NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is once again supplying the lighting for The Band Perry as they tour the nation. The country music super group recently released “The Comeback Kid,” the next single off their upcoming album Heart + Beat. Lighting designer Jay Waddell based the design around an LED neon outlined heart shape, which had originally been a piece of artwork the band had used for branding.
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DENVER — Bassnectar headlined the top spot at the Bass Center festival, which brought the low beats to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids pro soccer team July 29-30. Michael Smalley and Gabe Fraboni of Twin Designs began designing the lighting rig many months in advance, including MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures in the rig.
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PHOENIX – AVmedia opened their Western headquarters and showroom on Sept. 1. The new facility is located at 21410 North 15th Lane in Phoenix, AZ. With just over 12,000 square feet of office and warehouse space, the Phoenix location will accommodate the company’s regional sales, marketing, services, and executive teams along with the latest in presentation technology and equipment. The Arizona office and showroom will also be home to AVmedia’s creative services and content team and includes a full video editing suite, sound recording room, videoconferencing and graphic production capabilities.
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WINCHESTER, UK – For its sixth year supplying the immersive metropolis, BoomTown Fair, Utopium provided lighting and rigging equipment to 12 stages and venues. The event, held Aug. 11-14, drew the biggest crowds to date – more than 60,000. Headliners this year included Madness, Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and Fat Freddy’s Drop.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions has opened up registration for their Columbus McKinnon Hoist School. The event is set from March 20 until March 24, 2017. Pictured here is David Carmack, lead trainer for Columbus McKinnon, directing CM Hoist School students through hands-on hoist maintenance training at a previously held event.
Read More »LONDON and SYDNEY — d3 Technologies is partnering with Technical Direction Company (TDC) Australia. TDC was established 35 years ago and is recognized as the leading Australian supplier of video technology solutions for major events and live productions. Based in Sydney and Melbourne, their portfolio includes The Voice and X Factor TV shows, concert tours for Kanye West and Kylie Minogue, the VIVID Sydney light festival and White Night Melbourne cultural celebration, and corporate launches for leading global organizations.
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LONDON – White Light named Tom Wilkes business development manager. Wilkes, who joins White Light from Vision SL, a technical production company that he founded in 2009, will focus on White Light’s various rental operations.
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SYDNEY – The Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, Sydney, upgraded recently with 24 ETC Source Four LED Series 1 fixtures with EDLT lenses and 12 ETC Source Four fixtures with standard lenses. The upgrade included 22 sections of Jands JLX-Lite modular lighting bars to allow for a slightly flatter angle to the stage. Production manager Tom Blunt credited the move for trimming consumables expenses and storage requirements.
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SINGAPORE – Robe announced that Jens Poehlker is joining the Robe Asia Pacific team based in Singapore as Managing Director. Prior to his latest appointment, Poehlker opened and ran the Singapore office of MA Lighting for the last nine years.
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SCRANTON, PA — The Disco Biscuits’ three-day, two-stage extravaganza, Camp Bisco, returned this summer featuring acts like Lotus, Big Grizmatik and, of course, the Disco Biscuits themselves. Staged in Scranton, PA from July 14-16, the event’s lighting, video and audio was handled by Denver-based DSI Event Group. The Disco Biscuits’ LD, Johnny R. Goode III, chose two Avolites Sapphire Touch consoles running v9.1 software for the event.
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MEXICO CITY – The recently opened My Way nightclub in Mexico City is drawing attention with a distinctive visual design. The club features five separate but related zones: the bar, the ‘Cube’, the disco, the terraces and the VIP area. Each was designed to project its own distinct ‘personality’ and specific lighting treatment. Ricardo Flores, director of Leds4Skys, used DTS fixtures. The main area is lit with 30 JACK fixtures. They are fixed to the wall along the perimeter of the ‘Cube.’ The club also makes use of 23 MAX and 10 xNICK NRG 1201 fixtures to light up the dance floor. Luis Diaz serves as lighting programmer at the club.
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BLACKPOOL, UK – LD Ollie Wilkinson used Chauvet fixtures for a graduation ball held at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom earlier this year. The event, in honor of those completing their studies at Lancaster University, featured lighting from a rig that included Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spot Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving fixtures and Chauvet DJ MotionOrbs and PiXPar 24 par fixtures.
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