Robe LED Beam 100s Make it Happy Mondays
LONDON, UK – Robe’s new LEDBeam 100 fixtures made their UK touring debut on the Happy Mondays’ recent tour, designed by LD Dave Farmer of THC Design. Zig Zag Lighting supplied the fixtures.
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Nautilus Wins IES Award for Qualcomm Museum
SAN DIEGO – Nautilus Entertainment Design was honored with an IES 2012 “Commendable Achievement in Lighting Design” award for the Qualcomm Museum in San Diego. Nautilus provided lighting design and A/V system design for the museum, including more than 16 large format interactive video kiosks and an integrated control system.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Ultratec Special Effects has opened a new European distribution facility in Frankfurt for both pyro and special effects products. The office will serve as the central distribution hub for Europe. A service depot will soon be set up to repair equipment in the European market.
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PRG’s Best Boy Spotlights Evita on Broadway
NEW YORK — Production Resource Group’s new Best Boy 4000 Spot luminaire is making its Broadway debut on the Tony-nominated revival of Evita as part of a broader package of gear provided by PRG. LD Neil Austin said he chose the Best Boy for its brightness, low power draw and much lower noise as compared to other spot fixtures. Evita is playing at the Marquis Theatre.
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Colour Sound Goes Leftfield for War Child Gig
LONDON, UK – Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) renewed its long standing working relationship with one of the UK’s best loved dance artists, Leftfield, who headlined a recent War Child benefit gig at London’s Brixton Academy. Chris Steel, who has worked with the band since 2010, programmed and operated the lighting.
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Coachella Lights California Desert with LumenRadio CRMX Nova
INDIO, CA – This year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival event experience was enhanced by the dramatic lighting of the festival grounds, made possible with LumenRadio’s CRMX Nova wireless control, installed by Felix Lighting. Two LumenRadio TX2 RDM transmitters controlled three DMX universes of 20 SyncroLite 7K searchlights and 260 ColorKinetics ColorBlaze fixtures. Seventeen LumenRadio receivers were placed on remote lighting towers up to three-quarters of a mile from the control center.
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Derby University Extends Investment in Chroma-Q
DERBY, UK – The University of Derby has recently purchased a quantity of Chroma-Q Color Force 12 LED fixtures and Chroma-Q Universal color changers for students to learn on in the course of Sound, Light and Live Event Technology. Students enrolled in the course produce events in various venues around the region, so the department was keen to use LED technology for flexibility and energy issues.
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Madame Tussauds Installs Brickblaster Pro LED Fixtures
LAS VEGAS – For the redesign of the lobby and entryway at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas, LD Herrick Goldman selected the Brickblaster Pro RGBW and WWCW. The compact size of the Brickblaster Pro allowed the fixtures to fit into hidden alcoves throughout the lobby, while track mounted fixtures were used in the main hallway, which has a low ceiling height of 8 feet.
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SGM Answers Call of ‘Mayday’ with 90 LED Strobes
DORTMUND, Germany – The 15-hour Mayday techno party at Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle immersed clubbers in an environment created by 90 of SGM’s new X-5 and XC-5 LED strobes. The 50 white lights and 40 RGB strobes, specified by LD Thomas Gerdon and supplied by production company, schoko pro, were in constant action throughout the marathon.
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Clay Paky is ‘Dancing on Ice’ on UK Tour
LONDON – Clay Paky’s lighting fixtures are ‘Dancing on Ice’ at Britain’s biggest arenas this spring as the hit ITV show goes on tour. LD Durham Marenghi, who has designed this show since 2008, has specified Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE and Profile 1500s, Alpha Spot HPE 300s and Alpha Beam 700s to create a dynamic light show for each skater, while a single Sharpy lights the Winners Trophy throughout.
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Prolyte Group Launches Litestructures Website
WAKEFIELD, UK – In the two years since the merger with Prolyte Group, the Litestructures brand has evolved into a special projects division of the Group. It now has its own website. Prolyte Group’s website will continue to provide information about the company’s other brands: ProlyteStructures, StageDex, ProLyft and the Litestructures standard trussing.
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Spectacle and Tributes Take Center Stage at 2012 Billboard Music Awards
LAS VEGAS — Airing live on ABC shortly after the natural light show outside — a partial solar eclipse — the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, staged at the MGM Grand Arena May 20 and supported by PRG, featured design flourishes in lighting and video that animated the set and a visual circus of performances. There were also musical and silent tributes for Whitney Houston, Adam Yauch, Donna Summer and Robin Gibb.
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