Vince Edwards, longtime Sound Engineer for Sound Image Productions and host of ‘Beyond the Backstage Pass’, died Feb. 6 at age 57. Vince created and moderated ‘The Backstage Pass’ and ‘Death X Load Out’. In March 2000, he started his YouTube channel, ‘Beyond the Backstage Pass’, which celebrated the unsung heroes in backstage production.
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Concert Stuff Group (CSG) is proud to announce its official expansion into the Australian market, bringing along its premier event staging company G2 Structures. Known for delivering world-class live event solutions across North America, CSG is set to redefine the Australian event landscape with cutting-edge production, staging, and structural innovations.
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FragmentNine, led by Jeremy Lechterman, collaborated with Creative Director / Production Designer Jason Ardizzone-West of JAW Studio on the lighting elements of an impressive production design for J-pop singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada’s 2024 tour. The lighting design included large amounts of Robe fixtures.
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The public is buzzing: the Americas Kings and Queens League, a football competition created by former professional footballer Gerard Piqué, is an expansion of the… Read More »MEGA-LITE Lights Up the Americas Kings and Queens League in Mexico City
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On Sunday, February 9, High End Systems’ Zeo fixtures lit up the much-anticipated Halftime Show in New Orleans, supporting the design of Lighting Designer Al Gurdon and his lighting team including Lighting Director, Ben Green; Gaffer Alen Sisul; Moving Light Programmer, Mark Humphrey; and Moving Light Programmer / Lighting Director Eric Marchwinski. The lighting package was supplied by PRG.
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Julius William “Billy” Daves, Jr., 56, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Daves was a 37-year member of IATSE Local 574. He has worked on live music productions, movies, plays, and musicals. His passion was in rigging, and he traveled the world over for the last 20 years, touring as Head Rigger on many productions.
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Here is a timelapse look from setup to load-out of this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show, along with a list of some of the creative and production team for the Feb. 9th Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome.
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Super Bowl LIX took place on February 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where PixMob were delighted to once again deliver a game-changing event that blended sports, culture, and technology for the ultimate fan experience. Having previously worked exclusively on the Halftime Show in recent years, this year PixMob’s mandate was extended to the full game.
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The Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 tradeshow recently wrapped up in Barcelona. This year’s show included many displays of innovation, advancements, and groundbreaking technologies for the AV and systems integration industry. Here is a roundup of the product launches that were introduced at ISE 2025, as well as some recent product launches that made their Europe or ISE debut.
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Apocalyptica, a Finnish trio, are three classically trained musicians who fuse two different worlds, playing metal rock. Lighting Designer Mikki Kunttu has worked with them on a few occasions since 2007, and his design for their current ‘APMB4C Vol 2.’ tour includes an impressive collection of COLORado PXL Curve 12 fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
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Metal rockers, Beartooth, kicked off 2025 with a January 18 homecoming concert at Columbus Ohio’s Schottenstein Center. Immersing the crowd deeper into this experience was a potent lighting and production design from Squeek Lights. Victor Zeiser, Ben Jarrett, and the Squeek team relied on the punching and color rendering power of CHAUVET Professional fixtures to create their compelling panorama.
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A.C. Lighting, a distributor of world-class lighting and rigging technologies, is pleased to announce its partnership with MossLED, who manufactures flexible LED lighting, dimmers, power supplies, and cabling systems in Canada. From its Toronto offices, A.C. Lighting will manage MossLED’s sales, distribution, and service across the U.S.
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