Robe Enters Another Lifetime with Guns ‘n’ Roses
Guns ‘n’ Roses ‘Not In This Lifetime’ tour continues to steam its way around the world two years after kicking off
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PLSN/FOH/Parnelli Golf Classic Set for Oct. 18, 2018
LAS VEGAS – Old pros and golfing newbies are invited to tee up at the 2018 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic, set for Oct. 18 at the Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas this fall. It’s a great way to meet and network with the current leaders of our industry. The three teams with the lowest scores will be awarded trophies, and the one team with the highest score won’t go home empty-handed either. As per tradition, they’ll get tennis or badminton racquets.
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LD Matt Waterfield Designs Erasure’s “World Be Gone” Tour with ChamSys
AUSTIN, TX – The 32-city North American leg of Erasure’s World Be Gone tour features a design by LD Matt Waterfield. He puts close to 230 fixtures supplied by Christie Lites through their paces, using a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 with a MagicQ Extra Wing for control. On the 10-universe World Be Gone tour, Waterfield is flying most of his fixtures on midstage and upstage truss, using them for down lighting and specials.
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Dave Matthews Band 2018 Tour with Elation Chorus Line
The Dave Matthews Band is digging deep in their catalog to serve up some old school favorites
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ETCP Announces Changes To Portable Power Distribution Technician Eligibility Requirements
NYC – After an extensive survey of stakeholders, employers, and subject matter experts, it was determined that candidates could acquire the foundational knowledge and skills… Read More »ETCP Announces Changes To Portable Power Distribution Technician Eligibility Requirements
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Bandit Lites And Lumina Design Light Up Chic 2018
Thousands of students descended on the University of Tennessee for CHIC, a five day centering on worship, transformation and fun
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Hometown Hero Nominations Now Open!
LAS VEGAS – Each year, PLSN honors regional lighting production companies with our Hometown Heroes awards, honoring top regional lighting production companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. Nominations are now open! We invite you to let us know who you think is worthy of stepping up to the podium at the next Parnelli Awards to be honored as Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year.
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HES SolaFrame 750s Color the Rainbow Kitten Surprise Tour
OMAHA, NE – Indie pop/folk rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise are touring with High End Systems’ SolaFrame 750s as the focal point of their production. Described as Kings of Leon meets Modest Mouse, the North Carolina band is selling out venues on their 2018 tour, “How to: Friend, Love, Freefall.” Cour Design’s Erik Anderson and Gordon Droitcour of Nashville designed the show, specifying the SolaFrame 750 LED automated fixtures from tour vendor 4Wall Entertainment for its wide range of features in a compact unit.
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Slightly Stoopid Is Out For The Summer With Bandit Lites
American rock band Slightly Stoopid is bringing the party to the people with their “Schools Out for Summer Tour”
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Sponsors Embrace Second Year of Parnelli Awards at NAMM
ANAHEIM, CA – With a 7.6 gain in attendees (to 115,085), a nine percent rise in exhibitors (to 1,931) and the first-ever Parnelli Awards ceremony held during the event, 2018 was a banner year for the NAMM Show. And with solid support from both new and returning Parnelli Awards sponsors, the 18th annual Parnelli gala, set for Jan. 25, 2019, is shaping up to further establish the new tradition of the Parnelli Awards staged during NAMM.
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CHAUVET Professional 5th Annual Student Lighting Showcase Creates Learning Experience
The Montalbán hosted the CHAUVET Professional Student Lighting Showcase.
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Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Guilty to Additional Charges for Bogus Ticket Sales
NEW YORK — Billy McFarland’s Fyre Festival, originally set up as a two-weekend event in the Bahamas in late April and early May 2017, ended up costing 80 investors close to $26 million. After pleaded guilty to related fraud charges in March, McFarland, who faced up to 40 years in prison, was expected to get between eight and 10 years in a plea deal. But wait, there’s more.
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