DUBAI, UAE – At WHITE Dubai, an outdoor rooftop nightclub situated atop the Meydan Grandstand race, 30 Philips Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes are ready to provide a visual punch for a roster of internationally known DJs.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Queen + Adam Lambert’s recent Latin American tour included six late-September shows in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The high-energy show featured UK based LD Rob Sinclair’s lighting looks. For the three Brazil shows (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre), Sao Paulo based LPL provided 137 Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 2500E ATs.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – ABBA tribute band Björn Again have been delivering great nights out since their formation in Melbourne in 1988. The only tribute band endorsed by ABBA themselves, they have toured the world, played major festivals and entertained the stars. Lighting designer Alex Saad is currently on the road with Björn Again, and chooses High End Systems Hog platform to light up the feel-good show night after night, venue after venue.
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OCEAN CITY, MD — Seacrets, a waterfront nightclub, bar, restaurant and concert venue that rocks to a reggae beat, turned to GC Pro for an upgrade to the lighting gear used for multiple performance areas. AV Manager Jason Cruz relied on GC Pro for new systems for the Beach, Old Main Bar and Pier stages that included Chauvet Rogue fixtures and other gear from Elation and ADJ along with a variety of audio gear.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Brian Gale may officially “retired” after 24 years as a full-time designer with the Walt Disney Company, but he is currently engaged as a consultant on six Disney projects, including Tokyo and Shanghai. ETC noted that he’s still making good use of the company’s products at the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles, a historic venue recently used for both the camp musical Carrie – The Killer Musical Experience and an episode of the TV show, Scandal.
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NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs has added new technology to its rental stock, including the digiLED LightSlice. The LightSlice will be on display at LDI at digiLED USA’s booth #872 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Pete’s Big TVs’ Peter Daniel and Anne Johnston will welcome attendees there on Friday, Oct. 23.
Pete’s Big TVs’ owner Peter Daniel said, “We make it our mission to offer more creative, innovative solutions for your concert tour, corporate event, theatrical show, television broadcast or whatever your needs may be.”
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NASHVILLE – For a series of events hosted by the Propel Women’s Conference, production designer Nathan Baugh and LD Craig Rutherford worked with Elite Multimedia to create a full lighting, audio and video design to heighten the conference experience. The lighting rig included Martin MAC 700 Profiles, MAC Auras and Chauvet Epix Strips, COLORado Batten 72 Tour wash lights and SlimPAR Pro Tri LED luminaires, all controlled by a grandMA2 full-size lighting console.
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LAS VEGAS – Ayrton will be bringing six new products to LDI 2015, all which have been launched this year. They include MagicDot-R, CosmoPix-R (pictured here), and VersaPix-RS, all part of the Creative Solutions line. LDI also marks the US premiere of DreamPanel-Shift and DreamPanel-Twin, and Ayrton’s DreamPanel-HD-Box control system will also be featured on the stand of Ayrton’s exclusive US distributor, Morpheus Lights (1531).
Read More »Rose Brand recently rolled out a new selection of 10 foot wide projection screen materials. The five new 200-series projection materials are part of the Rose Brand Premium Projection Screen line.
WAYNE, NJ – New Zealand-based company ShotOver reports that many of its customers using its stabilization camera systems for high velocity cinematography are also using Fujinon lenses, including the Premier PL mount 18-85mm zoom lens, PL mount 14.5-45mm zoom, PL 85-300mm Cabrio, 19-90mm Cabrio, 25-300mm Cabrio, and HA42x9.7 Premier Series ENG style lens.
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LAS VEGAS — Red Rock Resort installed three NanoLumens 2.5mm NanoSlim Engage LED diplays in its Race & Sports Book area, adding up to 1,730 square feet of high-res visuals.
LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has expanded its representation with the addition of Eurotruss, one of the leading suppliers of aluminum truss systems worldwide. A.C.T Lighting is now the exclusive distributor of Eurotruss in North America.
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