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Glastonbury Pyramid Stage Fights Dampened Spirits with Assist from QER SFX

The QER SFX team were called upon to supply custom visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night. Pictured here, the company's confetti effect.

Glastonbury Pyramid Stage Fights Dampened Spirits with Assist from QER SFX

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – QER SFX provided confetti, streamers, and pyrotechnics for three major headline acts at the muddiest Glastonbury on record. Battling against pouring rain and mud that threatened to swallow flight cases, the company, which has offices in the U.K. and U.S., serviced its biggest Glastonbury festival to date. With trends in special effects rapidly becoming a staple of festival entertainment, the QER SFX team were called upon to supply custom visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night.

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Ayrton MagicPanel-FX

Ayrton MagicPanel-FX

Ayrton’s MagicPanel line of fixtures expands with the MagicPanel-FX. The fixture’s front face features a 5×5 array of new squared lenses, allowing for a new array of 2D graphical effects. Each of the 25 squared 65mm output lenses have an optical surface equivalent to that of an 80mm round lens, which means MagicPanel-FX also produces a beam capable of creating new 3D volumetric effects. A new optical zoom system with no visible moving parts outside the unit is part of the design. The new system has a 15:1 zoom ratio, with a zoom range of 3.5 to 52 degrees. The unit is capable of projecting everything from tight shafts of light to a wide wash, which makes it ideal for pixelmapping or for use as a powerful special effects projector, or as a wash light. Yvan Péard, Ayrton’s chief design and technology officer, is credited with the unique fixture design.

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A single Avolites Ai S8 media server managed the impressive visuals.

Above & Beyond Tours with Single-Box Media Server Solution from Avolites

LONDON – For British progressive trance trio Above & Beyond’s Acoustic ll tour, which launched May 5 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and finished June 6 at the Sydney Opera House, a single Avolites Ai S8 media server managed the impressive tour visuals designed by Neil Marsh, presenting the audience with a mix of video, graphics and live camera footage from six on-stage robotic cameras.

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dbn’s Nick Buckley worked with site and production management coordinators Andy George, Jay Jameson and Ben Atkins.

2016 Lost Village Music Festival Gets dbn Assist with Lighting, LED Screen and Crew

LINCOLNSHIRE, U.K. – For the 2016 Lost Village music festival, dbn lighting from Manchester supplied lighting, LED screen and crew to the main stage and four other performances spaces. It was the second year of this unique boutique festival staged by Lost Ventures. dbn’s Nick Buckley worked with site and production management coordinators Andy George, Jay Jameson and Ben Atkins.

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LD Christopher Bolton from Johannesburg based Keystone Productions used 180 Robe fixtures

2016 Ghoema Awards in Johannesburg Lit with Robe Fixtures

JOHANNESBURG – For the 2016 Ghoema Awards, which honor achievement in South Africa’s Afrikaans music industry, LD Christopher Bolton from Johannesburg based Keystone Productions used 180 Robe fixtures. The awards event was staged at the Jo’burg Theatre in Braamfontein, the city’s lively downtown area. The show was recorded for Afrikaans TV channel KykNET. Bolton worked closely with stage director Barry Pretorius and camera director Eugene Naidoo on the project.

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circuit grounds at EDC

EDC’s Circuit Grounds Stage Comes Alive with SJ Lighting and AG Production Services

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Electric Daisy Carnival, (EDC) produced by Insomniac, returned to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to celebrate its 20th year of providing high energy dance music in a community of love, respect, and togetherness. EDC took over the infield of the speedway June 17-19, 2016, with attendees taking in 300 DJs from sunset to sunrise each day. Producer  Pasquale Rotella of Insomniac once again put together another visual spectacle that spanned the vast grounds and was enjoyed by the huge crowds in attendance.

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photo by Craig Mitchell/text by Gail Jijon

G-Eazy and Logic Turn to LMG, I-Mag for ‘Endless Summer’ Tour

HARTFORD, CT – Sir Robert Bryson Hall II and Gerald Earl Gillum, also known as G-Eazy and Logic, wrapped the North American “Endless Summer” tour with a show at Hartford’s Xfinity Arena on Aug. 5. The tour featuring YG, Yo Gotti, and special guests. LMG Touring is providing lighting, video switching, camera packages, and technical support for G-Eazy and Logic. I-Mag provided other video gear for the tour.

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Blackmagic announces the ATEM Switcher 6.9 update

Blackmagic Design announces new ATEM Switcher 6.9 Update

FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of ATEM Switcher 6.9 update which adds new multi-view output features including VU meters, the ability to swap program and preview windows and more. ATEM Switcher 6.9 update is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website and is free of charge for all Blackmagic ATEM switcher customers.

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39th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards

Image Production Services Creates Emmy Elegance in New England with Chauvet

BOSTON – Journalists from far beyond New England are used to coming to Westin Copley Place to cover news.  US presidents and Supreme Court justices have frequently given speeches here, and one would-be Commander and Chief, Mitt Romney, used it as his primary election night headquarters. Recently, members of the fourth estate visited the hotel on the banks of the Charles River to make news, rather than cover it, by participating in the 39th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards.

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G-GAFF Gaffer’s Tape

Gerriets Introduces G-GAFF Gaffer’s Tape

EWING, NJ, – Gerriets International is proud to introduce G-GAFF Gaffer’s Tape. Gaffer’s tape has been a staple in the entertainment field for years, used for many purposes such as holding down cables, securing dance floor, temporary labelling and even quick on-the-spot repairs to sets and props. Gaffer’s tape is intended to leave a clean surface behind, but many brands leave surfaces sticky after a long term application. Gerriets worked with German adhesive experts to develop a new line of gaff tape, G-GAFF, that can be trusted to pull off clean.

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Dicolor X-Panel 2.84 LED Display Tile

Dicolor Introduces the X-Panel 2.84 LED Display Tile

SAN ANTONIO, TX, – The X-Panel 2.84 is Dicolor’s highest resolution LED Display offering. Recently displayed at InfoComm 2016 at the Mega Systems Booth, the product has an ultra-high definition 2.84 mm pitch, perfect for viewing at closer distances. Equipped with black-face LEDs that cut down on glare, the X-Panel 2.84 has beautiful contrast and clarity.

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