SEATTLE — For Pearl Jam’s 2013 Lightning Bolt tour, which wrapped up here in December before heading to Australia for a series of shows in January and February, LD Kille Knobel got her first chance to use SGM’s X-5 white LED strobes in the rig.
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DUBLIN — OneRepublic’s headlining “Native Tour,” which completed its shows in the U.K. and Ireland on March 24 after spending last year circling the globe, was the first tour to utilize Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights. A complement of Clay Paky Sharpys was also on hand. Neg Earth supplied the gear for the Colorado Springs, CO-based band.
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coolux will present their new 3G Broadcast QUAD Server system at this year’s NAB Show, along with a variety of new hardware accessories. The new Pandoras Box Broadcast Server offers TV pros a QUAD 3G HD-SDI output solution. The server features 2x low latency 3G HD-SDI inputs.
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LONDON — LD Steven Bewley included Clay Paky Sharpys in the rig for a concert at Shepherds Bush Empire featuring The Strypes. The gig was the first professionally lit show of the young band’s career. Bewley is known for his lighting designs for other concerts featuring Dizzee Rascal and Enter Shikari. Neg Earth provided the gear for the band’s U.K. shows, which were followed by gigs in North America in March.
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Antari’s Z-1520 RGB uses 22 RGB LEDs to enhance the fog output. The fog machine is the company’s update on its popular Z-1020 fog machine. Users can specify the four-color blend they are looking for via W-2 remote. Colors can also be assigned via DMX mode. Bottom line, one machine can meet a production’s needs for both fog and lighting effects. The Z-1520 RGB runs with water-based fluid only.
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LONDON —For the X-Factor Live UK arena tour, a seven-week U.K. jaunt featuring the top eight finalists from the 2013 series performing live, Blackburn-based HSL provided the lighting gear, truss elements and rigging. LD Peter Barnes designed the lighting, and lighting director/on-the-road operator was Jonathan Rouse. The live show was produced by Syco Music with technical production coordinated by Production North.
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LONDON — For a concert Feb. 21 at Wembley Arena for Taiwanese alt rockers Mayday, Live Nation turned to XL Video for video production that included a 24 by 5.4 meter high main screen comprised Pixled FX-12 along with 240 tiles of Pixled FX-11 for three additional screens flown on a mid truss, all measuring 8 tiles wide and 10 high. For I-Mag relay, two 16-by-9-foot side screens were rigged left and right of the stage, each fed by a pair of Barco FLM 22K projectors.
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DE PANNE, Belgium — For the new 1,400-seat Plopsa Theatre within the coastal Plopsaland de Panne theme park and business center in Belgium’s West-Flanders province, Genk, Belgium-based Painting With Light (PWL) designed custom architectural lighting system for the theatre’s interior, exterior, foyer and house. PWL also consulted on the stage lighting system design.
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