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Squeek Lights Warms Up Real Friends Tour with Chauvet Professional

The gear list includes Rogue R1 Spots, Nexus 4x1 bars plus a Chauvet DJ DMX-4 Dimmer Pack to control the band's table and floor lamps that are part of their set.

Squeek Lights Warms Up Real Friends Tour with Chauvet Professional

CHICAGO – At a time when some bands are using exotic, abstract and hard to decipher scenic elements on stage, pop punk phenoms Real Friends are taking an entirely different approach. Touring the USA, Mexico and Australia in support of their second studio album The Home Inside My Head, the Chicago based quintet is performing in front of a downright homey set, complete with a family room couch, Afghan blankets and lamps that look like they popped out of mid-century America.

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LPS RealTIME Pro Lasershow Software and LPS-RealLAN

LPS RealTIME Pro Lasershow Software and LPS-RealLAN

LPS-RealTIME Pro software, from Germany-based LPS-Lasersystems, has popular features for designers of multimedia laser shows such as RealVIEW. The software is also frequently updated with new enhancements. The latest addition to LPS-RealTIME Pro software from LPS software specialists is the network-based LPS-RealLAN technology, reducing the need for cables between the stage and FOH.

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Budweiser Dome at CMA Fest, lit by Bandit Lites

Bandit Helps Draw Crowds to Budweiser Dome at CMA Fest

NASHVILLE – Tens of thousands of people poured into downtown Nashville for CMA Fest weekend, where Predator’s pride, music lovers and tourists took in the city for the biggest multi-day celebration of all things country music. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for Universal Music Group’s Budweiser Dome, a structure that boasted a 35 foot ceiling with a 360-degree projection dome featuring live concerts and the debut of live 360◦ concert films, including immersive performances from Kip Moore, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Church and Gary Allen.

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A view of the dome projection

SESQUI 360 Cinematic Dome Tour Kicks off in Toronto

MONTREAL – SESQUI’s 360° cinematic dome tour kicks off on June 21 in Toronto, and will carry on through August, travelling through communities all over Ontario. SESQUI programming offers a variety of events, bringing together technical innovation and art in celebration of Canada’s heritage, landscape and people. Réalisations is proud to have been part of SESQUI’s 360 Technical Innovation Team, providing design expertise in the production of filming rigs, auto calibration and playback systems as well design of the mobile dome theatre.

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Ed Sheeran’s World Tour Lit with Claypaky Scenius Unico and Mythos2 Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_277597" align="alignnone" width="800"]Ed Sheeran performs in Amsterdam[/caption]

LONDON – For Ed Sheeran’s current world tour in support of his latest album, Divide (÷), lighting and production designer Mark Cunniffe and lighting director Matt Jones have been using Claypaky Scenius Unico and Claypaky Mythos2 fixtures to further enhance Cunniffe’s goblet-shaped set design.

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SC Church Upgrades Lighting with Elation Fixtures, HES Console

[caption id="attachment_277592" align="alignnone" width="800"]NewSpring church gets assist from LMG and Elation[/caption]

ANDERSON, SC – When NewSpring Church sought to upgrade the lighting system in the 2,400-seat worship space within the multi-campus congregation’s church in Anderson, SC, they turned to Erien Reinerth of LMG for an upgrade. The new lighting system includes Platinum HFX, Platinum Spot 15R, ACL 360 Bar LED battens, Sniper effect lights and SixPar 300 LED Par lights from Elation Professional, with a High End Systems Road Hog Full Boar 4 console for control.

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HG Lighting Design

HG Lighting Design Announces Year-Round Donations to Behind the Scenes

NEW YORK, NY—Lighting designer Herrick Goldman, principal of HG Lighting Design, recently announced that he will be donating a portion of his design fees throughout the year to the Behind the Scenes charity. He is the first designer to make an ongoing pledge of a portion of design fee profits to the charity. Designers have previously pledged a day’s royalties as well as generously made individual donations but Goldman is the first designer to pledge a portion of profits in an ongoing manner and becomes the charity’s first Pledge-a-Service Partner.

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Ontario’s Ministry of Labour first brought charges against Live Nation and others under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act in 2013.

Five Years After Radiohead Stage Accident in Toronto, Mistrial Declared

TORONTO – A mistrial was declared in the legal case against Live Nation and others stemming from the June 16, 2012 staging accident that killed drum tech Scott Johnson, 33, before a Radiohead show at Downsview Park in Toronto. A new trial was ordered after the judge presiding over the case, Justice Shaun Nakatsuru, was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court. Since that reassignment, earlier this year, Nakatsuru has stated that he no longer had jurisdiction over the case.

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