LANCASTER, PA — Performance Environment Design Group LLC (PEDG), a Lancaster, PA-based lighting and production design company that began as a partnership in 2000 between Justin Collie and Spike Brant, announced that it has changed its name to Nimblist. Since its founding, as PEDG and under a previous name, the company has created immersive entertainment experiences for the NFL, Bon Jovi and Pearl Jam, among others.
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NEW ORLEANS – After more than three decades on the road, the Red Hot Chili Peppers show no sign of slowing down. In fact, the band is doing just the opposite, as they wrapped up their four-month European leg of “The Getaway Tour” and recently began their North American leg with a show in San Antonio, Texas. With what has been called one of the largest kinetic light installations in touring history, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have literally lit the path for a new concert-goer experience.
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LOS ANGELES – All Access Staging & Productions, worldwide leader of entertainment staging services, is pleased to announce addition of Mark Hedges as the general… Read More »All Access Staging Introduces New General Manager
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LONDON – HARMAN Professional Solutions, the leading audio, lighting, video and control products and systems company, announced today that UK lighting rental supplier TSL Lighting has invested in a large quantity of Martin MAC Vipers to its rental stock. The investment includes the award-winning MAC Viper Profile and also the industry standard framing fixture – the MAC Viper Performance. Available for immediate rental, the MAC Vipers are now in stock at TSL’s base in Gatwick and have already been specified on a wide range of forthcoming rental projects by several lighting designers.
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WAUKESHA, WI. – Colorise™ Sky fixtures come fitted with 7x 15W high output 6-in-1 RGBAW+UV LEDs with a 25° beam angle. Loaded with our built-in AnyFi™ wireless DMX receiver which can flawlessly support both Skywire™ and W-DMX™ wireless DMX signal types for ultimate wireless DMX connectivity capability. In addition, the internal Intelion™ Lithium-ion battery system makes this fixture ultimately durable and portable.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Clarke Peters’ jukebox musical Five Guys Named Moe, featuring R&B pioneer Louis Jordan’s greatest hits, has been delighting audiences at the Festival Square Theatre, Edinburgh. Called a “Christmas Carol in zoot suits,” the dazzling new production of the hit West End and Broadway musical features a cabaret set that includes 32 meters of the new Digital RGB FloppyFlex by Firefly.
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AMSTERDAM – tvONE is launching a new streaming media and 4K playback module for its CORIOmaster video processor, at ISE in Amsterdam (Stand 5-S60). A 4K HDBaseT input module, a new single channel video encoder, dual redundant power supplies for ONErack and the CORIOmaster micro video wall processor are also being unveiled at the event.
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ANTWERP, Belgium — Every December, visitors from throughout Europe visit the old market square of Belgium’s largest city to enjoy one of the continent’s most tradition-rich and colorful Christmas festivals. Adding to the warm Yuletide ambiance is the glowing lighting display that adorns the gothic buildings surrounding the square. At the heart of this panorama of light is the magnificent 123-meter-tall Cathedral of Our Lady illuminated by 50 CHAUVET Professional COLORado 1-Quad IP fixtures.
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LOS ANGELES – SJ Lighting is one of our industry’s top production design firms with demanding clients like Insomniac Events, headed by CEO Pasquale Rotella, calling on Steve Lieberman and his team to create spectacular environments for some of the U.S.’s top festivals, year after year. With the dance music festival season now extending well into the fall and growing globally, EDM revelers can party nearly year round. Dreamstate, Escape Psycho Circus and EDC Orlando, all fall festivals that included Elation gear, are three successful examples of EDM’s continued expansion.
PITTSBURGH – NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco. Based in Pittsburgh, USA, NEP is one of the world’s largest outsourced production partners supporting premier content producers across the broadcast and live events industries. Alongside Creative Technology (CT), NEP operates four other Live Events businesses focused on Large Screen Display. These comprise Faber AudioVisuals and Mediatec Solutions in Europe along with Screenworks and Sweetwater in the US.
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TILDONK, Belgium – PRG Belgium has recently received a large batch of ProLyft Pro controllers, which will instantly be deployed on productions. After a thorough selection procedure, Prolyte was selected to supply PRG Belgium with its’ high-end control systems. Investing in 30 12-way control units is the first step in further professionalizing and renewing their rigging department.
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ISRAEL – Ronen Najar, one of Israel’s leading lighting and visual designers has brought his imagination and style to the latest tour by Israeli singer Avram Tal, supporting his latest studio album ‘Now Life’. Between eight and 12 Robe BMFL Spots – depending on the size of the venue – are rigged upstage on the rear truss. These have been newly purchased especially for the tour by rental company Hakol Bakol based in Pardes Hana. This is their second Robe purchase and it was prompted by Ronen’s specification.