, models and films that show visitors the changes in domestic life over the centuries and what it means to be at home in America.
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When the clock ticked down to 00:00 at the end of the first half of Super Bowl XLVII, more than 700 people began a well-choreographed and meticulously rehearsed process to get the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show onto the field. In under eight-minutes, the field was transformed into a fully realized concert spectacular. Beyoncé, along with a reunion of Destiny’s Child, entertained the 75,000+ football fans in the stadium and over 108 million people watching worldwide. Twelve minutes later, the field was just as quickly cleared and the game resumed. (Okay, for only a short time before an unscheduled break, but that is not our industry’s story to tell.)
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INDIA – Clay Paky’s range of fixtures are increasingly being used on India’s major events, supplied by Mumbai-based Jagmag Electric Co. Jagmag LD/ general manager Atul Sonpal is known for his work on Bollywood award nights and shows in India, and last year Jagmag and Clay Paky collaborated to light a number of those awards shows.
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Jeff Ravitz, longtime LD for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, got a surprise call in late 2011: The Boss would once again be hitting the road with the 2012/2013 Wrecking Ball tour, with a new five-piece horn section attempting to fill the void left by The Big Man, Clarence Clemons, who died June 18, 2012. Ravitz and fellow Intensity Advisors designer Kristie Roldan were in New Jersey most of February for rehearsals. The tour launched in Atlanta after pre-tour gigs at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem and Austin’s South by Southwest Festival.
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LONDON – UK lighting rental company Neg Earth Lights invested in five new Kinesys DigiHoist controllers and two remote handsets, which went directly out on Muse’s ‘The 2nd Law’ world tour, together with a Kinesys K2 control and Elevation 1+ automation system that they already owned.
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NASHVILLE – ETC’s recent training session for factory representatives on their new Prodigy variable speed rigging featured a Bandit Lites’ installation at a Nashville school. Bandits’ director of sales, Chris Barbee, was on site to offer insight into installing the new rigging system.
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LOS ANGELES – Following their successful UK arena tour in fall/winter 2012, Mumford & Sons headed to the US for a short East Coast tour. The ‘Tour Of Two Halves’ world tour features more than 2,500 of XL Video’s new FX-200 LED spheres together with Pixled F-11 LED screens, HD cameras/PPU and crew.
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