BREA, CA – Live Nation hired Visions Lighting to provide lighting, video, rigging, staging and special effects for all four of Korean pop band Big Bang’s US tour dates. Visions Lighting’s work extended into recreating a set piece as well within a 36-hour turnaround time, which was missing key parts on its journey from Korea. All Access Staging & Productions provided staging and lifts as well.
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NEW YORK – PLASA has two chain hoist rigging standards in public review. Two draft Rigging Working Group standards related to the use of chain… Read More »Chain Hoist Rigging Standards in Public Review
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THURLEIGH, UK – Chaos Visual Productions named Mick Jones project director. Prior to Chaos, Jones was with PRG, where he spent the last two years in project management. He has more than 25 years of live event experience with a focus on project management, video displays, switching systems, networking and complete system drawings.
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SYDNEY – Currently playing at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre, Legally Blonde The Musical is lit by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller with Hugh Hamilton acting as associate for the Australian Tour. The set and lighting design for the Australian production comes from the London production of the musical held at the Savoy Theatre. The Lyric Theatre’s house rig of Vari-Lite moving fixtures and more than 200 ETC Source Fours play big roles in the production.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Chauvet Professional fixtures were again chosen for the new season of TV’s ‘Idol Puerto Rico.’ LD David Ayala used Chauvet Professional SparkliteLED Drape backdrop drapes for the show’s first season, then added for the current one more than 70 Chauvet Professional fixtures. Musique Xpress supplied the lighting.
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LOS ANGELES – Production Designer/LD Marc Janowitz specified 50 GLP impression X4s on My Morning Jacket’s US tour. The tour is using a festoon-like hanging system. There are 10 soft, swooped hanging positions suspended between the trusses in the overhead grid, with five of the X4s on each. These festoons travel pre-rigged and cabled, and once the grid is hung, they can be fully deployed in about 10 minutes.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional’s Event Cylinder is a one-foot-diameter (304 mm) transparent tubular-shaped color-changing battery powered RGB LED fixture. Wireless control and an IP65 rating will allow the unit to be used in usual and unusual locations, from a beach party to corporate events. When fully charged, the Event Cylinder’s battery will last 12 hours.
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ROSTNOV-NA-DONU, Russia – Russia’s Rostov State Circus is illuminating one of its international programs, Dreams of Egypt, with PR Lighting fixtures. The circus owns all its own equipment, and has been using 12 of the XL 700E and XLED590s on this show.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – LD Martin Kubanka used Robe moving lights to illuminate Slovak Republic’s 2012 ‘Face of The Year’ contest and gala evening, which was broadcast live on national channel STV1. His role was to not only light the set but also to make the models competing in the event look their best. He worked closely with set designer Dano Sichma for this show. Slovakian rental company Q-99 supplied the gear.
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