TOKYO – The world-famous Nippon Budokan arena in central Tokyo played host to the Fumiya Fujii 30th Best Special Countdown Live on New Year’s Eve 2014. The show was the spectacular culmination of a two-year tour by popular Japanese music artist Fumiya Fujii, in celebration of his ‘double anniversary’ which marked 30 years since the recording of his debut album and his 20th year as a solo artist.
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TAMPA, FL – When American R&B/Hip-Hop star Usher set out on his 50-date UR Experience U.S. and European tour to promote his latest album (UR), his touring LD Eric Wade (of FOHShow) was carrying an inventory that included 216 of GLP impression X4 S LED spots. They form a focal part of the design conceived by production designers Baz Halpin and Chris Nyfield (Silent House) and Wade himself.
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LONDON – Bryan Adams, who is touring in support of the 30th anniversary of his November 1984 album, Reckless, which was re-released in November 2014, is performing with a production design by Willie Williams that includes a big visual assist from XL Video. Along with a string of U.K. dates in late 2014 and shows in South Africa earlier this year, the tour continues with legs in the U.S., Canada and Europe in 2015.
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PARIS – The World Heritage Centre, UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, was lit by Finnish lighting artist and designer Kari Kola who included 144 LED fixtures from SGM in the rig for the two nights of the Jan. 19-20, 2015 opening ceremony of the International Year of Light.
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JÄMI, Finland – For this year’s three-day Finnish Cross-Country Ski Championship in Jämi, the organisers were looking for a special starting gate for the sprint day, to provide a rivetting visual appearance for the TV transmission.
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PR Lighting’s new XR 1000 Framing, which begins shipping next month, promises optics that will allow for brighter output than a conventional 1200W discharge lamp from a 1000W metal halide lamp source.
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TAUNTON, MA – Jonathan Lipsy, manager of broadcast and lighting at Integrated Solutions Group, included Ovation LED ellipsoidal and Fresnel fixtures from Chauvet Professional in his design for Taunton Community Access and Media (TCAM), a public access television station.
LaserNet sums up the secret to the new white light color balance of the ScannerPro line of special effect projector in four words: Red, Green and Blue, Blue. The company notes that, in this case, two blues are better than one, especially if they are different wavelengths.
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LONDON – To mark the end of 2014’s F1 season Sky Sports created a unique film called The Ballad of the Dueling Drivers that told the story of the intense battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. To enhance this special project, lighting director Richard Bowles chose also Clay Paky Mythos and Alpha Beam 700 fixtures to deliver sharp beams of light and other lighting effects throughout. Richard Martin Lighting provided the gear.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – Enlightened Lighting, a Bristol, U.K.-based lighting company, recently added Showline SL eSTRIP 10 fixtures to its inventory. The strip-type fixtures are part of the Philips Showline eSeries product range.
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RICHMOND, VA – Christie helped the Science Museum of Virginia create a state-of-the-art planetarium that is taking patrons across the planet and deep into the universe. Audiences are seeing it all in high resolution at 120 Hz thanks to Christie D4K2560 high frame rate projectors, which were installed by Evans & Sutherland (E&S), a pioneer in computer graphics and digital dome theater systems.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Ray Ziegler of RZI Lighting used video panels from Chauvet Professional aboard the festive floats that were designed for the Krewe of Endymion Parade, which helped kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities on Saturday, Feb. 14. The float’s elaborate decorations depicting Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and other fabled journeys. Along with video panels from Chauvet Professional, the floats used Geyser RGB Foggers from Chauvet DJ.
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