DWP Live, a leading event technology company, announced they have been selected to provide technical support and equipment for the Nashville Zoo’s Night Visions – A Wild Display of Light and Sound, an after-hours event that showcases projection lights, vibrant imagery, and sound through an immersive celebration of art and nature. DWP Live leveraged Epson Pro Series laser projectors to create lifelike images with outstanding brightness and vivid color throughout the landscape.Read More »DWP Live Leverages Epson Projectors to Create Immersive ‘Night Visions’ at Nashville Zoo
Athletic competition thrives on the element of surprise. The race won by a dark horse that comes out of nowhere; the victory achieved against all odds by an unlikely hero; and similar turns of events all etch themselves in the memories of fans as some of the greatest moments in sports. Volleyball fans at the Euromillions Cup Finals in Antwerp, Belgium witnessed such moments this year, as underdog Caruur Volley GENT, which had never been in the finals before, upset perennial power Lindemans AALST 3-1. The results were just as startling in the women’s division where heavily favored VDK Bank GENT Damesvolley, which had not lost a single game in Belgium this season, was upended by VC OUDEGEM.Read More »AB Sound Creates Immersive Fan Experience at the Euromillions Cup Finals with Chauvet Professional
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
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.
Ayrton’s new Zonda 9 Wash and Zonda 9 FX are the first luminaires in a new family of products devised for stage lighting. Equipped with a high-performance 40W LED source with RGB+W additive color synthesis, these new products fit into Ayrton’s Multi Sources 9 Series category. Follow the link to see a video preview.
Ghost from Sweden and Volbeat from Denmark co-headlined a U.S. tour lit, respectively, by LDs Erich Bertti and Niels Bjerregaard. Premier Global Productions provided a rig centered on Robe moving lights including MegaPointes, Spiiders, and BMFL Spots.
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
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