Robin Irvine, a New York-based tour manager for such acts as Cyndi Lauper, Foreigner, B-52’s, Eurythmics, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Gordon and many others, died Aug. 21 at the age of 77. An open-mic celebration of his life is planned for Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 at the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown, NY from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Visitors to the upcoming PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in London will have the chance to demo Obsidian Control Systems’ new portable yet full-featured NX1™ lighting console. Obsidian invites designers, programmers and operators to Stand E-14 where personnel from Obsidian, as well as UK partner Entedi, will be on hand to demo a host of new Obsidian products.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight New NX1™ Portable Lighting Controller at PLASA 2022
The “divine art of subtlety” was palpable on the banks of Lake Vioreau, France recently at The Dub Camp Festival, as minimalist sub-bass sounds filled… Read More »Ecom-Events Sets Mood at Dub Camp Festival with Chauvet
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Elation and UK partner Entedi welcome lighting professionals to Stand E-14 at Olympia London
Elation is proud to partner with Entedi Ltd. in the UK and is excited to team with the technology equipment solutions provider to present an exceptional line-up of new lighting tools September 4-6 at the PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Visitors to Elation/Entedi Stand E-14 will be some of the first in the UK to demo the latest cutting-edge luminaires in Elation’s industry leading IP65 Proteus™, high-performance/high-value Fuze™, and broadcast-optimized KL™ ranges.Read More »Latest Elation Proteus™, Fuze™ and KL™ Products to Show at PLASA 2022
JW Winco adds new sealed standard parts made of stainless steel for very high hygienic requirements. More details from JW Winco: Maximum cleanliness is one… Read More »From JW Winco – Giving Clean a New Meaning: Standard Parts in Hygienic Design
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As lighting designer for the Juno Award-winning James Barker Band, Andrew Dawson gets ample opportunities to engage in “illuminated storytelling,” thanks to the rich narratives… Read More »Andrew Dawson Unfolds James Barker Band’s Stories with Chauvet Professional
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Multigenre English musician Jacob Collier is back on the road for a grand world tour to celebrate his DJESSE album series. The show features an energetic lighting design harnessing the rich colors of the VL2600 range of luminaires from Vari-Lite.
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Expanding ADJ’s groundbreaking Hydro Series of powerful, reliable, and affordable IP65 rated moving heads, the new Hydro Beam X12 is a nimble fixture that outputs an intense, razor-sharp beam. Ideal for generating aerial effects at concerts, tours, festivals, and dance events, it combines the punchy Philips® Platinum 12R LL MSD 6,000-hour discharge lamp technology with a carefully curated selection of beam-shaping tools that include motorized focus and a dynamic 24-facet prism. Here’s an introductory video on the Hydro Beam X12 from ADJ:
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This year marks the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and in honor of the historical anniversary, the United Kingdom is holding several events celebrating her 70-year reign. At The Royal Windsor Horse Show in May, Elation Professional had its own workhorse on display albeit not of the equine variety. PRG provided a full lighting rig for the event that incorporated 171 Elation Proteus Maximus™ IP65-rated LED moving heads as the key luminaire in the design.Read More »Workhorse Proteus Maximus™ on Display at The Royal Windsor Horse Show
At stand E5, everything centers around the color lime this time – and for good reason
When GLP gave a world premiere to the impression X5 at this year’s Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, it established the new lime chip – which was quickly revered by LDs everywhere. An accompanying campaign entitled Our Lime makes the Difference helped reinforce the message about the expanded color palette.Read More »GLP Promises Lime with Everything at PLASA Show
Never permit a false dichotomy to rule your life, Pablo Picasso once declared. Sage advice, as the heroine Elle Woods proves with such panache in Legally Blonde, the Laurence O’Keefe-Neil Brown musical, inspired (like the film before it) by the Amanda Brown novel about a vapid California sorority girl who metamorphizes into a Harvard Law student. Defying stereotypes and reconciling supposed oxymorons, Elle proves that a woman can be both pretty and smart, as well as colorfully free spirited and intensely focused while making this incredible transformation.Read More »Adam King Calls on CHAUVET Professional to Balance Looks for Mountview’s ‘Legally Blonde’
Scan Files Can Help Wireless System Operators Prepare for a Location or Venue in Advance
Lectrosonics is announcing a Radio Frequency Scan Database for those using wireless microphone systems anywhere in the world. The database hosts scans from in .sdf (Wireless Designer scan data file) or .csv (comma separated values – a common standard) formats. These files can be used to populate frequency coordination software for analysis purposes and to know what a given RF landscape looks like. While anyone can peruse, search, and download the available scan files for their own use, registered users can also upload files for others to access. RF spectrum scans from Hollywood, Singapore, Vancouver, New York, Belgium, and Rio de Janeiro already populate the database.Read More »Lectrosonics Announces Global RF Scan Database