LEEDS, UK: British lighting and video control systems manufacturer, Avolites, is gearing up for the UK debut of its latest lighting control software update, Titan v10.1, at the PLASA Focus expo in Leeds, following the software’s hugely successful international showcase at Prolight + Sound 2017 in Frankfurt.
PENNSYLVANIA – A new look Mojo Barriers US office, with Jordi van Berkum at the helm, has assembled an experienced team to ensure the company continues to offer its world renowned stage and crowd safety barriers to its expanding portfolio of clients. Mojo Barriers US office has started the year supplying some diverse events, from installing crowd safety barriers to a large political event in Washington DC or the WWE WrestleMania 33 in Orlando over the first weekend of April.
LOS ANGELES – Electrosonic continues to expand its staff roster with the hiring of Michele Ferreira as Director of Sales – West. She will be based in the San Francisco Bay area leading the west coast sales team and growing Electrosonic’s business in the region. Ferreira has had a successful career in the professional AV industry, most recently as General Manager of the Technology Group at One Workplace in Santa Clara, California with dotcoms and other leading Bay Area businesses.
INDIO, CA – The 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, staged at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA April 14-16 and 21-23, included lighting rigs where Robe moving lights were well-represented. LDs included Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting, who specified Spiiders and Pointes for the Yuma stage, and Gabriel Fraboni, who added 90 Spikies as specials for Dutch DJ Martin Garrix’s two sets in the Sahara Tent. The festival set new attendance records for 2017.
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DALLAS, TEXAS – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that its stage lighting is providing lighting effects central to the artistic stage design of the Chicago-based alternative rock legends Wilco on the band’s world tour. In support of the tenth studio album, Schmilco, the tour is visiting the US, Europe and South America.
At NAB 2017, Blackmagic Design announced a new open protocol for URSA Mini Pro cameras that will allow customers to create their own remote control solutions via Bluetooth. The protocol is being demonstrated at NAB, with the API and sample code anticipated to be released to customers free of charge in June 2017.
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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS – Legendary Smiths frontman, Morrissey, performed for more than 3,000 fans at Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land on Friday, April 14 after confirming and announcing the venue change two days prior. After a series of thunderstorms saturated their outdoor concert lawn, White Oak Music Hall approached Smart Financial Centre to host Morrissey’s Houston performance, which already had two previous cancellations. Despite a 5,000-seat Easter service scheduled for Sunday, the venue mobilized its staff to reconfigure the auditorium to accommodate the performance in a short timeframe.
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IOWA CITY, IA – We the Kings filled their April with weekend college fly dates. After wrapping up their 10th anniversary tour for their self-titled album, they took LD Nathaniel Beckett with them and a bright Astera LED light rig. Most of the college shows had a very minimal lighting package supplied by the schools, so the 16 Astera AX1s and eight Astera AX3 Lightdrops provided the much-needed eye candy for the punk rock performances.
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ORLANDO – WrestleMania 33 set a record last month as the most-watched WrestleMania ever. Dubbed an “ultimate thrill ride for the ages,” WWE’s signature event at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida featured 13 matches, including two world championships. A larger-than-life ring atop the massive truss centerpiece was designed and installed by All Access Staging & Productions. Around the perimeter of the giant ring were oversized red, white, and blue ultra-bright ring “ropes” illuminated by 2,000 feet of Firefly FloppyFlex LED neon.
DENMARK – One of the largest technological spectacles of recent years awaits the summer of 2017 in Aarhus Denmark. Climate Planet is a beautiful, magnificent and mesmerizing experience and a timely eye-opener for the reality of our planet if we don’t change our current course. Like a meteor from the sky, an enormous sphere construction of 24 meters high descended in the Aarhus harbor area.
YONKERS, NEW YORK– As the world’s largest architectural and commercial lighting trade show, LIGHTFAIR International annually provides a global stage for the introduction of technology innovation. With the 2017 exhibition opening on May 9th at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Altman Lighting will be on hand to feature three new additions to its line of powerful and energy-efficient lighting solutions. Found in Booth 1856, Altman Lighting will proudly introduce the Chalice 70W LED Recessed and Pendant house lights, as well as the new Gallery Series 50W LED Wall Wash luminaire.
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WORLDWIDE – British manufacturer Avolites is pleased to announce the appointment of Canada’s AVL Media Group and Malaysia’s Acoustic & Lighting System (A&L) as its new distribution partners for Canada and South-East Asia respectively. The two new partnerships will see Avolites’ products available across Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The impressive move comes at a time when the Avolites’ brand enjoys its largest order book in company history and a rapidly growing international client base.