Robb Jibson Uses Ayrton Khamsins to Give Chevelle Unique Looks on Summer Amphitheater Tour
Hard rock band Chevelle has embarked on a summer amphitheater tour in North America with Breaking Benjamin.
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Robe ESPRITE LED Moving Light
Robe’s ESPRITE is the first fixture to make use of Robe’s new 650W WTE (White Transferrable Engine) light source. The new LED light source and efficient optical system promise to deliver 27,000 lumens of output. Other design innovations include a new cooling system that removes any airflow over the optics, resulting in reduced residue deposits and extending the periods needed between cleaning sessions.
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Stage Seminars announce Feb Dates
NYC – The 15th Annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday workshop, continuing its practical and hands-on educational presentations, will take place on Saturday, February 1st,… Read More »Stage Seminars announce Feb Dates
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Hometown Hero Voting is Now Open!!
LAS VEGAS – From now through the end of September, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies below down to just six. These regional winners will then automatically appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which will be posted for a final round of voting during the month of November.
Read More »Behind-the-Scenes Plumbing for “Luzia”
Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia features turntables with a 10-foot diameter pool in the center that serves as a key focal point during part of the… Read More »Behind-the-Scenes Plumbing for “Luzia”
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ANC Announces Release of New VERSA Portable LED Display
ANC has announced the public release of the VERSA, a portable LED Video Display product
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Holy Ghost Festival of Life Deploys URSA Broadcast during Live Production
Blackmagic Design today announced that a multicamera live production workflow, featuring the URSA Broadcast and URSA Mini Pro G2, was employed during the Holy Ghost Festival of Life
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Santana’s “Supernatural Now” Tour Rig Includes Elation Fixtures
WANTAGH, NY – Santana’s 2019 “Supernatural Now” tour visited venues across the U.S. with the Doobie Brothers along for the ride, marking 20 years since the release of Santana’s Supernatural album and 50 years since Woodstock. LD Michael Ledesma’s rig from Innovative Concert Lighting included Elation Protron Eclypse and Elation SEVEN Batten 14 LED strip lights. The tour ran from June 20-Aug. 20, with another show set for Nov. 12 at the new Chase Center in San Francisco.
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Bandit Lites Makes Elation Professional Gear Purchase
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites has spent the summer outfitting massive tours, record-breaking festivals and immense events, causing the world’s foremost lighting company to… Read More »Bandit Lites Makes Elation Professional Gear Purchase
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Nick Ho Credits ChamSys MagicQ MQ60 Console for Flexible Solution at MWC Shanghai
SHANGHAI, China – For GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Shanghai in late June, designer Nick Ho used his ChamSys MagicQ MQ60 console for a work-around that helped him meet a tight deadline. “We used a feature in the ChamSys called the ‘Art-Net Retransmit.’ This allowed us to use the MQ60 to transmit the incoming LTC to Pangolin via Art-Net,” Ho said.
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Rammstein Tours European Stadiums with Claypaky Fixtures
VIENNA, Austria – Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) specified Claypaky HY B-Eye K25, Scenius Unico, Mythos 2 and Sharpy fixtures for Rammstein’s 2019 summer stadium tour in Europe. WBD also did the tour’s show design, with Florian Wieder serving as production designer, Cuno Hahn as set designer and Faren Matern and Marc Brunkhardt as lighting directors. Neg Earth supplied the fixtures for the tour, which resumes next spring and summer.
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