LAS VEGAS — The nomination phase of the 2015 Parnelli Awards has ended, the Parnelli Ballot has been posted, and voting has begun! Voting is restricted to active subscribers to PLSN (and FRONT of HOUSE) magazines, so every vote counts. Don’t miss out, go to ParnelliAwards.com and vote today!
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NASHVILLE. – Bandit Lites, which recently added GLP impression X4 Bar 10 fixtures to its touring inventory, provided the battens for the touring rig used by Jason Isbell’s four sold out shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Lighting designer Michael Cummings of Pulse Lighting has utilized twelve of them on the upstage floors for both beam looks, pixel effects and as a light curtain.
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UK – The second series of Relentless Ultra Presents Soundchain was broadcast on MTV, July/August 2015, with Utopium lighting up the star-studded show. The Relentless Ultra Presents Soundchain television series, hit U.K. screens for a second year with new host, Radio 1 DJ, Nick Grimshaw. Utopium Lighting was entrusted to provide lighting for the three live music performances per show and exclusive interviews with Florence and the Machine, Rudimental, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Foals.
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LONDON – Elation Professional’s new Emotion moving head digital luminaire (pictured here) will have its European debut Oct. 4-6 at the PLASA show in London. A number of the company’s other new technologies will also be on display at Elation Stand A40, including the world premiere of the newest Satura Series luminaire, the Satura Profile.
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SINGAPORE – A squadron of six Avolites Ai Infinity EX8 servers were out in force for the Singapore National Day Parade celebrations in August driving specially created content onto a massive 400m-long LED screen.
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BRISTOL, UK – Arcadia’s giant fire-breathing spider, a big draw to the annual Glastonbury Festival, landed in the Queen’s Square in Bristol for an inner city festival dubbed Metamorphosis on Sept. 4-5. Some 20,000 attended the DJ event/visual extravaganza, which included three mini-spiders and the Lords of Lightning. CPL provided projection equipment and crew.
SHANGHAI, China — For the first Infinity Summer Festival, which took place Aug. 8 in Shanghai, Laserworld provided support in the form of their Swiss and German laser gear to accompany the festival’s EDM oriented house and trance music.
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CAESAREA, Israel – Caesarea-based rental company KolOr Eli, owned by Linda and Eli Avitan, recently 14 Robe BMFL Spots to their inventory. Robe’s distributor for Israel, Danor Theatre & Studio Systems, provided the gear, which was used to light a performance by Israeli pop star Ivry Lider, pictured here.
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LAS VEGAS – PLASA has announced that Steve Terry will receive its highest honor, the Eva Swan Award, which recognizes exceptional long-term commitment to the association. The award will be presented at PLASA’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 2:30pm-4:30pm at the Westgate Las Vegas Casino and Resort.
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Novalight’s Nova-Scope, now sold, supported, and serviced in North America by the entertainment equipment distribution company DNJ Pro, is a weatherproof aerial effect light.
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WALLERN, Austria, – AV Stumpfl’s SC Master acts as a central control system inside 4D theaters delivered to clients worldwide by Simworx.
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