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Bandit Purchases GLP X4s for Upcoming Projects

GLP impression X4

Bandit Purchases GLP X4s for Upcoming Projects

KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is going full throttle into the second half of the year with the purchase of 200 GLP impression X4S fixtures. The latest product from GLP, the impression X4S will make its worldwide debut with Bandit Lites as almost 100 illuminate Toby Keith’s “Hammer Down” tour. LD Seth Jackson selected the GLP X4S as his work horse for this year’s design, and admits there was some initial concern, but any worries he had disappeared as soon as he walked into Bandit’s programming facility and saw the X4S in action.

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ADJ Inno Spot LED

ADJ Inno Spot LED

LOS ANGELES –  The Inno Spot LED from ADJ  is a compact moving head designed for nightclub effects. Powered by a 50-watt LED source, the fixture projects hard-edge beams and gobo/color effects on walls, ceilings and dance floors for a lightshow at any nightclub or venue.

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Hippotizer overlay for Mackie MCU controller

Green Hippo Introduces Mackie MCU Overlay

LONDON – Green Hippo has designed a Hippotizer overlay for the Mackie MCU controller, giving the user ease of use when working with Hippotizer media servers. The hardware provides motorized faders making navigation between layers and observing changes during Timeline playback easy.

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A fan onstage spins the wheel for Elvis Costello's next song.

Adlib Supplies Elvis Costello’s Tour

LIVERPOOL, UK – UK rental specialist Adlib is supplying lighting, sound, rigging equipment and crew for the current Elvis Costello and The Imposters ‘Revolver’  UK and European tour. It’s the first time that the Liverpool based company has worked with Costello. There’s no formal set list in the show. Songs are chosen – enough to fill nearly three hours of performance – largely by audience members invited onstage to spin a giant wheel bearing different song titles, with a pool of more than 100 potential numbers.

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Inaugural BET Experience Draws Thousands to LA Live

LOS ANGELES — The 3.5-hour telecast of the BET Awards, hosted by Chris Tucker and featuring Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Erykah Badu among others, capped the inaugural BET Experience, a three-day urban music event organized by collaborators AEG and BET that was nearly two years in the making.

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Berlin Summer Rave

Robe in The House for Berlin Summer Rave

BERLIN – More than 200 Robe moving lights helped rock the house and showcase the Berlin’s emerging DJs and Techno, House, Electro and Minimal talent who made serious summer noise in four aircraft hangars at the Templehof Airport site for A&P’s 2013 ‘Berlin Summer Rave.’ A capacity audience of 20,000 enjoyed Martin Kuhn’s production lighting design. The Robe fixtures were central to the night of action in the Ostfunk, Planet Bass and House Floor arenas.

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The Voice of Germany. Photo: SAT.1/ProSieben/Richard Hübner

Clay Paky on ‘The Voice of Germany’ TV Show

BERLIN – ProSieben and SAT.1 has launched its new season of “The Voice of Germany,” a German talent show, recently broadcast from Studio Berlin Adlershof. The show is based on “The Voice” TV format, produced by Talpa Media and Schwartzkopff TV Productions.  LD Manuel da Costa used about 300 moving lights, including 50 Clay Paky Sharpys and the new Elidy LED system made by the French manufacturer Chromlech, which Lightpower has recently begun distributing.

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Performer in Cirque du Soleil’s “Ka” Dies After Fall

LAS VEGAS — Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, an aerial performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Ka at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, died June 29 after a fall during a battle scene late in the show. The production stopped after the accident and the show has been put on hold until further notice. Audience members said the performer fell more than 50 feet into the production’s pit, which is hidden from the audience’s view.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit.

Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Exhibit Features projectiondesign

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – When Space Shuttle Atlantis, the newest attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, FL, opens to the public June 29, a new chapter in the story of interactive AV design for the themed entertainment industry will be written. The attraction was designed by PGAV and installed by Electrosonic. Norway’s projectiondesign high-performance projectors are used in the preshow visitor area and various exhibit areas to engage, enthral and entertain audiences.

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