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Tom Petty Lauds Richard Fernandez at 2016 Parnelli Awards Gala

Tom Petty and Richard Fernandez at the 2016 Parnelli Awards

Tom Petty Lauds Richard Fernandez at 2016 Parnelli Awards Gala

LAS VEGAS — Adrian Belew, whose skills as an emcee and comedian, it turns out, rivals his artistry on the guitar, dropped a hint midway through the 2016 Parnelli Awards gala that something special was about to be added to an already extraordinary evening Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas. The surprise: an appearance by Tom Petty to present the 2016 award for Lifetime Achievement to his longtime tour manager Richard Fernandez.

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The 1975 Touring Arenas with GLP impression X4 Bar 20 LED Battens

CHAMPAIGN, IL — LD Tobias Rylander is using GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 LED battens to light a variety of acts including British indie band The 1975. The Manchester, U.K. based group, currently touring in support of their latest album, I Like It When You Sleep, has been growing in popularity, scaling up from theatre-sized venues to full-size arenas on its 2016 gigs.

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Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center

Vincent Lighting: A View from The Bridge

MIDDLETON, WI– Like the Cavaliers and the Browns, Vincent Lighting Systems is a Cleveland institution. Unlike those franchises, Vincent has taken the straight – but still long – path to success. Founder Paul Vincent guides the company (commonly known as VLS) using a set of principles he is not afraid to publish: “We have always concentrated on lighting and have not shifted into audio, AV or staging. We have, however, lit an amazing number of bridges!” When, for the opening of football season, VLS changed the classic blue and white of the downtown high-level bridge to the orange of the Cleveland Browns, they got panicked phone calls telling them the bridge was on fire. Today the bridge is back to blue and white.

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ADJ, DuraTruss and Global Truss Products Featured at Open House Event in Miami Area

OPA-LOCKA, FL – ADJ and DuraTruss/Global Truss America products will be featured at an open house event set for Nov. 17 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at ADJ Miami’s facilities in Opa-Locka in the Miami area. The event follows the recent launch of 13 new products at the LDI 2016 tradeshow in Las Vegas. Along with the opportunity to see the latest equipment firsthand, the event will feature a series of educational sessions as well as the debut of a new lightshow at ADJ’s Miami showroom.

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elektraLite ML-902

ElektraLite’s ML-902, which made its debut at the recent LDI 2016 show in Las Vegas, is a full-featured moving head profile spot fixture powered by a 120-watt cool white (6,500K) COB LED that promises an output equal to that of a 250-watt HMI discharge lamp. The brighter version of elektraLite’s ML-602 responds to customer feedback. It has an indexable seven-color wheel; two wheels (one fixed) each holding up to seven interchangeable gobos; a rotating three-way prism; a wide-range strobe with various features; and zoom, focus control, and fine (16-bit) pan and tilt along with digital dimming features. MSRPis $1,079.

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NEP Desert Trip Camera Op Alan Vitt w UA80x during The Who

NEP Captures Iconic Desert Trip Music Festival With Several Fujinon Lenses

INDIO, CA – Musical events like Desert Trip – back-to-back weekend concerts held October 7, 8, 9 and 14, 15, 16 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, featuring classic rock music royalty – don’t happen every day. Promoted as “the concert of the century,” it generated ticket orders from every continent except Antarctica, with attendees travelling far and wide for a chance to see many of their favorite musicians play live together.

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The DJ booth was in the giant robot's belly.

U.K.’s Illusive Festival Features Giant Robot with DJ Booth, Chauvet Rogues

CORBY, UK – The Illusive Festival, held in the rolling fields outside the Northamptonshire town of Corby in September, featured a main stage design by Simon Wallwork with visuals that included a giant, gyrating robot with a DJ booth in its belly. Over each shoulder of the robot and along its sides was an asymmetrically arranged collection of Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Lighting designers Toby Lovegrove and Doug Alan Coppell used the Rogues to shoot rapidly moving and rotating beams of brightly colored light.

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Photo by Andy Doornhein

Illusionist Hans Klok’s ‘House of Horror’ Tour Includes Visual Assist from Painting with Light

AMSTERDAM – Belgium-based show design practice Painting with Light has created innovative and highly effective lighting and video content for the current tour by Hans Klok, the world’s Fastest Illusionist, who is presenting his grisly ‘House of Horror’ show. The spectacle, produced by Stardust Circus International, which combines the drama and theatrical gruesomeness of Gothic horror with quick witted and fantastic illusion art, was launched at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where it enjoyed a successful seven-week run before going on the road.

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Airstar Expands Crystal Product Line

Airstar Expands Crystal Product Line

LAS VEGAS — Airstar, the France-based manufacturer and provider of inflatable structures and lighting balloons for the event industry, added to its Crystal product line with two new products, the Sunshade and Crystal White 50k lum. Both products were featured at the 2016 LDI Show.

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