2017 MLB All-Star FanFest Features Video Tunnel Entrance using PixelFLEX

LONDON  –  There’s a good reason why words like “dreamy” and “ethereal” pop up often when critics write about Oh Wonder. The tightly woven male-female voices and lofty synths of this alt-pop duo seem to wrap themselves gently around listeners, sweeping them up in a transcendent musical swirl.  On their current tour in support of their album Ultralife, the group’s free-flowing sound is supported by an appropriately imaginative and far-reaching Ben Mansfield lightshow run on a ChamSys Magic Q MQ500 Stadium supplied by LeSmurf Lighting.

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LONDON – It’s hard to imagine how the 40th incarnation of the PLASA show could have gone any better for Elation Professional. Capping an exceptional show, the company’s new full-featured Artiste Dali™ LED moving head and IP-rated Proteus Hybrid™ discharge-lamp moving head were both recognized as exceptional innovation with a PLASA Award for Innovation. On hand to accept the awards were Elation President Toby Velazquez and Elation Sales Director Eric Loader.

LONDON –  Claypaky noted that its K-EYE HCR won the PLASA Award for Innovation at the 2017 event, held in London Sept. 17-19.

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA – In their hit single “At Dawn,” Argentinian rockers La Beriso sing about the undying resilience of dreamers. It is an apt theme for this hard-rocking group of seven musicians who struggled for some years after they formed their band in the gritty port city of Avellaneda, before breaking through as one of South America’s hottest artists, an accomplishment that led Rolling Stone Argentina to proclaim them “the new hope of street rock.”

UK – d3 Technologies’ integrated solution has been at the heart of some of the world’s most spectacular live events; from concert touring to theatre to broadcast and even architecture. The d3 software allows you to visualize, design and sequence your project before seamlessly turning your concept into a creation using one of their hardware solutions. Their new gx range, which was on show at this week’s PLASA London, pushes real time responsive content to new heights, allowing you to discover unimagined new ways to connect with your audience.

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DUBAI, UAE – Dubai Opera, located in what is claimed to be ‘the most prestigious square kilometer in the world’ in Downtown Dubai, has recently purchased 37 x Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10s as part of a technical upgrade to the event space’s lighting rigs. Dubai Opera is considered a masterpiece of contemporary architecture. The ‘dhow-shaped’ building, designed by architect Janus Rostock, houses a flexible, 1900-seat venue which can be transformed into a theatre, concert hall or ‘flat-floor’ event space.

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