The Floodgates Creak Open
When we first heard that Toby Keith was fixing to open the floodgates to live concerts, we were all in. After a warm-up date out… Read More »The Floodgates Creak Open
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New Products – June 2021
In the June 2021 issue of PLSN Magazine, the following products are featured: Altman Hydra Series Blizzard Hemisphere Chauvet Professional Ovation Rêve E-3 Elation Professional… Read More »New Products – June 2021
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Toby Keith’s ‘Country Comes to Town’ Tour
Toby Keith was first out of the concert touring chute, taking a bull named Corona by the horns and thrilling a crowd of 10,000 in Sioux Falls, SD — including PLSN editor Nook Schoenfeld, who drove down from Minnesota to catch the show.
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Lighting the End of the Tunnel for Six60 in New Zealand
New Zealand’s success with effective testing and contact tracing freed Ben Dalgleish of the need to spend much time thinking about viral safety protocols for Six60’s April 24 concert for 50,000 in Auckland. Instead, his full attention went to making the very first concert in Eden Park, the country’s national stadium, a night to remember.
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Triller Fight Club
Triller Fight Club, a four-hour PPV combo of boxing and music, took place in a ring and adjacent staging erected on the field of Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium, with performances by Justin Bieber, The Black Keys, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Diplo, Major Lazer, and Snoop Dogg’s new group, Mount Westmore. Debi Moen has the scoop from LD Tom Kenny.
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Whole World Web Show: A Whole New Comedy Stream
First, Covid made Music Matters Productions’ Aaron Soriero turn warehouse space into a livestream studio. Then, with an assist from Michael Smalley, MMR started replacing comedy’s static backdrops with dynamic XR imagery. The technology is opening up new realms of comic creativity.
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Global Citizen’s ‘Vax Live’ – A Concert for Our Times
Global Citizen’s Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, was staged May 2 at the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. More than 27,000 vaccinated frontline workers attended the taping, and viewers from more than 100 countries saw the show on May 8, contributing over $300 million in vaccine funding.
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Tom Field Associates – A Pioneer in Concert Touring
Tom Field Associates backed epic rock tours for everyone from the Stones to Springsteen — and a festival you may have heard of called Woodstock. But Tom Field is even prouder of the many innovators who used his company as a springboard to shape the live music industry as we know it today.
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John “JD” Daniels, TV Lighting Designer
Michael S. Eddy chats with TV lighting designer John “JD” Daniels, with credits that include the Billboard Latin Music Awards and the Latin American Music Awards shows.
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Solotech Expands U.S. Operations While Preparing for a Return to Touring
Solotech CEO Martin Tremblay made a bold move during an uncertain time to acquire Morris Light & Sound. The Canadian company is now poised to make a significant expansion in its U.S. operations, including a new 130,000-square-foot facility in Antioch, TN, near Nashville.
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Projectors
Need a projector that can blast 56,000 lumens across a 90-foot-wide screen? Or maybe something better suited to a modest board meeting or classroom? Here are some options.
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Ayrton Eurus
Nook Schoenfeld checks out the compact, feature-packed Ayrton Eurus.
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