NEW YORK – Drape Kings NY Metro has been working in concert with the legendary museum Madame Tussauds New York for their ongoing celebrity wax figure reveals. These reveals, including Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran, and soccer star Lionel Messi, continue an ongoing staging partnership, culminating in the recent, record breaking five wax figure reveal of The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon.
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SINGAPORE – With an enviable pedigree of providing site wide fibre networks for major sporting opening and closing ceremonies, Optocore has now further boosted its impressive portfolio after a major system was deployed at the South East Asia Games in Singapore.
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U.K. & Europe – HSL supplies lighting and staging gear for The Prodigy’s upcoming tour, with lighting and visual design by Andy Hurst.
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KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco, an industry leader in professional visualization technology, today announces the launch of its XPR range of high-end 4K media servers.
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MENDOZA, Argentina – Robe moving lights were chosen to light the enormous stage and spectacular set that was the ‘central event’ for the 2015 Vendimia grape harvest festival at the Frank Romero Day Greek Theatre in Mendoza, the heart – and soul – of Argentina’s wine producing region.
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HONG KONG – Christie®, a global leader in visual display solutions, is creating excitement with a vibrant showcase of its visual technologies at the annual Asia Attractions Expo 2015, taking place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, June 17-19.
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SILVERWATER, New South Wales – Show Technology’s Service Department recently converted its existing service area to an updated facility featuring Martin M-PC control system.
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WATERVILLE, ME – Working on behalf of K Systems, Image Production Services provided the MVP Ta8 Curve video panel from Chauvet Professional for the 2015 commencement ceremony at Colby College. The AV project was one of several graduation related events where Image Production Services relied upon Chauvet gear.
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SAUDI ARABIA – Souq Okaze Cultural Festival collaborates with Clay Paky to illuminate shows in its Ta’if Tent Theatre.
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OZARKS, U.S. – The Long Reach Long Riders are thrilled to announce the overwhelming success of their 12th annual charity motorcycle ride. The ride, which was dubbed Cruzin’ the Ozarks, The Dozenth Year, by ride marshals Mark and Ali Heiser, raised over $53,000.00 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the PLASA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program, bringing the total raised since the rides began in 2004 to $503,500.00.
Read More »GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl was able to tough it out after falling from the stage and breaking his leg on June 12. But if Grohl managed to return to the stage and perform later in the show despite what would turn out to be a fracture, the band was forced to immediately cancel its next two shows, and by June 16, the band announced that the rest of their tour through Europe would have to be canceled as well, including big gigs at Wembley Stadium in London (June 19-20) and Glastonbury (June 26).
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NEW YORK – For its annual Upfront event, staged this year at the Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Fox Broadcasting Company turned to scenic designer Anton Goss and LDs James Schipper and Rachel Miller of Los Angeles-based Kinetic Lighting. The lighting setup included dozens of Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional.
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