LONDON – The Stone Roses reunited this summer, choosing to work with LD Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative to design their tour. Among other fixtures sharing the stage were Clay Paky Sharpys, with control on a grandMA2 full-size, programmed by Glen Johnson. It was the first time that Normandale had used the Sharpy, and he chose it specifically because he wanted a “bright, tight, narrow vertical beam.”
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NEW YORK — A Red Cross fundraising benefit concert, Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, featuring New Jersey’s Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, Staten Island native Christina Aguilera and Long Island native Billy Joel, among others, aired Nov. 2 at 8 pm (EST) on NBC-affiliated stations, cable networks and websites. The telethon/webathon event raised close to $23 million in a four-hour span.
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NEW YORK – Strollers on the Chelsea Market passage of the High Line (a linear park built on a former elevated NY Central Railroad) got to strut their stuff, pose and collect nods of approval as they walked a virtual runway to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.” WorldStage facilitated the installation of a 20-ft long interactive videowall, which used human tracking technology to mix the realtime virtual emotions of show host Heidi Klum, mentor Tim Gunn and judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia as they reacted to the fashion sense of passersby seeking their moment on the runway.
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ASHEVILLE, NC – Bandit Lites worked with LD Brooke Kimble to light the mainstage of Moogfest Oct. 26-27 in Ashville, NC. The event was a benefit and sonic tribute of sorts to Robert Moog, electronic visionary of the Moog synthesizer. Headliners included Primus 3D, Santigold, Thomas Dolby, Orbital and others.
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MEDINAH, IL – Theatrical Lighting Connection of Chicago supplied lighting and data distribution for the event ceremonies of the 2012 Ryder Cup golf tournament. LD Patrick Chan of TLC used ProPlex data cables to transmit control data from two lighting consoles at the 640-acre Medinah Country Club in Illinois.
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MANCHESTER, UK – dbn designed and supplied a ground support system for the “Games Time” outdoor stage spectacular, which played its final performance recently at Derby. The show, produced by Walk The Plank and Déda, was a mixed-media performance combining music, dance, video, lighting and pyrotechnics. Four teams sporting carnival style costumes competed to win the ‘Games Time’ Finale.
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BERLIN – At this year’s InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, transportation company Bombardier integrated Martin Professional’s new VC-Dot 1 LED strings into an aluminum art structure used to simulate train traffic across the globe. The structure – designed by Ambion – used 2,000 of the individually controllable pixel dots and attracted visitors to their booth throughout the show.
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