BRAZIL: World acclaimed lighting designer Durham Marenghi used over 850 automated fixtures from leading Italian entertainment lighting brand Claypaky in his theatrical lighting design for this year’s Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Rio Olympics in Brazil last October. The equipment was supplied by Italian rental company Agora and was managed by Nicola Manuel-Tallino and Giulio Rovelli.
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DUBLIN – Irish lighting designer Conor Biddle, known for lighting some of the largest acts in dance and electronica, selected an array of Claypaky moving heads to illuminate the return of Ireland’s mega-rave, the Winterparty, at Dublin’s 14,500-capacity venue 3Arena. Biddle employed 12 x Mythos, 12 x A.leda K20, 16 x A.leda K10 and 19 x Sharpy which were provided by Dublin-based sound and light specialist Session Hire.
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SEOUL- Grammy-nominated, industrial hard-rock legend Marilyn Manson returned to Seoul for the first time in eight years as part of his solo world tour, delivering an energetic show at the Yes24 Live Hall. Lighting designer Corey Stewart drove the performance’s intense lighting using an Avolites Pearl Expert console and wing. For the South Korean date, Stewart hired the console from Seoul-based rental company TKLS. His dynamic rig consisted of Claypaky Sharpys, Martin Mac Viper Profiles, Martin Atomics and Fay Blinders.
BOLIVIA – Top Bolivian rental and production Company Spectrum, based in Cochabamba in the center of the country nestled in a valley amidst the magnificent peaks of the Andes mountain range has invested in 12 x Robe LEDBeam 1000 fixtures and 16 x Pointe multi-purpose moving lights.
BURBANK – ARRI is pleased to announce its range of Pro Camera Accessories for the Canon EOS C700, equipping the camera with professional on-set functionality and rugged durability. The new accessory sets have been endorsed by Canon and will feature in the company’s upcoming official camera presentations.
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PixelFLEX’s FLEXUltra combines 1.2mm LED video resolution with a front serviceable panel design.
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NASHVILLE – Hard rock band Shinedown is out on tour run with a striking lighting package provided by long time vendor Bandit Lites and designed by Sooner Routhier. With more than 10 million albums sold, the band is comprised of vocalist Brent Smith, bassist Eric Bass, drummer Barry Kerch and guitarist Zach Meyers. The band teamed up with Five Finger Death Punch on a co-headline tour across America that is filling arenas.
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NEW YORK — The iHeartRadio Theater in TriBeCa, a 5,500-square-foot, 250-capacity venue, opened as a Clear Channel-owned performance space in 2009 and was rebranded with the iHeartRadio name in 2011. Stephen Wyker, technical director, detailed the lighting setup for the 28-by-18-foot triangular stage, where top acts perform not just for the intimate live audience, but for millions watching from afar. Wyker recently added Chauvet Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures to the rig.
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LOS ANGELES – Indio, California rocked for two long weekends in October with the launch of the mammoth Desert Trip music festival produced by Goldenvoice. The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who played at the Empire Polo Club delighting fans and cementing their legacies as icons of rock history. The team at DMDS7UDIOS, provided all the previz services and systems for the festival’s lighting in addition to Scott Chmielewski being brought on a Director of Programming.
CINCINNATI – – The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) chose ArKaos MediaMaster PRO to drive the visual content for its production of Green Day’s American Idiot. MediaMaster PRO was chosen for the ease with which it handled the demanding artistic concept, its speed of mapping and its easy-to-understand processes for editing content and operation. The ArKaos software was supplied by IED, whose Principal Partner, Jeffrey Brown, is also adjunct instructor for Theater/Event Media and Video at CCM.
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DUBAI – Maestra Dubai has added two new key management personnel – Richard Kleinsmit, who will be looking after Operations and Patrick Maxwell who is in charge of the new Warehouse, with both an integral part of the team led by Managing Partner Tom Clements. The appointments happen simultaneously to the company’s move to new premises which more than doubles Maestra Dubai’s warehouse facility.
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ROTTERDAM – The MTV Europe Music Awards delivered another spectacular production November 6th at the Ahoy Rotterdam Arena in The Netherlands. Europe’s favorite artists were honored and a star-studded line up of today’s hottest acts, performed on a massive stage lit by top lighting designer Tom Kenny. Included in the correspondingly large visual package was Elation Professional ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels, which Kenny employed throughout the show.