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For ‘2016 Ones to Watch Tour,’ LD Robert Sanders Adds Martin Atomic 3000 LED Fixtures

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For ‘2016 Ones to Watch Tour,’ LD Robert Sanders Adds Martin Atomic 3000 LED Fixtures

HOUSTON —Freelance LD Robert Sanders put six recently purchased Martin Atomic 3000 LED fixtures to work for Live Nation’s “2016 Ones to Watch Tour.” The tour, which featured up-and-coming alternative rockers Finish Ticket and Vinyl Theatre, kicked off in Florida and wrapped up in Houston. On the road, the new fixtures complemented other  Martin products including four MAC 250 Entour moving head spots and a Jem Compact Hazer Pro haze machine. Sanders used a portable M2GO lighting controller and a Martin M-Touch for control.

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NanoLumens Opens Display Visualization Center in Las Vegas

NanoLumens Opens Display Visualization Center in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – NanoLumens recently opened a Visualization Center in Las Vegas. Located at 5275 S. Arville Street in Suite 328, the facility is the third such center opened by the company; the other two are in Bath, U.K. and the Atlanta, GA area. Those interested in seeing the indoor and outdoor LED screens featured in the new 7,700-square-foot Las Vegas showroom can make an appointment by calling 888-771-NANO (6266).

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Russell Armentrout has arranged the Vesuvio RGBA units along the stage on both sides and the front.

R. Kelly ‘Buffet’ Tour Tells Story With Help From Chauvet

COLUMBUS, OH — For an effect that creates bursts of fog that appear to be triggered by R. Kelly as he walks on stage during his show supporting his most recent album, The Buffet, Russell Armentrout, president of Performance Lighting, worked with lighting director Tony Trovato on a setup that uses 24 Vesuvio RGBA high-output LED foggers from Chauvet Professional.

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Claudio Baglioni and Gianni Morandi have been touring Italy this year.

Clay Paky Lights Claudio Baglioni and Gianni Morandi, Italy’s “Courageous Captains”

ROME – Clay Paky fixtures are helping to light the way as Claudio Baglioni and Gianni Morandi, a.k.a. Capitani Coraggiosi (Captains Courageous) make their way around Italy’s biggest sporting arenas. The ambitious show design, featuring 50 songs from the last 50 years, is modeled in part on the duo’s big performances in Rome last fall. LD Carlo Pastore included Clay Paky Mythos (26), Sharpy (42) and Alpha Spot 700hpe (40) fixtures in the rig supplied by Agorà.

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GLP fixtures include X4 bar fixtures along with Spot One and Wash One units.

New Human Nature Jukebox Show in Las Vegas Lit with GLP

LAS VEGAS – Australian pop vocal group Human Nature returned to The Venetian in Las Vegas with their new Jukebox production, which smoothly blends retro pop classics with Doo-Wop, Motown and Soul. The aim of the show is to bring some of the greatest vocal hits of all time to the cabaret stage in their own personal jukebox. As with previous Human Nature productions in ‘Sin City’ (such as Motown), GLP lighting is used extensively to add both drama and subtlety to the show.

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The Robe fixtures included 202 Pointes, 121 LEDWash 800s and 28 CycFX 8s, all supplied by leading Netherlands based rental company, The Purple Group. Photo by Ralph Larmann

The Purple Group Provides 350+ Robe Fixtures for Mayday Dance Event in Dortmund, Germany

DORTMUND Germany – More than 350 Robe fixtures rocked the main stage of the 2016 Mayday dance event at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, specified by lighting designer Ronnie Santegoeds from Netherlands based 4Light, who was asked to create a jaw-dropping memorable lightshow by promoters, I-Motion. Ronnie is a regular LD for Dutch hardstyle dance producer / promoter Art of Dance, which whom I-Motion co-promoted the most recent Syndicate event at the same venue. On the strength of his work for that event, he was invited to produce the production lighting design this leading house / trance phenomena.

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ETC Updates Mosaic Show Controller X with Smaller Version, front and back views

ETC Updates Mosaic Show Controller X with Smaller Version

ETC updated its Unison Mosaic Show Controller X (MSCX) with a smaller version housed in a one-unit, 19-inch rack-mount enclosure. The updated Show Controller X is offered with capacities from 5,120 channels (10 universes) up to 50,000 channels of DMX-over-Ethernet. It is compatible with all existing and new Mosaic control systems that utilize Mosaic Designer 2 software.

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Hubbell Lighting Names John DiNardi GM for Lighting Components Business

Hubbell Lighting Names John DiNardi GM for Lighting Components Business

GREENVILLE, SC — Hubbell Lighting named John DiNardi general manager and vice president of the Hubbell Lighting Components Business, based in Elgin, IL. He currently heads Hubbell Lighting’s Technology and Business Development program. This move connects the solid state lighting components brands with Hubbell’s advanced technology, product and business development group.

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Production house Toucan Productions of Oklahoma City worked with the festival for the third year and this year provided Elation gear for the Rio Bravo, Franklin Mountains and Paso Del Norte stages. Pictured here, the Del Norte stage.

Neon Desert Music Festival Shines with Elation LED Effects and Platinum Beams

EL PASO — Memorial Day marks the traditional kick-off to summer in the U.S., and music fans in western Texas celebrated the long weekend at the Neon Desert Music Festival in El Paso. They danced to the rhythms of Dutch DJ Tiësto and a variety of other acts, many of whom performed beneath rigs packed with Elation lighting fixtures. The festival ran May 28-29 with acts from the worlds of indie rock, Latin and electronic dance music performing across five stages in downtown El Paso.

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WorldStage donated its time, creativity, equipment and labor for the Spring Benefit for Storefront for Art and Architecture.

Storefront for Art and Architecture’s Benefit Held at JFK Airport’s TWA Flight Center with Support from WorldStage

NEW YORK –Storefront for Art and Architecture’s annual Spring Benefit took place this year in the landmark TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport, originally designed by Eero Saarinen. Storefront for Art and Architecture is an organization that explores the forces shaping the built environment today.  With the theme “Beyond Borders,” its Spring Benefit reflected upon a growing collective consciousness about spaces of difference and the desire to transcend them. WorldStage provided the lighting, sound and video technology for the gala evening, the last public event held at the landmark terminal before its redevelopment as a luxury hotel.

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