KANSAS CITY, MO — Although songs like “Text Me in the Morning” speak to the quirks of romance in the digital age, the design for Neon Trees’ current tour, in support of their April 2014 Pop Psychology album release, started with a low-tech napkin sketch by frontman Tyler Glenn. Production Manager Mike Bangs relied upon four 8-by-4 foot panels of PixelFLEX FLEXCurtain to help bring Glenn’s sketch to colorful fruition.
Read More »MORRISON, CO — A police search following a parking lot shooting incident that injured three members of rapper Schoolboy Q’s entourage led to a lockdown of all roads leading to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre here late on June 19 while police tried to find the shooter. Although Schoolboy Q had been in the car at the time of the shooting, he was uninjured. The shooting occurred at about 10:30, as the concert featuring Nas and Lotus along with Schoolboy Q came to and end. The shooter remained at large despite a roadblock and car-by-car search of exiting concertgoers that continued until about 3 a.m.
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Morpheus Lights featured Ayrton’s MagicPanel R (pictured here), MagicBlade R and MagicRing R9 LED Beam Projector fixtures at InfoComm 2014. They are collectively known as Ayrton’s new Radical Series.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Among the products on display the InfoComm 2014 are Martin Professional’s MAC Quantum Wash and MAC Quantum Profile fixtures, the family of VC-Grids and the VC-strips and M-series consoles with the latest version 3.4 M-Series software.
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LAS VEGAS – Lightware Visual Engineering has furthered its support of HDBaseT with its HDBaseT-enabled 65×65 and 80×80 modular matrix switchers and the new UMX-TPS product family, featuring HDBaseT extenders. The new UMX-TPS product line includes HDBaseT extenders that can transmit universal video at resolutions up to 4K, audio, and control up to 180 meters over one CAT cable. The UMX-TPS-TX140 transmission unit is compatible with both Lightware’s HDBaseT extenders and matrix switchers.
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NASHVILLE — OneRepublic is back on the road with Bandit Lites for their Native Summer Tour. The American rock group is celebrating Native, their third studio album, which includes “If I Lose Myself,” “Counting Stars” and their most recent single, “Love Runs Out.” The summer tour kicked off under Bandit’s lighting at the band’s home state at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Read More »ISTANBUL, Turkey —Martin Professional named SF SES vs ISIK Sistemleri A.S., a.k.a. SF, as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Turkey. Istanbul-based SF has been a member of the Harman distributor network for more than 25 years and will distribute Martin lighting gear throughout Turkey, Azerbaijan and Northern Cyprus.
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LAS VEGAS – Luminex Network Intelligence has introduced the GigaCore 16RFO Ethernet switch specially tailored for touring applications. The 2U-high device offers rugged optical connector options, including OpticalCon, which can be set at the front or rear of the unit. Both a back up power supply and a redundant PoE supply kit are available.
Read More »NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — LD Jeff Ravitz of LA-based Intensity Advisors was the recipient of the Emmy for Outstanding Lighting Design from the Pacific Southwest Chapter of NATAS, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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