NASHVILLE – Cassadee Pope, who became the first female winner of TV’s The Voice singing competition in late 2012, has been opening for Chris Young with a Michael Stanley-designed lightshow that includes Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures made by Chauvet Professional and supplied by Bandit Lites.
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LOS ANGELES – The largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, has set sail with a large energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting package used in the ship’s main entertainment and relaxation areas. As the third member of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis-class, Harmony of the Seas is similar to her two sister ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, however with design changes, extra amenities and entertainment technology upgrades.
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LONDON – Lighting director Chris Bushell lit electronica artist James Blake’s gig at London’s Brixton O2 Academy using a compact Quartz console from Avolites for a variety of busked looks. Blake was performing in support of his third album, ‘The Colour in Anything,’ which follows his Mercury-Prize-winning second album, ‘Overgrown’.
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LONDON – Adlib supplied lighting and sound for the autumn tour for The Specials. Adlib’s Simon Pettitt designed the lighting. It’s his second tour with The Specials in the LD role following an autumn 2014 trek, when Pettitt was freelance before joining Liverpool-based Adlib full time in 2015.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd has ignited the Christmas spirit by delivering spectacular visuals that captivated thousands of spectators who turned up for the official lighting up ceremony of the highly-anticipated “Christmasland in New Taipei City” event on November 19. The stunning projection mapping performance runs nightly until January 2. The projections are installed and executed by Hexogon Solution using a total of 42 Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP® projectors.
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NASHVILLE — LD Emmanuelle “Gigi” Pedron hit the road with a crew of eight other women for Tegan and Sara’s Love You to Death tour this fall. The Grammy nominated twin sisters are touring in support of their latest album of the same name. 4Wall Nashville worked with Pedron to provide the LD with the gear she needed for the tour.
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GILBERT, AZ – On August 2, 1956, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed papers that enacted “Constitution Week.” Since that time, communities throughout the United States have used the occasion to commemorate and honor the 4,543-word document that has served as the framework for the country’s legal system for the past two-and-a-quarter centuries. In most communities, these celebrations pass in relative obscurity, but not in Gilbert, Arizona.
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PASADENA, CA — A James Thomas Engineering 20.5” SuperTower system was used to construct a test stand at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) in California for the return mission from Mars. The plates and gates of the tower system were employed to make all connections for the tower’s different levels. The test stand will be used to simulate the speeds of samples that have been jettisoned off Mars by the rover and returned to earth via an ascent rocket for detailed chemical and physical analysis.
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ORLANDO – FL, – In response to consecutive years of major growth and expanding capabilities, Zenith Lighting, Inc has named long time team member Adam Vidaurri as Chief Operating Officer of the nearly 30 year old event and stage lighting company. Vidaurri joined Zenith Lighting in 2010 and quickly moved into a Sales Manager role and then more recently into the role of General Manager for the company’s South Florida location.
UK – Lighting designer, Louisa Smurthwaite utilized the award-winning Jands Vista system to provide an elegant lighting design for hotly tipped Oxford indie rock band, Glass Animals’ recent biggest UK headline show at London’s iconic Roundhouse venue. Their latest album, How To Be A Human Being, was released in August to much critical acclaim, and their debut amassed over 200 million Spotify streams.
LOS ANGELES – The 18 Claypaky Scenius fixtures recently acquired by the Canton, Massachusetts office of High Output Inc. for its rental inventory have hardly spent a moment on the shelves. The moving head spotlights at the top of the Claypaky range experienced a busy general election season and continue to service many national broadcast and corporate projects.
NETHERLANDS – Apropos this November’s supermoon, which had celestial observers bathing in the moonlight of the largest full moon in years, Dutch symphonic metal band Delain is touring Europe this fall on a “Moonbathers” tour and using the versatile effects of Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Bar™ LED battens to complement the big-hook metallic rock show. Lighting designer on the tour is Nick van Balen