FRANKFURT, Germany – Messe Frankfurt announced that Prolight + Sound and Showtech will be joining forces, held held together for the first time at Messe Frankfurt here April 15-18, 2015. Organizers expect numerous additional exhibitors and trade visitors from the stage technology and equipment and film business.
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BOSTON – GrooveBoston stages some of the most legendary dance parties in the US, and for this year’s college campus tour, they turned to Robe to create an “electro-awesome” experience. The lighting rig contained Robe Pointes, LEDWash 1200s and LEDWash 600s – 12 of each type, all from Robe’s ROBIN Series. As they often visit venues where power is limited, the lower consumption of the Pointes was a real bonus that allowed LD Nathan Almeida to create potent full beam and aerial effects and dynamic ‘WOW’ factors that “you’d normally expect from a 1500 series fixture”.
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MALMÖ, Sweden – Based on a scene from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the ‘Inside Out’ installation by Bo Andersson and Johan Moritz uses 20 cabinets with three LP-700 strings in each. Mikael Uddh from SGM Sweden explained, “The LP-700s were pre-mounted on customised plastic frames to fit the original design of the cabinets. The frames were also prepared with DC power supply and an ArtNet node to translate the ArtNet DMX into three universes of DMX to the LP-700.”
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LOS ANGELES – For the season finale ABC-TV’s musical drama, Nashville, LD Steve Fallon deployed 150 Sharpys spread over multiple levels of Nashville’s LP Field stadium. Fallon used two grandMA2 consoles for lighting and media control. Both the consoles and the fixtures are distributed by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.
NASHVILLE, TN- Third Eye Blind recently took to the road for a summer festival tour with gear from 4Wall Nashville. LD Mitchell Schellenger created a rig including Clay Paky B-Eye K20 fixtures, Martin MAC Vipers, Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extremes and Chauvet Nexus 4×4 Panels.
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AV Stumpfl has introduced a new method of attaching and hanging portable projections screens, the VarioClip. On a VarioClip screen the?surface is attached to the frame?with sophisticated tiny hooks that clip onto a hidden channel inside the frame. AV Stumpfl’s engineers have developed a new clamp connection for the frame parts which is available as an option. Clamp connections connect the frame parts at the highest possible precision and free of any clearance.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL – They say that every cloud has a silver lining, but the rain clouds that washed out Expressworks’ 30th anniversary pool party had something much better. Their lining was multi-colored; complete with LED video images and vibrant eye candy courtesy of 108 PVP S5 panels, 16 Nexus 4 x 4 tiles and a plethora of other products from Chauvet Professional.
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Roland Systems Group has launched the Roland XS Series – the new line of Multi-Format Matrix Switchers designed for fixed installations requiring high-quality integrated video and audio conversion and switching. The series is adaptable supporting eight HDMI, RGB/Component/S-video/Composite inputs and up to four HDMI or HDBaseT outputs with scalers to support picture-in-picture, resizing, rotating, and flipping.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 around 2:30 pm, Ricky J. Robinson, 59, died from injuries sustained after a fall from a third story window at the MGM Grand Conference Center here. Reports indicate that Robinson was not able to get out of the way when a cart used for transporting audio gear was accidentally put into reverse, pushing him out the window.
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Entec is supplying lighting and sound for singer / songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson’s current UK concert tour. Anderson, best known as lead singer, flautist and acoustic guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull …. is enjoying performing material from his latest and most successful solo album to date, “Homo Erraticus”.
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Battersea Power Station Development Company on behalf of its shareholders, SP Setia, Sime Darby and Employees Provident Fund hosted a concert by Sir Elton John to thank everyone who is helping to make the development of the iconic Power Station a reality. The event featured a lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, with Robe moving lights on the rig and equipment supplied by west London based Colour Sound Experiment.
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NEW ZEALAND – The end of March, 2014 marked a milestone for the iconic Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch, New Zealand, as “the grand old lady’s” iconic dome ceiling lifted back into its rightful place after an extensive refurbishment as a result of the February, 2011 earthquake. Rigging and stage equipment company ShowQuip of Christchurch was there with their Ron StageMaster wireless load cells from Eilon Engineering.
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