Hughie’s Event Production Services Hires Lenny Rust
PITTSBURGH — Hughie’s Event Production Services announced that it had hired Lenny Rust as a full time technician for their Pittsburgh office
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Hughie’s Event Production Services Hires Lenny Rust
FLDA to Light ESPN’s U.S. Open Set with LEDs Only
NEW YORK — For the 2013 U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 26 at the U.S. Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, ESPN’s telecasts will be lit for the first time with an all-LED rig from Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA).
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Dry Hire Lighting Adds Showline SL BAR 640
HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Dry Hire Lighting has become the first UK rental house to take delivery of Showline’s new LED linear SL BAR 640 luminaire. The company plans to soon offer the SL BAR 660 as well.
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Solomon Group Supports Essence Festival with Clay Paky, MA Lighting Gear
NEW ORLEANS — For the 2013 Essence Festival, which took place here July 4-7, Solomon Group provided gear for eight stages, including grandMA2 consoles and Clay Paky Sharpy lighting fixtures, which are distributed by A.C.T Lighting.
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Elation Cuepix LED Blinders/Strips with COB Technology
Elation Professional’s Cuepix Series blinders and strip lights are powered by Chip On Board or COB LED technology, known for its higher-density output and superior all-around performance.
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React Audiovisueel Stocks Up on Robe Fixtures
HAARLEM, Netherlands — Technical solutions provider React Audiovisueel, headed by Jelle Steijnen and Bart Steenman, recently added 24 Pointe fixtures and 12 MMX Spots from Robe to its inventory. Steijnen and Steenman met while at university in The Hague when they were both also working as mobile DJs.
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Provisuell Lights Wonderland Open Air Festival with PR Lighting Gear
STEMWEDE, Germany — For the 17th annual Wonderland Open Air trance music festival, which was staged in the woods here Aug. 9-11, Provisuell provided six PR Lighting PR-5000 beam fixtures. The festival drew close to 7,000 attendees with varieties of “Psytrance” or “Goa” electronic music.
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Entec Lighting Provides Gear, Crew and Light Sculpture for Larmer Tree Festival
SALISBURY, U.K. — The Larmer Tree Festival, an annual music and arts festival that focuses on acoustic folk, world music, reggae, roots and blues, took place at the Larmer Tree Park Gardens near here from July 17-21. In addition to its provision of stage lighting for six stages/performance areas (and crew for three), Entec Lighting created a custom fish-themed light sculpture.
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Bruno Mars Tour Rig Includes GLP impression X4s
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Bruno Mars’ current tour, supported by a lighting and visual design by Cory FitzGerald and LeRoy Bennett, is being lit in part with 27 GLP impression X4 LED moving heads from VER. The new fixtures are versatile enough to be incorporated into retro-style visuals.
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Pete’s Big TVs Continue with Backstreet Boys in North America
NEW CASTLE, DE – The Backstreet Boys world tour kicked off its North American leg Aug. 2, again with video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs but with a modification in the equipment package and a new video crew. When the tour started May 25 in China, Pete’s Big TVs provided Liantronics PH-8 video panels for the main screen. For this North American leg they are now using the 224 digiLED MC7 7 mm high resolution LED video panels for the main screen, for a configuration of 8 panels high by 28 panels wide.
Read More »Power Outages Cancel Concerts in Texas and Louisiana
AUSTIN, TX — Separate power outages forced the cancellation of three concerts last week — a Keith Urban concert set for Aug. 15 at the… Read More »Power Outages Cancel Concerts in Texas and Louisiana
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Chase & Status Tour with Robe LEDBeam 100s
LONDON — Drum-and-bass duo Chase & Status have been performing on the European festival circuit this summer, accompanied by a light show designed by Neil Carson that features a floor “specials” rig with more than 160 lights. The floor rig includes more than 60 Robe LEDBeam 100s at its core.
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