LAVEEN, AZ — For the World Classic Rockers’ recent show performing hits from the late 1960s through the 1980s at the Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds outside of Phoenix, John Garberson, owners of Creative BackStage, deployed fixtures from Chauvet Professional including Rogue R2 washes, Maverick MK2 Spots and Strike 4 fixtures. The band performed on a Stageline 260 stage.
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LAS VEGAS — At LDI booth 1115, Philips Lighting will feature the new Showline SL LEDSpot 300 and Philips SL Hydrus 350 along with the new Philips Strand Lighting Softlight 150S and 300S television panels.
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LAS VEGAS —Christie is participating at LDI (Oct. 21-23) with presentations at its LDI booth on the exhibition floor. The company also sponsored the “Pixel & Projection Mapping Summit,” a seminar that took place Oct. 19-20 and focused on the difference between pixel and projection mapping techniques.
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LOS ANGELES – In order to adapt to a growing and changing Mexican market for entertainment technology, the ADJ Group is proud to announce the opening of a new distribution center facility near Mexico City that will serve all ADJ Group brands: ADJ, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting, Global Truss America/Duratruss and American Audio.
LAS VEGAS — The first of two big shows featuring the Rolling Stones at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena has been canceled, according to a statement on the band’s website. The show was to be staged the same night as the final debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the campus of UNLV three miles away.
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LONDON – Spotrack, a new system that turns moving lights into followspots under the control of a human operator, is now appearing nightly as a key element of the lighting design for the acclaimed Shakespeare Trilogy, produced by Donmar Warehouse at a new temporary theatre in London’s King’s Cross. Four Spotrack systems are in use on the show, allowing four performers to be individually followed by four operators.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional announced a newly designed website at elationlighting.com.
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Analog Way is releasing a new version of the VIO 4K, highlighting ARTIS. ARTIS is a new scaling technology that promises unrivaled content quality. Also available is the loop-through for DVI, HD15 and HDMI inputs and the possibility to import or export a configuration. ARTIS does not require any hardware upgrade. Any existing VIO 4K device can be upgraded to firmware revision 1.20.19 in order to benefit from these improvements.
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HEIDENHEIM an der BRENZ, Germany — At the Benefit Musical Gala organized by musical sehnsucht e.V. on behalf of children with tumors or leukemia being treated in Ulm, Germany, Steinigke Showtechnic donated the use of its stage technology at no charge, allowing for 6,000 additional Euros to be given to support the kids in need. The gala event was held in Heidenheim in June, and the featured artists also performed at no charge.
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ASIA – Dutch lighting designer Jan Kortbeek has been using Avolites Media’s Ai Infinity RX server to control complex new media content for an updated version of the live musical theatre show of DreamWorks Animation’s cartoon blockbuster Madagascar. The stage production has appeared in theaters around the world, most recently in China and the Middle East.
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Visual production company FIX8Group recenlty managed and delivered a complex projection and content management project for an event staged by Turkish construction group Polimeks for the Government of Turkmenistan to launch the country’s new international airport. FIX8Group sent in one of its top projection mapping teams for the 10-day project, which culminated in a mixed media spectacular that centered around Turkmenistan culture and history. The event took place Sept. 17 at Ashgabat Stadium and was attended by more than 20,000.
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LOS ANGELES — On a tour where the only constant is uncertainty about each day’s lighting rig, perks like ease of use, flexibility and quick programming make up the hat trick of must-haves. Lighting designers Danny Sinclair and Alex Furlan depend on Avolites consoles and media servers to provide all three, a fact perfectly exemplified on their recent tour with classic rocker Joe Walsh, which carried a compact Avolites Quartz lighting control console paired with a Titan Mobile Wing, plus Avolites’ Ai media servers to run the tour’s video imaging.
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