Tour Manager for Faces, Eagles and Tom Petty to Accept Industry Honor at Gala Event on Oct. 22, 2016 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
This could be Richard Fernandez’s list of clients, or your favorite playlist on your iPod: The Cars, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Bob Dylan, Eagles, Faces, Tom Petty & the Heart Breakers, Boz Scaggs, Neil Young and Frank Zappa. It’s likely both.
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The organizers of the KAABOO Festival outside San Diego had quite the inaugural show in 2015. Deemed a success by all, the festival reconvened from Sept. 15 to 18 this year for a second go-round. Festivals usually have multiple stages for music, boasts of artistic structures, and various places on-site that a patron can go to in order to take a break from the music, mingle with friends, or in the case of San Diegans, get out of the sun. This festival indeed had seven stages devoted to entertainment that were scattered over the 370 acres at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, just north of the city, but it is also an artwork experience. We take a look at this site to see why it stands out among all the other festivals this summer.
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In its third year, the Imagine Music Festival moved to the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA, expanded to a three-day format (Aug. 26-28) and offered camping for the first time. The EDM festival was deemed a huge success, drawing close to 45,000 with a lineup that included Dillon Francis, Benny Benassi, Bogore, The Disco Biscuits, Excision, Gramatik, Nero, Showtek, Steve Angello, Zeds Dead and more.
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A Look at the Growing Complexity of Fixture Functions and Control Systems
ver the years, the complexity of intelligent lighting fixtures has finally gotten to the point where our own intelligence level has to rise up exponentially just to operate the gear we are using. Take a look around at what the shows we see now differ to the shows that we saw just a few years ago. Now take a moment to think about what we will be seeing in a few years from now. That’s right, those are chills running down your spine.
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Atlantic City Hotspot Features Elaborate Mirrorball, Chandelier
The Premier Nightclub in the Borgata casino gives a classic dance floor fixture — the mirror ball — a new twist. Stephen Lieberman of SJ Lighting provided his signature design for this world class, 18,000-square foot club, located in the space previously occupied by MIXX.
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A Talk with Debbie Sharpe, Catering Godess
As the old saying goes, an army marches on its stomach. Wise words that undeniably also apply to the concert touring industry. One of the people who have been in the concert touring trenches for a long time now is Debbie Sharpe. PLSN spoke with her about how she came to music touring, to food, and about what she’s cooking up these days.
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Now Entering their Fifth Decade, This Family Business is Still Setting Standards
“It all started with a trap case,” recalls Joe Calzone, as he reflects on the case making company he founded in 1975. The legendary company, now known as Calzone and Anvil Case, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Recognized as the largest fabricated case manufacturer in the world, the name is synonymous with protective cases across a broad spectrum of industries other than rock-n-roll.
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It used to be that you either wanted a hazy mist on stage to augment light beams or billowing fog effects for masking the performers.… Read More »Hazers and Smoke Machines
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With the news that Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will return to the West Village in New York City this winter after an 11-year absence, it’s time to take a fresh look at Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s crowning masterpiece. Coincidentally, the timeless classic received two professional re-mountings in the summer of 2016 just a few hours from one another: one at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and the other at the Glimmerglass Festival, a summer opera company outside of Cooperstown, NY. The same story was interpreted in two different manners.
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San Diego has been long known to produce some of the best surf-punk-ska style music originated by southern California bands. Slightly Stoopid, an act from San Diego’s Ocean Beach neighborhood, can’t really be labeled under any genre — they play it all. The band has been building up a fan base for some 20 years now; they were first signed to a recording contract when they were still in high school. In 2015, they released their 12th album, Meanwhile…Back at the Lab, and, as is their forte’, they hit the road.
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Unique Venue Gets First Major Rigging Upgrade in Nearly 50 Years
The Miller Theatre, located within Hermann Park in Houston, TX, is a unique venue. An outdoor, full-proscenium theatre, the original facility was built in 1923. Rebuilt in 1968, the Miller now includes a 64-by-41-foot stage, 54 line sets, an orchestra lift and a 100-ton air conditioning system to cool the performance area. Seating is provided for approximately 1,700 patrons, with a sloping lawn that accommodates roughly 4,500 more.
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Most lighting-related companies are named after their founders or with initials, descriptors or suitably tech-sounding neologisms. Only one—Walter Productions—takes its moniker from a vintage fire truck.
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