LONDON – Twenty-seven axes of Kinesys automation were in action on the 2016 ‘Strictly Live’ U.K. arena tour, produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainments. The completely sold out tour was presented by the Great British Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc and once again provided a highly successful tie-in to the BBC’s show, Strictly Come Dancing.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites continues to support Vince Gill on the road with his tour promoting his latest album, Down to my Last Bad Habit. Lighting designer Dylan Mire’s tour rig includes Vari*Lite VL2500 Spots, Robe CycFX8 fixtures, Martin MAC Auras, Bandit’s own GRNLite Pars and Chauvet COLORDash fixtures along with a grandMA1 console for control.
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SANTA CLARA, Ca. — For Musson Theatrical, a supplier of entertainment technology and services based in Santa Clara, California, elektraLite’s lighting products are frequently called upon to provide the right illumination aesthetic that its clients require. Musson supplied seven elektraBars for Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County’s 60th anniversary gala at the San Jose Marriott, for example (pictured here.)
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HONG KONG – Acolyte and Lucibel, two LED lighting manufacturers, are joining forces to offer Acolyte’s premium American brand of linear lighting and Lucibel’s premium European brand of Panel Lyte, track lights and down lights to the Asia market. These two brands combined can now offer a full line of premium LED lighting products to the specification and distribution markets.
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NEW YORK – When leading Broadway theatre lighting designer and Tony Award winner, Donald Holder, was invited to design the lighting for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof at New York’s Broadway Theatre, he turned to GLP’s new multi-faceted X4 Bar 20s to meet a number of different challenges.
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STOWE, VT – For their recent gig at the Rusty Nail in Stowe, VT, Kyle Rose of KTR Lighting used eight Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spots to light Gang of Thieves. He called upon the color rendering capabilities of the fixtures positioned on the subwoofers to bathe the band in a variety of hues that reflected the moods evoked by different songs. Throughout the show he relied on the fixtures’ gobos to add depth to the stage, engage the audience and mark out different segments of the show.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — In separate accidents Feb. 22 and 23, two Cirque du Soleil performers suffered injuries from falls. Both were reportedly in stable condition after being transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment.
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ORLANDO, FL – LMG named Dan Wilson sales engineer for the company’s systems integration division. His role will include providing professional consultation to systems integration clients to assure they are installing AV systems that meet their communication needs. He also will be responsible for designing audio visual systems, consulting with higher education, government, and corporate clients, while providing technology solutions for classrooms, training rooms, and boardrooms.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – For the third BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, staged in Bristol, U.K. Feb. 12-14, Utopium handled lighting and rigging within Colston Hall, where more than 50 acts performed. The interior and exterior lighting design included Martin, Chauvet, SGM and other fixtures controlled from grandMA control desks and Avolites Art 2000 dimming.
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SYDNEY – Lexair Pty Ltd., currently the exclusive master distributor for High End Systems, Green Hippo and TMB in Oceania, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Elation Professional, both for Australia and New Zealand.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish rental company Comtech added Robe fixtures to its inventory for two consecutive years. The initial purchase, and the company’s first in Robe, was for 40 Pointes in 2014. In 2015 they made a further investment with 50 BMFL Spots, which have been equally as well received, according to project manager Jes Christiansen. Christiansen is pictured here, left, with Johan Kvartborg from LightPartner in the Comtech warehouse
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PERTH, Australia – Christie is showcasing a range of advanced visualization solutions at the 2016 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG), at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, February 24-26.
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