Tours & TV Shoots Spring Forth
Find out who’s working on what projects as Debi Moen shares the scope on SZA’s S.O.S., Hayley Kiyoko, Brit Floyd, Billy Idol, and the CMT Music Awards in Austin, among other gigs.
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Spring Tours Launch, More Preparing for Liftoff
Rodgers, Eckerman, Morse, Stuba, Reiff, Normandale, Cromwell, Ealy, Routhier, Takahashi, and Schultz are but a few of the names Debi Moen caught up with this month in a column packed with all the latest gigs people are working on as touring takes off for 2023.
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Reflections on Touring with Jeff Beck
After British rock guitarist Jeff Beck died unexpectedly on Jan. 10, 2023, Debi Moen touched base with three lighting professionals, David “Gurn” Kaniski, Michael Keller, and Chris Stuba, who were all involved with Beck’s last tour. They share their thoughts with Designer Watch about working with the rock legend.
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Wrapping Up the Holidays, Ringing in 2023
Debi Moen rings in the New Year of 2023 checking in on who is doing what for a range of shows, from New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash on CBS to Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party on NBC as well as for Pentatonix; The Revivalists; Widespread Panic; and Brandi Carlile, among others.
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Holiday Shows Add Sparkle to the Season
The holiday spirit is on the road with Mannheim Steamroller, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The iHeart Radio Jingle Ball, Rockefeller Center’s Plaza, Martina McBride’s The Joy of Christmas and Dave Koz & Friends 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour. Debi Moen lets us know who is doing what and how they are adding sparkle to the season.
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‘Fancy Like’ Set, Woolworth’s ‘Shiners,’ Pen’s Plan, Positive Yes
Debi Moen caught up this month with Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves (Walker Hayes), Peter Morse (Shiners), AJ Pen and Jeff Farrow (Josh Groban), Donald Weeks (Yes) and more.
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Designer Watch: Lighting Tricks with Ghost, ‘Harryween,’ Pumpkins, Mummies, and ‘Weird Al’
Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with a seasonal look at the fall and Halloween designs and productions from LD Erich Bertti; LD Thom Roberts; Silent House Studios; LD Vince Foster; Production Designer Michael Brown; Co-Lighting Designer Matthew Greer and Production/Lighting Designer Ed Warren, among others.
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Building Bridges, Shining on Shins, Light & Shadows and More
Debi Moen checks in with designers on some current tours, including Leon Bridges, Jr., The Shins, Panic! at the Disco, Tori Amos, Incubus and more.
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Summer Stadium Tour Roundup
Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with updates on LD David “Gig” Butzler (Garth Brooks); Production Designer Andy Ruiz (Grupo Firme); LDs Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe, and Production Designer Florian Wieder (Rammstein), Joel Wojcik (Train); Justin Collie (Nimblist) and Production Designer Es Devlin and LD Jason Baeri (The Weeknd).
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Stevie Nicks, Plant & Krauss, Hare’s Dream Job and More
Debi Moen has the latest news on how designers in our industry are keeping busy. She has info from Travis Shirley (Stevie Nicks), Brent Clark (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies and Stereophonics), David Hare (Six Flags), Victor Fable (live corporate gigs), Paul Guthrie (Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town) and more.
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Year of the Cat, Stones, Coldplay, Sheeran, Il Divo, More
Cat West, well-known for her programming skills and instructional courses, designs lighting as well. A career highlight in April was serving as lighting designer for… Read More »Year of the Cat, Stones, Coldplay, Sheeran, Il Divo, More
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