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Industry Celebrates Life and Legacy of Stephen Gudis

Industry Celebrates Life and Legacy of Stephen Gudis

During his too-short life, Stephen Gudis amassed a long list of job titles including music promoter, production manager, tour manager, stage manager, and road manager for live concerts and TV shows. He was also a long-time member of the Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors and a stage manager for the gala for over a decade. While he passed suddenly back on Jan. 6, 2020, friends, family, and admirers finally got the opportunity for an in-person celebration of his life and legacy. The event was held April 8 at, appropriately, at the Country Music Association Theater in Nashville.Read More »Industry Celebrates Life and Legacy of Stephen Gudis

GLP Fixtures Out in Force on Idles’ UK Tour

LD Ed Warren called on a range of GLP products for Idles’ latest UK tour. The itinerary included a number of O2 Academy-sized venues, including multiple nights at the larger capacity Brixton Academy, Victoria Warehouse Manchester, and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. There, the basic house rig/floor package expanded with a full production show including 20 GLP JDC Line 500, 28 X4 Bar 20s, and 18 JDC1 hybrid strobes on the floor.

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ADJ Prepares To Unveil Host of New Lighting Products in Frankfurt

Following two years of postponement due to the worldwide pandemic, Europe’s largest exhibition for the professional lighting and audio industry is set to return this month to Frankfurt, Germany. The ADJ team is looking forward to reunite with customers and industry colleagues at the show, as well as use it to introduce a host of brand new products. On display for the very first time will be two new moving head luminaires, alongside a range of new LED-powered wash fixtures.Read More »ADJ Prepares To Unveil Host of New Lighting Products in Frankfurt

Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Upgrades all Main Venues to Vari-Lite and Strand

The AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas has invested in Vari-Lite and Strand luminaires from Signify in five of its main spaces to transform their lighting and reduce power consumption. The $360 million multi-venue Center upgraded its fixtures with more than 200 Vari-Lite and Strand products.Read More »Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Upgrades all Main Venues to Vari-Lite and Strand

Brompton Technology Helps Deliver Usher’s Supreme Las Vegas Residency Experience

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The eight-time Grammy Award-winner and R&B superstar Usher Raymond IV recently headlined a Las Vegas residency, delivering his fans an extraordinary immersive performance and “an Usher experience like they’ve never seen or heard before”. Opened at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 16, 2021, Usher delivered 12 shows in total – eight in July, three in December, and a final event on January 1, 2022. BrainHub and LMG Touring & Entertainment, both part of Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP), worked closely together and with the production team, including Production Designer, Paul Tate DePoo III and Video Design firm FragmentNine’s Jackson Gallagher, to design a larger-than-life experience featuring more than 500 moving lights, creative LED, and video solutions. [PLSN covered the Usher Residency in the November, 2021 issue. You can read that story here.]Read More »Brompton Technology Helps Deliver Usher’s Supreme Las Vegas Residency Experience

Green Hippo and tvONE Launch the CONECT Control Competition

tvONE and Green Hippo are launching a competition to highlight excellence in control system design using their range of products. tvONE is looking for programmers, operators and designers who have mastered video manipulation using Green Hippo’s Hippotizer range of Media Servers, or harnessed the power of tvONE’s CORIOmaster family of video processors.Read More »Green Hippo and tvONE Launch the CONECT Control Competition

Chris Patton joins Christie Lites as VP of Rentals

Chris Patton joins Christie Lites as VP Rentals

Christie Lites, global provider of stage lighting services and technical expertise, has welcomed Chris Patton as its VP Rentals. Patton’s new role comes as part of a wider expansion of the Christie Lites management team, bringing increased focus to both client and rep support. To that end Patton will join Ken Alexander, Senior VP Rentals, to lead, develop, and support the Christie Lites Rental Rep Team.Read More »Chris Patton joins Christie Lites as VP of Rentals