LAS VEGAS — One of the highlights of the 2015 LDI Show was an exhibition of Neal Preston’s photos. Titled In the Eye of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hurricane, the exhibition was on display Oct. 23-25, right on the show floor. Pictured here is a moment from the video reel where Queen’s Brian May credits Preston for his work – in this case, a shot of the band from backstage.
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HONG KONG – One of GLP’s longest serving customers in the Far East, Hong Kong-based AHM Engineering Co. Ltd, has increased its pool of impression X4 moving head LEDs with the addition of a further 48 fixtures. This takes their inventory up to 138 pieces — and tasked with providing lighting for two back-to-back concerts by Lui Fong at Hong Kong Coliseum, they also made their first investment in the new impression X4 Bar 10 battens.
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NASHVILLE – LD Taylor Price’s lighting design for country music duo Dan + Shay, who have been touring in support of their first album, Where It All Began, makes use of an all-LED rig supplied by 4Wall that includes Chauvet Nexus LED Panels and Martin MAC Quantum Profiles, among other fixtures.
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ATLANTA – Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre recently revealed the final renderings for a renovation that will completely transform its facilities. The project, which will begin in the summer of 2017, will help the Tony Award-winning theatre company produce ambitious works, better engage with the surrounding community, and provide audiences with more dynamic and comfortable theatre-going experiences.
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LAS VEGAS – Chauvet Professional lauded LD Rachel Miller for creating a booth lighting design that helped draw visitors at the recent LDI show in Las Vegas. The booth was lit with products drawn from the company’s Nexus, Rogue and ÉPIX catalog of fixtures.
DUBAI, UAE – The 2015 Dance Afrique Festival, staged Oct. 8 at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, featured Akon from Senegal, Congolese musician Awilo Logombia, singer-songwriter Flavour from Nigeria and other African artists. Dubai- and UK-based LD Steve Shipman, who had designed the lighting for the same show in London in August, used 12 Robe BMFL Spots and more than 120 Robe moving lights in all.
Read More »BUDAPEST, Hungary – Devon, U.K. based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialist S+H Technical Support supplied its LED Video Floor product to the first Hungarian edition of popular television games show, The Cube.
LEEDS, U.K. – For the the six main tented arenas at the 2015 MiNT Festival, which moved to a new location at Wetherby Racecourse near Leeds and also moved to a new two-day schedule Sept. 19-20, Colour Sound Experiment provided rigging, trussing, lighting and LED screens. The artist lineup included Duke Dumont, The Martinez Brothers, Sigma, Sven Vath, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos and more.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Ayrton and U.S. distributor Morpheus Lights called the 2015 LDI show “the best ever” for Ayrton products, with six new product releases that were “extremely well-received.”
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications has named Joyce Bente the new president and CEO of Riedel North America. Bente joins the company with nearly 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, and she will lead strategy and operations with the primary goal of expanding Riedel’s presence across North American markets.
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LE CHAMP-PRÈS-FROGES, France – Airstar reports that its products were seen by more than half a million festival goers this year. Summer has historically been a busy season for Airstar whose solutions are now in high demand across major international festivals for public lighting, rescue and safety, signage and decoration.
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CANNES, France – Christie and Microsoft brought mixed-reality technologies to the beachfront in Cannes, France for the Microsoft Beach Club during the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club experienced the latest in projection mapping collaborations via two customized projects using Microsoft Kinect technology and Christie projectors and software.
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