Be sure to visit the Behind the Scenes booth #2551 at LDI to learn about all the tools and resources available through our Mental Health Initiative and to stock up on industry-themed holiday cards and decorations.Read More »Mental Health Tools and Resources from Behind the Scenes at LDI 2022
“Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey,” Jon Bon Jovi once said. His fellow Garden State rocker, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon, would likely… Read More »Squeek Lights and Chauvet Professional Help Matt Bodner Create Jersey Aura for The Gaslight Anthem
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A festival celebrating the earliest form of aviation was complemented by the very latest in aviation technology, when drone show specialist Verge Aero flew a series of spectacular light shows for the 50th anniversary Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (AIBF) in New Mexico.Read More »Verge Aero Dazzles at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta
Obsidian Control Systems is excited to be returning to the LDI show in Las Vegas November 18-20 and invites designers, programmers, and operators to Booth #1142 to sample a host of new releases that includes several new lighting control products under the ONYX™ lighting control platform.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight Portable, Modular NX1™ Lighting Console at LDI 2022
Join ETC on November 10, 2022, for their latest launch event. The event kicks off at 10:00 a.m. CST on YouTube Premier and promises to reveal not one, but two new families of fixtures for entertainment applications. You can find additional information and sign up for event reminders at etcconnect.com/ETC Launch
On November 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CST, you can watch the ETC Launch Event here:
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The 11th Annual Touring Career Workshop (TCW) at Nashville’s SoundCheck rehearsal studios attracted 350 attendees who gathered to participate in workshops and hear from top… Read More »11th Annual Touring Career Workshop Attracts 350 Attendees to Nashville Event
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U.S. rockers Panic! at the Disco kickstarted their highly anticipated Viva Las Vengeance arena tour at Austin, TX’s Moody Center in September, with a ’70s and ’80s rock-influenced high-octane show. Conjuring up rich colors and sharp beams were 128 VL2600 PROFILE luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originator of the modern moving head and a Signify entertainment lighting brand.Read More »Huge Vari-Lite VL2600 Rig Invokes Vintage Rock Glamour for Panic! at the Disco
Fans didn’t stay in their seats for long when Breaking Benjamin took the stage on their recent tour with Alice In Chains. The multi-platinum rockers from Pennsylvania opened their show with a bang, or make that a blaze, when they appeared against an intense pyro display and broke into a full throttled rendition of “Blow Me Away,” their thunderous and menacing hit from Halo 2.Read More »Tyler Veneziano Creates Beefy Background for Breaking Benjamin with Help From Chauvet Professional
Astera Titan Tubes provided a great solution for the lighting of a rolling ‘small stage’ scenic truck which was central to the action for the 2022 Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival’s acclaimed production of Alessandro nell’Indie (Alexander in India) by Leonardo Vinci, directed by Max Emmanuel Cancic and lit by David Debrinay from Paris and Lyon, France, based design studio, LJOMA. Three unique performances were staged at the beautiful Margravial Opera House (Markgräfliches Opernhaus), a UNESCO World Heritage site.Read More »Astera Titans for Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival
The voting for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year Award is now open. PLSN readers get to vote for the six top regional lighting companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada. These votes will narrow the field from 36 to six regional winners, who will then appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot for a second round of voting. The winner will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year at the awards ceremony in Anaheim, CA.Read More »Hometown Hero Voting Begins!
Nominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Friday, April 14, 2023, during the NAMM Show. Anyone can now nominate live event professionals and companies who exemplify the best of the best in our industry for a Parnelli Award, the most prestigious award in our industry. The deadline for Parnelli nominations is Dec. 16, 2022, 5 p.m. PST.
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Big concert tours were back in a big way this past summer and The Weeknd’s ambitious “After Hours til Dawn” outing is perhaps the best example. Lighting designer Jason Baeri is using over 450 Elation Proteus Hybrid™ and Proteus Excalibur™ moving head luminaires as workhorse fixtures on the tour, an elaborate, visually striking show that has been selling out major stadiums across North America since July. The first leg of the all-stadium tour kicked off on July 14 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and concludes on November 27 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The tour is also scheduled to visit South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
Read More »More than 450 Proteus Workhorses Light The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours til Dawn’ Stadium Tour