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While 2017 was certainly a banner year for RCA Records Nashville recording artist Chris Young, with his seventh studio album Losing Sleep debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and his induction into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry, the Grammy-nominated artist has kicked off the new year with a massive sold-out arena headlining tour.

LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional announced that it is acquiring the M-Series range of entertainment lighting controllers from Harman Professional Denmark ApS, formerly Martin Professional ApS. The asset-based acquisition, to be completed before the end of Q1 2018, will include a limited-term license agreement to distribute current controller products using the name “M-Series.” Elation said it will also provide continued technical support and warranty service for prior Martin M-Series sales.

VANCOUVER, BC – For Katy Perry’s first string of North American show dates on her 2018 Witness tour, Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen got things started as the opening act, and LD Charles Ford’s challenge was creating a design in the space, or “iris,” of Perry’s cat-eye shaped set. His solution came in the form of 14 High End Systems HEX fixtures for the shows, which ran from Jan. 5-Feb. 6, 2018. Hanging eight HEX vertically in trusses and another six HEX on the floor positioned horizontally, Ford’s flexible rig gave the illusion of having more fixtures.

LOS ANGELES – The main event at Staples Center on Feb. 17 was the NBA All-Star game. But the night before, one of the hottest tickets in town was the invitation-only Budweiser Live event held at the new City Market Social House. That event, featuring performances from T-Pain, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and MadeinTYO, was lit with more than 400 fixtures from Chauvet Professional. LD Justin Preston supplemented his own permanent design for the venue with a carefully chosen ground package for the event. Kinetic Lighting provided gear.

A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies, is pleased to announce the release of Follow-Me Lite, a remote follow spot control system at USITT, March 15-17, 2018 at the Broward Country Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

On March 15th when USITT opens the Stage Expo show doors inside the Broward County Convention Center, Altman Lighting will be on-hand to showcase their theatrical and architectural lighting innovations.

The Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated musical film The Greatest Showman produced a live 2-minute ad in December of 2017. The first-ever live commercial for a feature film aired during Fox’s airing of the musical A Christmas Story Live

City Theatrical will be demonstrating new technology in Booth 231 at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo 2018 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from March 15 – 17, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, AR – For Miranda Lambert’s “Livin’ Like Hippies” tour, production designer Paul “Arlo” Guthrie created custom video content featured on five prominent vertical LED screens. But while these rectilinear forms serve as a key focal point, other show elements soften the rigid look of the five displays. Along with a soft goods backdrop, the show looks include the warm white glow of 40 Chauvet Professional Strike 4 fixtures, part of the rig supplied by Upstaging.

High End Systems announces that the 2018 HogFactor USA competition is in full swing, with over 20 collegiate teams already registered to participate in Phase One.