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Rihanna Concert, Jazz Festival Canceled in Nice, France After Truck Attack on Bastille Day

Rihanna Concert, Jazz Festival Canceled in Nice, France After Truck Attack on Bastille Day

NICE, France — Rihanna’s tour stop slated for the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France on July 15 was canceled after the deliberate attack by a gunman who also used the truck he was driving as a weapon, killing scores of pedestrians at a beachside fireworks show the night before. At least 84 people were killed in the July 14 attack before the gunman/truck driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, was shot dead by police. A local jazz festival set to open July 16 also canceled.

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Justin Bieber Purpose tour photo by Steve Jennings

Justin Bieber’s ‘Purpose’ Tour Rig Includes Robe Pointes, BMFL Spots

NEW YORK — Justin Bieber’s Purpose tour wraps up a long series of North American dates with two big shows at Madison Square Garden on July 18 and 19 before heading overseas. The rig includes 56 Robe Pointes and two BMFL Spots. Cory FitzGerald programmed the show with the help of Davey Martinez, and Nick Van Nostrand is lighting director and operator on the road. The lighting equipment is being supplied to the tour by VER.

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Blizzard Lighting Motif Fresco

Blizzard Lighting Motif Fresco

Blizzard Lighting’s Motif Fresco is an outdoor LED wash light that comes with 14 3-watt tri-color LEDs. Similar to the company’s Motif Sketch fixture, but bigger and brighter, the Motif Fresco has an IP65 rating for outdoor use. Other features include -channel DMX with built-in color presets, auto programs, user adjustable speed and fade times, variable electronic strobe effects, and 0-100 percent electronic dimming. The MSRP is $399.99.

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Antonio Parise joins DTS

DTS Strengthens Its Sales Team

ITALY – In order to give a better support to its sales network in this positive trend period for the company, DTS announces the appointment of Antonio Parise as Area Sales Manager. Antonio Parise has gained an extensive sales experience working for many years in the lighting industry in the same position. He already knows many international distributors and he is well respected by all industry professionals for his integrity and reliability.

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LD Trevor Ahlstrand and lighting director Wesley Palmer are lighting Eldredge with 24 of the fixtures from Chauvet Professional

LD Trevor Ahlstrand Lights Brett Eldredge on Keith Urban’s RipCord Tour with Rogue R1 FX-B Fixtures

CLEVELAND, OH – LD Trevor Ahlstrand and lighting director Wesley Palmer have been lighting country music artist Brett Eldredge’s recent shows with Chauvet Professional’s new Rogue R1 FX-B fixture. Premier Global Production is supplying 24 of the new Rogue blade-style moving lights for Eldredge’s opening-act performances on Keith Urban’s RipCord tour through North America. That tour launched in early June and runs through Nov. 19.

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Autism Rocks is backed by philanthropist Sanjay Shah. Pictured here, Cee-Lo Green performs a Prince tribute in London during the late June Autism Rocks event.

Autism Rocks London’s Apollo as Cee-Lo Green, Others Perform Charity Tribute to Prince

LONDON — For the Autism Rocks charity concert staged June 24-25 at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, Northolt, U.K.-based Entec provided lighting, sound and video. The concert was backed by Dubai-based 117 Live and AEG Live. This year’s performers, including Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo Green, Morris Day & The Time and bass guitar player Larry Graham, performed a show that served as a tribute to Prince.

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Scenos Techninis Servisas installed more than 30 tons of LED screens, sound and stage structures and lighting, from Prolyte, L-Acoustics and Robe, among others.

Black Sea Arena Opens with Prolyte, Robe and L-Acoustics Gear

SHEKVETILI, Georgia —The 10,000-capacity Black Sea Arena opened July 10, 2016 in a village along Georgia’s Black Sea coast, midway between the seaside resorts of Ureki and Kobuleti, Lithuania-based system integrator Scenos Techninis Servisas installed the venue’s light, LED screens, sound and stage structures, which included more than 30 tons of gear from Prolyte, L-Acoustics and Robe, among others.

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The Forest Live 2016 setup at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

Serious Stages Awarded Three Year Contract Extension with Forest Live

BRISTOL, U.K. — Established in 2001, Forest Live is an independent concert series, promoted by the U.K.’s Forestry Commission. Hosted within seven forest locations, which include Westonbirt Arboretum, Thetford Forest, Dalby Forest and Mansfield Sherwood Pines Forest Park. Serious Stages has been awarded an extended three-year contract to supply staging and ancillary structures to Forest Live. Pictured here is the Forest Live 2016 setup at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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