NASHVILLE — Drew Gnagey of Magneto Live Design and Raj Kapoor of Raj Kapoor Productions collaborated on the production design for Rascal Flatts’ latest tour that includes curved trusses, curved band risers and a curved video wall. For the unconventional lighting rig – which includes a larger-than-usual assortment of conventional fixtures – they went straight to Bandit Lites.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – coolux, the creators of the award winning Pandoras Box product family, will present multiple hardware and software products at this year’s infoComm exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
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FARMINGDALE, NY – Avolites’ US distributor, Group One Limited, is pleased to reveal the appointment of Jim Hutchison to the post of sales and training for Avolites. The announcement comes from Jack Kelly, Group One president.
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KATOWICE, Poland – ARAM Poland was in charge of the design and technical production of the largest gaming event in the world, the ninth World Final of the Intel Extreme Masters, and Clay Paky Mythos played a significant role in lighting this game show for the first time ever.
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DUBAI, UAE – Dubai-based DWTC, customer of Prolyte Group will co-host a Rigging Course, with Prolyte distributor, Provision AVL.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Clay Paky Mythos fixtures played a dual role at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently when they formed part of the new lighting truss in the lobby and enhanced the Induction Eve VIP party prior to the ceremony honoring new members. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America.
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U.K. – Working with producers Vision Nine Arts & Entertainment, XL Video supplied a multi-channel camera system and video projection for the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular UK live concert tour.
Read More »MENDIG, Germany — Separate lighting strikes injured crew and campers attending the Rock am Ring festival in early June. The first strike affected eight production crew members working backstage at around 1 a.m. on June 6. Less than three hours later, another 25 campers were injured by a second strike.
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NEW YORK – The theme for the 2015 Spring Benefit for the Storefront for Art and Architecture was TRANS – transfigured, transparent, translucent, transsexual, transatlantic, transcendent – so it was only natural for WorldStage to transform a working construction site into the venue for the gala in just seven hours.
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GERMANY – Gunter Hacker selected Robe Pointes moving heads as part of the lighting rig for Herbert Grönemeyer’s latest tour.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Event Tech is proud to announce the addition of Jonathan Chevalley as Account Executive.
Read More »AUSTRALIA – Staging Connections Group Limited has entered a Scheme Implementation Agreement with PSAV under which PSAV would, subject to shareholder approval, acquire 100% of SCGL.
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