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Panic! At The Disco Tours with Bandit Lites

Panic! At The Disco Tours with Bandit Lites

Panic! At The Disco Tours with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE – Panic! at the Disco wrapped their spring tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The American pop/rock band known for their clever lyrics and distinctive sound released their fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor, earlier this year, and is gearing up for a co-headlining summer tour with Weezer. Lighting designer Alex Specht of Spechtrum Lighting created a multi-layered look using a floor package that symmetrically parted a center drum riser with Martin MAC Vipers and Chauvet RH1 Rogues along the deck, road cases and four 6-foot truss towers with alternately hung Chauvet Nexus 4x4s and Atomic Strobes.

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Avolites Names Group One Sole US Distributor For Ai Media Server

FARMINGDALE, NY — Avolites Ltd named Farmingdale, NY-based Group One Ltd as the sole US distributor for its Ai range of media servers. As of May 1t, Group One is now promoting, selling and supporting Avolites’ new Ai R Series media servers, which boast a long list of powerful features and hardware, alongside the manufacturer’s existing lighting control products, all designed and manufactured in the UK.

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311 Day in New Orleans

Rock Band 311 Marks Another 311 Day in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – It’s an even-numbered year so it was time for rock band 311 to celebrate their biennial 311 Day with two arena shows in New Orleans on March 11 and 12.  Lighting designer Joe Paradise of House Lights Go Inc. and assistant designer/programmer Bobby Grey selected Clay Paky fixtures and a grandMA2 console for the event, which drew 15,000 fans representing every US state and 17 countries.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and MA Lighting products in North America.

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Riverdance photo by Louise Stickland

PSI Supports New Riverdance Production with Double-Braked Hoists

DUBLIN and BELFAST – Production Services Ireland (PSI), a Dublin- and Belfast-based lighting, rigging and visuals production specialist, is supplying lighting and rigging equipment to the current UK and European tour of Riverdance, one of the most successful dance shows in the world. It’s PSI’s fourth tour with Riverdance. On this tour, they have made a substantial investment  in the new EXE-Rise 1000kg 8:1 double-braked electric chain hoists  – the first off the production line in Italy, delivered to PSI by Area Four Industries through Adam Beaumont. They are part of a total investment in over 50 new motors.

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The show runs through Sept. 4, 2016.

Major Museum Exhibition Uses GLP LED Fixtures to Highlight Rolling Stones’ Long Career

LONDON –  Exhibitionism, a major museum retrospective of the Rolling Stones’ long career in music, is taking over both floors of London’s Saatchi Gallery through Sept. 4. The multi-media show features more than 500 artifacts within nine gallery spaces. Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) is using GLP LED fixtures supplied by White Light for the exhibition. They include 25 GLP impression X4 fixtures and six of the new X4 Bar 20 batten fixtures.

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Julie Smith Joins Altman Lighting

YONKERS, NY – Altman Lighting is pleased to announce that Julie Smith has joined the Altman team in the role of General Manager. Julie will work from the Altman Lighting headquarters in Yonkers, NY to oversee all facets on the company’s daily operations.

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'Hamilton' photo by Joan Marcus

‘Hamilton’ Gets 16 Tony Award Nominations, Including Best Lighting, Scenic Design of a Musical

NEW YORK — Nominations for the 70th annual Tony Awards ceremony were announced May 3. Hamilton received a record 16 nominations, including Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Howell Binkley) and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (David Korins). The awards ceremony, to be hosted by James Corden and broadcast live on CBS, will take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on June 12.

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