American Idols Live 2012 Tour
B1 Block Party/Boys Like Girls
Lighting Co
Performance Lighting/Stewart Independent Production
Venue
B1 Parking Lot
Notre Dame, IN
Two Artists, One Stage: Sean Burke and Travis Shirley Light Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias
The 2012 Enrique Iglesias & Jennifer Lopez tour combined two distinct shows into one evening, with each artist performing 13 songs. J-Lo was up first, with looks ranging from vintage Hollywood, complete with male dancers, top hats and canes, to a boxing motif reflecting tough urban roots. Following an intermission, Iglesias stripped away most of the theatrical flourishes and offered up the raw energy of a traditional rock concert.
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Squarepusher Pushes Creativity with digiFLEX LED Helmet
Charlie Hernandez, Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Somebody had to do it. Who else but Charlie Hernandez?
A menacing rainstorm in Rio de Janeiro flooded the Formula 1 racing field where the next insane episode of the Guns N’ Roses tour of South America was going down. A delay in getting Guns N’ Roses on stage was nothing new, though this time the weather was not helping. Unwisely, the local promoter let the crowd onto the field during load in. Hernandez and associate Lori Tierney were above in the announcer tower, surveying the mayhem. “Charlie and I were looking out on this seething crowd when [Dale] “Opie” [Skjerseth] comes in and announces that we still needed to run the snake from the stage to FOH. I looked down at that riot, and I said, ‘are you kidding me?’”
Then a wide-eyed grinning Hernandez chirped: “I’ll do it!” Read More »
Robe Lights Studio 54 Sportpaleis Disco Inferno
ANTWERP, Belgium – About 12,000 disco divas stepped out to the 2012 Studio 54 Sportpaleis event in Antwerp, Belgium to strut their best dancefloor moves and grooves to the sounds of the 1970s. The event featured Robe moving lights along with other gear supplied by Total Event Support. LD Peter Vervloesem designed the event; the centerpiece of the arena design was a massive chandelier in the roof made up from 400 x 40 cm mirror balls flown above the stage.
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Navigator Systems’ Greg Smith
The Capitol Theatre: Restored Grandeur for a Legendary Landmark
It’s a familiar story, told countless times all over America. A 1920s-era theater starts life as a magnet for movie-goers, shifts with the times to become a famed concert venue, but falls on tougher times as the economy and entertainment models continue to shift. After years of under-use, it becomes a banquet hall or civic gathering space.
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