CHICAGO – Fall Out Boy just wrapped ‘The Boys of Zummer Tour’ co-headlining with Wiz Khalifa, and Clay Paky fixtures were along for the cross-country ride. Robb Jibson of So Midwest, Inc. continued his relationship with the pop punk band, this time as production designer for the US amphitheater tour.
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LONDON – For the London Club and Bar Awards, presented June 8 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Halo owner Yann Guenancia served as LD. He specified a range of Chauvet fixtures including 10 Legend 330SR Spots, eight Legend 412 moving washes, nine Rogue R2 Beams, four Rogue R1 Beams, two Ovation F-165WW LED Fresnels, two Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidals, 40 PVP S5 LED panels and 16 Chauvet DJ SlimPAR Hex 3 IRC Par-style units.
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SEOUL, South Korea – Music Bank and Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketch Book – both produced by and aired on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network – had lighting designed by Kim Jung Hyun. He included BMFL Blade fixtures provided by rental company, RGB.
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I took the summer off from lighting any shows to concentrate on the magazine and be available to see all the shows coming through my city.
I have caught up with so many old lighting designer colleagues as well as meeting a few new board operators that have tons of talent. I really wish I had enough time to catch up with everyone out on the road.
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Bryan Reesman expands his focus this month from Broadway to 11th Ave. and 34th St., the site of the Jacob Javits Convention Center and New York Comic Con, first launched at Javits by ReedPOP in 2006. This year’s event is set for Oct. 8-11, 2015. —ed.
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Ligting designer and director Dan Hadley first started working with the Foo Fighters when he started filling in for shows here and there in 2001, then eventually took over full duties. Hadley has also worked with the Foo’s Dave Grohl with the band Them Crooked Vultures where Dave plays drums, as well as for Tenacious D where Dave would also fill that seat once in a blue moon.
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