LONDON – Organizers of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) have announced a series of updates to their concert and festival business event. ILMC 28, which will bring a classic video arcade look to the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London, is set for March 3-6, 2016.
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BEIJING, China – Olivier Award winning lighting designer Paule Constable is using Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s to add drama to the Chinese production of the hugely successful stage play War Horse. Constable is lead lighting designer for the production, alongside associate Karen Spahn and programmer Blake Garner.
Read More »ORLANDO – Highlite International BV, based in the Netherlands, named Orlando-based Techni-Lux as the U.S. distributor for their Showtec range of lighting products.Techni-Lux featured a selection of Showtec products on their booth at the recent LDI Trade Show in Las Vegas.
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PHILADELPHIA – Lighting and live production design group Okulus, made up of James Scott and Louis Oliver, provided a lighting design for British musician Passenger, also known as Mike Rosenberg, that included Martin MAC Aura and Aura XB fixtures for the artist’s recent coast-to-coast USA tour.
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NEW YORK– The White House celebrated Halloween with Trick or Treat festivities for close to 5,000 military families and area school children and the first projection mapping of the landmark residence. WorldStage was honored to participate in the event supporting the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in illuminating the South Portico of the White House.
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PRAGUE – The Czech Republic won its fourth Fed Cup women’s tennis title in five years in the 2015 final staged at Prague’s O2 Arena in front of a capacity 14,500 audience who enjoyed a nail-biting weekend of superlative tennis with their team playing a really strong Russian contingent … and Robe was one of six very proud sponsors.
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MUNICH – Astera named Keylight as dealer of its’s wireless event lights in The Netherlands. Keylight, a leading Dutch sales and rental company, has been specializing in providing professional wireless LED solutions to venues and events since 2012.
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NASHVILLE – For Jason Isbell’s four sold out shows at the Auditorium in Nashville, Bandit Lites teamed up with lighting design firm PULSE Lighting to support the visuals, which effectively transformed the venue into the interior of a church. Bandit continues to supply the lighting rig on Isbell’s tour as well. The rig included 18 GLP X4S, 12 GLP X4 Bar 10s and five Altman 18’ Scoops.
Read More »STAMFORD, CT and DUBAI – Rosco Laboratories recently opened a new office in Dubai, UAE. The office, led by Kees Frijters, Rosco’s President of EMEA, will enhance the company’s ability to serve customers in the Middle East.
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LOS ANGELES – Image Engineering recently installed four LV50 and two LV60 Light Vector scanning laser projectors and associated hardware in the Staples Center. This laser installation is now a permanent fixture in the arena, delivering more than 300 watts of white light laser power. The laser effects can be programmed entirely from a conventional lighting console.
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I’m going on record here to say that I really like that LDI is during October and still in Vegas. November was always too close to Thanksgiving. It meant spending two different weeks every month away from home. As far as the town, well, it’s Vegas baby. There’s always plenty to see and plenty to eat, and you can hang out with adults. When I’m at LDI, I want to be the kid in the candy store. I don’t want to be Dad. I go to Orlando and California with my kids when I want to be an adult.
PARIS — Nathalie Jardin, 31, died Nov. 13, one of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan performance venue in Paris. Jardin, who had worked as a lighting and stage manager at the venue for the last three years, also served as LD for bands including Les Fatals Picards, Les Nuits Secrètes and Marcel and His Orchestra.
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