LONDON – HSL is supplying lighting gear and crew for the Foals' Total Life Forever tour across the U.K. and Europe. LD Davy Sherwin's goal was to make the rig for the show look bigger than it actually is with a floor-oriented show and lots of anthemic beam looks – a scheme that has proven to work well with variable-sized venues.
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LONDON – The worlds of British and rock ‘n' roll royalty collided in mid-November, and while the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 didn't generate enough goodwill to keep a mob angered by tuition price hikes from rocking the Prince of Wales' Rolls Royce a few weeks later, its purpose was to raise funds to help young people find jobs in the recession-racked U.K.
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Futurelight's PHS-210, the successor to the PHS-200, is the company's new "starter model." Now with 16-bit resolution for pan and tilt, a mechanical dimmer, and 11 LED channels, not just eight channels. The fixture has also been designed to run smoother and allow for quicker gobo and color changes.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Chauvet named Mark Oliver to the staff of its U.K. branch. Oliver, who has been appointed Northern U.K. Territory Sales, will work alongside Darren Jackson, who oversees Southern U.K. Territory Sales.
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DAYTON, OH – Staco Energy Products Co. named Jim Hall marketing manager. He is responsible for all strategic and tactical marketing, with primary responsibility for development of a brand and communication strategy for power quality and UPS products.
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DUBLIN and CORK, Ireland – Arthur's Day, launched in 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewing company, served as a tribute to founder Arthur Guinness and featured televised concerts to raise funds for charity. The event returned in 2010, with performances in Dublin and Cork lit by EQ Lighting and Clay Paky fixtures.
Read More »ORANGEBURG, SC – About a year ago, the lead pastor at Cornerstone Community Church started taking the necessary steps to transform Cornerstone into a multi-site church. One of those steps was to install a FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD Digital Video Switcher to facilitate video production across the church's new satellite campuses.
Read More »MIDLAND, TX – Tomcat's 2011 Hoist and Rigging Workshops are set for Feb. 16-19 in Midland, Texas. The ETCP recognized training program is geared to offer hands-on-training at both the basic and advanced levels for hoists and rigging.
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GUANGZHOU, China – For the opening and closing ceremonies of the 16th Asian Games, both lasting longer than 1 hour 40 minutes, PR Lighting accounted for more than 850 of the fixtures used, including more than 400 XL1200 Framing, 200 XL1500 Framing, 150 XL1200 Wash and 100 XL1200 Wash fixtures.
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LONDON – The story of Afrobeat musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has moved to London's National Theatre – and according to the National's senior lighting programmer John McGarrigle, an ETS Eos lighting control system helped speed the turnaround from Broadway to South Bank.
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LOS ANGELES – For Usher's OMG Tour, the artist's first big-budget spectacle since 2004, LD Peter Morse and associate LD Eric Wade are using 24 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 700 fixtures – most arranged on the floor, but others rigged along the fly truss – with a grandMA2 console for control.
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NEW YORK – Three recent performances by Elton John and Leon Russell got visual support from LD Tom Kenny, who used gear provided by Scharff Weisberg Lighting. The live appearances supported the recent release of The Union, a collaboration between the two artists.
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