LAS VEGAS – Dead & Company features original members of the Grateful Dead with John Mayer on vocals and guitar. The band is currently touring with a lighting structure designed by Jon Pollak and lighting looks by Chris Ragan. Upstaging is supplying the rig, which includes Nexus 4-cell COB RGB LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
Read More »AMSTERDAM – This year ARRI served as a partner of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), sponsoring two awards, hosting several popular events and showcasing the versatility of the company’s AMIRA camera.
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RIMINI, Italy – Jovanotti’s 2015-2016 tour began with two shows at 105 Stadium in Rimini, Italy Nov. 19-20. Rental company Agora is providing DTS lighting fixtures for the 32-concert tour. The rig includes 40 EVO moving heads.
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STUTTGART, Germany – Matrixmanagement GmbH, a full service event services and exhibition provider, purchased AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Raw 4K uncompressed triple stream 4K50/60 media servers for use in high-profile events and exhibitions projects.
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City Theatrical launched the latest version of their wireless DMX/RDM transceiver, SHoW DMX SHoW Baby 6. This version gives users a sixth SHoW ID to broadcast on, letting SHoW Baby users access CTI’s Maximum Bandwidth Technology.
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LIMA, Peru – Moving heads from PR Lighting have been out in force at a number of high profile events in the Peruvian capital of Lima, reports Julio Vidal, general manager of Layset, the manufacturer’s territorial distributor. With bases in Peru and La Paz (Bolivia) the stage lighting specialists have enjoyed a particularly busy Autumn — thanks to their rental company partner, Cocolight Productions.
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TEMPE, AZ – XLNT’s CyberHoist II system was used to automate the impressive 415-strong PAR Can rig for Kanye West’s headlining set at the Summer Ends Music Festival in the Phoenix area. More than 28,000 revelers descended on Tempe Beach Park for the four-day event, with West bringing it to a close Sept. 27.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – For Spargrisarna kan rädda världen (Saving Pigs Can Save The World), LD Michael Sevholt uses Robe fixtures to light the production’s four actors, who perform along with a 10-piece orchestra. The rig includes eight Robe DL4S Profiles and 14 LEDWash 300s.
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FLORENCE, Italy – Showlight, set for May 20-23, 2017, is still a ways off, but the first exhibitors have already confirmed their attendance at teh event, held once every four years. They include Arri, German Light Products (GLP), Hawthorn and Robe.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – Entertainment lighting hire and event production specialist Fineline Lighting noted a standout year of festival support for the 2015 season, with Avolites Titan consoles, dimmers, Ai servers and TitanNet Processors providing visuals control. Pictured here and below, the lighting used at the 2015 Eden Seessions, part of Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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The Futurelight PLB-280 from Steinigke is designed to serve as a spot, beam and wash light – three fixtures in one. The moving head is equipped with a 280W Osram Sirius discharge lamp for a combination of power and flexibility. In beam mode, it demonstrates an extremely narrow beam angle of 2 degrees, which can be increased to 10 degrees with the motorized focus. The built-in 8-fold prism multiplies the sharp image and arranges it in a circle, while the 6-fold prism creates a linear image. Adding more creative possibilities are the 14 gobos and 13 colors on the color wheel. Using the moving head as spot, the zoom makes it possible to adjust the beam angle between 5.5 degrees and 23 degrees. In addition to the functions mentioned above, a gobo wheel with 9 rotating gobos can now be used. Gobos can be changed easily and quickly.
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CARDIFF, U.K. – dbn Lighting from Manchester collaborated once again with producers Walk The Plank to celebrate the tenth nniversary of the landmark Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, Wales. dbn’s Stephen Page was asked to design lighting for the spectacle, staged outside along the main concourse approach to the Center.
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