NEW YORK – Trans-Siberian Orchestra announced in late June that it is planning a tour this fall despite the death of TSO producer, composer and lyricist Paul O’Neill on April 5. The theme for the 2017 tours will mirror those for the band’s successful tours in 2015 and 2016, “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve.”
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NEW YORK – Behind the Scenes’ 2017 Holiday Cards are now on sale. Orders will be taken until September 29, 2017 to arrive by mid-November.
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Elation’s new Fuze PAR Z175 is a full-color LED PAR light designed for use in all types of stage wash applications, from theatre, TV studio and HoW environments to touring and special events. It extends tie Fuze series that Elation launched last year. This series of LED wash fixtures aims to improve upon the pixelated lens face of ordinary LED PAR fixtures by replicating the classic look of old-school pars and moving wash fixtures.
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NEW YORK – When TAD Associates was asked to update two conference rooms for a major New York Financial Institution the AV Consultant chose Analog Way’s Ascender 48. The multi-screen seamless switchers drive new LED displays and edge blended projection systems.
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LONDON – LD Steven Bewley chose Claypaky’s Mythos2 luminaire for British Grime artist Stormzy’s recent U.K. tour. Bewley, who has worked with rap artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah, was head-hunted by Stormzy after the rapper saw the designer’s work for fellow artist Wretch 32.
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LONDON – For Shawn Mendes’ “Illuminate” tour leg through Europe from late April to early June, production design firm Okulus worked with creative director Paul Caslin and 24/7 Productions on a visual design that included the use of Hippotizer Boreals and Taigas to feed imagery to a 1920 x 640 curved, 9mm LED wall. The visuals were triggered via timecode, and the team also integrated the video director’s live camera feeds into the content. The tour resumes for a series of North American dates from July 6 (Portland, OR) to Aug. 23 (Boston).
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LANCING, U.K. – The Wild Life Festival, staged June 9-10 at Shoreham Airport (AKA Brighton City Airport) on the U.K.’s south coast, was one of more than 50 events that lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment will be supporting this year. Wild Life, organized by SJM and curated by dance artists Rudimental and Disclosure, is now in its third year.
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SKANDERBORG, Denmark – For Danish singer songwriter Rasmus Walter’s 2017 tour, which includes Smukfest 2017 in Skanderborg, Denmark in early August, LD Martin Holst designed a floor-based and cost-effective lighting / set package that includes 24 Robe picklePATT fixtures and six BMFL Blades.
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ROME – British EDM act Clean Bandit are touring the U.K. and Europe this summer with a lighting design that includes 18 Solaris Flare Q+ fixtures. LD/programmer Liam Griffiths is using diffusers to hide the LED sources for a smoother look for the cameras.
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LONDON – Charlotte Lockyer, head of controls for rentals at Tait, was named Technician of the Year at the ABTT Theatre Show, which took place June 6-7 at Alexandra Palace in north London.
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LOS ANGELES – For Nintendo’s 2017 booth at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017, organized by the Entertainment Software Association and held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 13-15), Ralph Miller Productions and lighting and visual design studio Lightswitch once again turned to 4Wall LA for an extensive lighting package consisting of more than 500 fixtures.
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NEWARK, DE — The University of Delaware recently upgraded its main auditorium, 650-capacity Mitchell Hall, with Martin fixtures. Stephen Litterst, technical operations supervisor, chose the MAC Quantum Profile for its reliability, versatility and low-noise operation.
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