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TMS Opts for PROTEUS Protection for Hangout Fest on Alabama Gulf Coast

Production company TMS chose to go with the proven IP protection of Elation’s PROTEUS line of multi-environmental luminaires for the Shoreline Stage at this year’s Hangout Fest held on Alabama’s southern Gulf Coast. With summer heat, frequent thunderstorms and a windy salt-spray setting to deal with, TMS sought robust durability and weather-resistant performance of IP rated luminaires.

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Voting is Now Open for the Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year Award!

From now until October 4, 2024, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies on the ballot down to just six, who will then appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot. Be sure to vote today!

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Solotech Powers Adele’s GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® Largest Temporary Outdoor LED Screen

Adele’s highly anticipated residency in Munich, Germany, has not only pushed the boundaries of live entertainment but has also officially broken records. Solotech is proud to have been the official video supplier for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® achievement of the Largest Continuous Outdoor LED Screen (temporary), a groundbreaking feat in live event production. 

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Sooner Routhier Debuts PROTEUS ATLAS On Coldplay’s “Music of the Spheres” Tour

Award-winning lighting designer Sooner Routhier has been working with Coldplay since 2019 and, keeping with the effort of Coldplay’s in ushering in a new era of sustainable touring, she chose to light the band’s “Music of the Spheres” world tour using greener, more eco-friendly fixtures. The lighting vendor for the tour is a long-time partner, Upstaging.   

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Claypaky Fixtures Shine on the Main Stage at Germany’s Airbeat One Festival for EDM Fans

For more than 20 years, the Airbeat One Festival has entertained fans with the harder side of electronic music with an event that features cutting-edge stage design, epic light shows and leading international DJs.  Airbeat One 2024 was recently held where Lighting Designer Christopher Rostalski, CEO of CR Lichtdesign, used 130 Claypaky Tambora Linear 100 LED pixel-mapping bars for versatile lighting effects and artistic set decoration.  

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Cameo ORON® H2 at the Open Beatz Festival

Open Beatz is the largest open-air festival for electronic music in southern Germany. 2024 performers included Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Felix Jaehn, Lilly Palmer, and many more. Eventures GmbH was responsible for the lighting, sound, and video equipment on the three largest stages. Lighting Designer Tobias Reinartz (visualprime) worked with the new Cameo ORON® H2 Hybrid Phosphor Laser Moving Heads for the first time.

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CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M Supercharges I Prevail, Halestorm Co-Headline Tour

The I Prevail-Halestorm co-headline 24-city summer tour wowed fans with a dynamic design by Chris Denholm that featured 40 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M motorized strobe-washes from PGP. Denholm worked with Mathias “Mathes” Kuhn, who designed the Halestorm floor package and co-programed their show with Rodger Pugh. Other collaborators included Anthony Tran, who did most of the video edits; and Jeff Maker, the LD for I Prevail.

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Concept K Lights Solidays Main Stage with 100 Elation SŌL I Blinders

Creative design practice Concept K employed 100 Elation SŌL I Blinders at the Solidays Festival in Paris at the end of June, one of the first uses in Europe of the creative blinder and effect light. Lighting supply was by Dushow, a festival provider for many years, with lighting design by Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard of Concept K. 

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