Call her “Deadicated.” Forty-seven years ago, in 1968, Candace Brightman lit The Grateful Dead for her first time at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Her first tour with them was in 1972, she recalls. She’s held the key as the overall production designer and lighting guru since then — keeping alive the psychedelic ballroom vibe no matter what the venue.
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We’ve all had those moments. A familiar face catches your eye and you think, “That guy looks just like fill in famous name. The thing about being backstage after a show is there is a pretty good chance that the person you’re seeing is actually who they look like. About 20 years ago, I met Sarah McLachlan after a show in Toronto. A pleasant conversation ensued between the two of us and a fellow crew member, who was lamenting on the length of our tour. When Ms. McLachlan commiserated, it got interesting.
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BRISTOL, UK – Bristol’s ‘Love Saves The Day’ Festival moved to the new, expanded location of Eastville Park this year, dramatically increasing its capacity from the previous city center site. The move allowed for 27,000 music fans to enjoy the line-up and good weather. lighting, video and rigging for the three main stages. Fineline provided lighting, video and rigging for the three main stages.
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NEW YORK – LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights and lighting director Kirby Naylor were able to quickly add Chauvet Professional’s Rogue R1 Spots and COLORdash Batten-Quad 6 linear fixtures to the rig for recent shows staged by the Psychedelic Furs.
Read More »FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced it will make the optical fiber connection on its Blackmagic Studio Camera models a user installed option allowing the company to reduce the retail price of the camera. The HD model will reduce in price by $300 and the Ultra HD model will reduce in price by $500.
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NASHVILLE – The Team Beachbody health and fitness brand held its most important coach event of the year July 16-19 in Nashville, and Elation gear was there in force on what is, perhaps surprisingly, production company Visions Lighting’s biggest job of the year.
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ROCKHAMPTON, Australia – Ashley Salta, technical supervisor at Rockhampton’s 1,000-seat Pilbeam Theatre often employs projected media effects on their in-house produced productions to save budget, space, time and effort. Salta recently shifted to Green Hippo Hippotizer Amba, a 1RU media server that can store, warp, blend and map content in higher-than-HD resolution from multiple outputs, because it can be integrated into the lighting control system so the effects can be triggered with cues.
MADRID – The third edition of La Voz Espana, the Spanish version of the popular TV singing contest, was won by Antonio José, coached by singer songwriter Antonio Orozco. The series set records for viewership and was lit for the first time by TV LD Iñaki Irastorza, who used Robe’s BMFL Spots and Pointes in his design.
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CHICAGO, Ill – The summer of music festivals continues for Bandit Lites as they once again teamed up with lighting designer Seth Jackson and the team at 3SRCreative to provide lighting for Lollapalooza, one of the biggest musical events of every year. A record-tying 300,000 filled Grant Park to see the hottest EDM acts, legends and the music industry’s hottest chart toppers.
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INDIO, CA – GLP’s X4 LED fixtures made their festival debut at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. They were used at the Sahara Tent during the two-weekend event staged April 10–12 and 17–19, where featured acts included Alesso, Porter Robinson, DJ Snake, R3hab, Oliver Heldens, Keys N Krates, Alvin Risk, Trippy Turtle, Peking Duk and DJP.
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MALDIVES – Working for local technical production and solutions company POP JOY headed by Asad Haneef, London-based large format projection specialist The Projection Studio (TPS) was asked to assist in providing spectacular pitch video projections at the Galolhu National Football Stadium in Malé, for the Maldives 50th Independence celebrations.
Read More »MINNEAPOLIS — On Aug. 12 at about 10 p.m., chunks of ceiling and water cascaded onto the floor at First Avenue, the home venue for Prince that was featured in the movie, Purple Rain. Three were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. None of the injuries were life threatening.
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