GUANGZHOU – The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition increased its attendance by 11% compared to last year with the final count being 129,885 from 132 countries and regions. Energy efficiency and the application of intelligent lighting were the show’s core theme.
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As Third Eye Blind hits the road across America, Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20 lights and a grandMA2 light console are hitting the road with them. LD Mitchell Schellenger created a look that echoes the sunset set times of some of their gigs. “The B-EYEs have a nice big head so their look is perfect for our sunset theme,” Schellenger says. “The show color scheme starts more bright CTO Amber and works its way toward a deeper orange. The B-EYEs’ awesome effects give the show the ability to progress visually through that minimal color scheme.”
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For Tim McGraw’s Sundown Heaven Town 2014 tour, production designer Baz Halpin created a set “moving away from the traditional imagery of country music and into something more modern looking.” To implement this, lighting director Pat Brannon selected 134 of GLP’s impression X4 LED moving heads to create a highly imaginative lighting dynamic.
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NUREMBERG, Germany – Some 20,000 soccer fans celebrated Germany’s victory over Argentina in the World Cup final at an open-air viewing party near Nuremberg Airport here July 13. Event technology supplier sld mediatec, based here, provided LD Sebastian Gross with Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extreme and Platinum Spot 35 Pro moving heads, Rayzor Q7 LED moving heads, Design Beam 1200C and Design Spot 575 moving heads, ELED Tri Par 56 LED par lights and white light TVL 3000-II DWs.
BELL, CA – Empire PRO will host an open house on July 29 to show off their new facility here. The event, set form 4-9 pm, will include food, drinks, live music, networking and giveaways.
Read More »LONDON – Eclipse Presentations supplied full technical production for the 2014 Catey Awards, recognizing the hospitality industry. The set design was based around an edge-blended video projection, which included mapped images onto two large scenic replicas of the iconic Catey Award statue flanking both sides of the stage.
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PROVIDENCE, RI – LD Derek Iorfida used a variety of Chauvet Legend moving head fixtures for Lady Antebellum’s performance at a recent dinner gala staged by CVS. In addition to the center stage, Iorfida also lit the dance floor with the help of 34 Legend 230SR Beam and Legend 412 LED moving head fixtures.
LONDON – Faced with delivering a complex show design capable of fitting into every kind of venue, LD Chris Bushell turned to Avolites’ Sapphire Touch console for Arcade Fire’s Reflektor tour. He explains, “I needed a console that would allow me to recreate my design as quickly and efficiently as possible in each space. Luckily the Avolites Sapphire Touch not only manages to do what all other desks do, but it’s also packaged in a much easier to access and more intuitive platform, which means I can focus on the creative side of my job rather than the number crunching aspect.”
Read More »RUDESHEIM, Germany – Astera named Bluebottle as the exclusive distributor of Astera’s wireless event lights in Australasia. Bluebottle is based in Melbourne, Australia, and will serve mainland Australia, New Zealand and other Australasian islands. Bluebottle has been working with Astera since 2010 and this partnership will serve to enhance the sales, distribution and support of Astera’s wireless event lighting range in the Australian market.
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PRAGUE — TD Promo has been supplying Robe moving lights for three Czech rock bands bands this year. All have been performing throughout the Czech Republic, with a few gigs in Slovakia as well. They include Mandrage from Pilzen (LD Tomáš Karban); Divokej Bill from Úvaly near Prague (LD Matej Mantlik) and thrash metal outfit SKWOR (LD Martin Samecky), pictured here.
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