JERUSALEM, Israel — For Armin van Buuren’s “Armin Only Embrace” show, a four-hour trance event that drew some 10,000 to the Pais Arena, LD Marc Heinz and Andre Beekmans from The Art of Light specified 300 Robe moving lights. Michael Seeverens, van Buuren’s touring lighting director, was at the controls.
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UK – LED screen, drapes and special FX specialist S+H Technical Services is supplying their Glux 12mm LED screen to the current UK and European tour by maverick rock band 10cc which is celebrating 40 years since their seminal “Sheet Music” album. Released in 1974 this was their second album which received worldwide critical acclaim and remained in the UK charts for an incredible six months! It’s generally considered to be one of THE most influential studio albums of the 20th century.
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LAS VEGAS — PLSN’s LDI booth #623 will be featuring a wide selection of book titles listed on plsnbookshelf.com. For two of the newest titles, authors will be on hand sign copies of their books at the show. Paul Dexter will sign Concert Lighting, a book he co-wrote with Jim Moody, now in its fourth edition, on Friday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. Longtime PLSN contributor Brad Schiller will be signing the just-released third edition of his book, The Automated Lighting Programmer’s Handbook, on Saturday, Oct. 22 at noon.
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NEW YORK – Like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Radio City Rockettes, the Jingle Ball Tour concert at Madison Square Garden has become one of the Big Apple’s iconic holiday events. Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris and Maroon 5 have performed at the annual show; so too have Selena Gomez, The Weeknd and One Republic. This year’s concert will be just as diverse and star studded with Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, The Chainsmokers, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Ellie Goulding, Diplo, Charlie Puth, Lukas Graham, Daya, and Niall Horan scheduled to appear.
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TOUR: 2016 Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour
DATES: March-December 2016 (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, U.K., North America, Israel, Iceland, Dubai and Europe)
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NASHVILLE – Fifty years ago, songs from the Beach Boy’s innovative Pet Sounds album hit airwaves. This year, in addition to re-releasing the album, Brian Wilson has embarked on a celebratory tour that features a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. With a set list that features the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist performing Pet Sounds in its entirety with band member Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin (along with other selections from the illustrious careers of the Beach Boys and Wilson), the tour announced it will be continuing into 2017.
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AMSTERDAM – For The Next Boy / Girl Band, a TV talent show produced for broadcast on SBS 6 in The Netherlands, Light-H-Art designer Bas de Vries and his assistant, programmer Joost Wijgers, are working with a rig that centers on 12 of GLP’s GT-1 hybrid Spot / Beam fixtures.
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LOUISVILLE, KY – ZFX named Royal Marty director of its eZ-Hoist division. Marty, who previously worked at Creative Conners as Product Engineer and at JR Clancy’s Mechanical Engineering Department, will oversee business development, product design, technical support, and marketing for eZ-Hoist.
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