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NASHVILLE  – St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the energetic eight piece rock band from Alabama, is bringing their high-voltage soul sound to cities across the nation with a lighting package designed by Chris Lisle and provided by Bandit Lites. Following the band’s incredible, two-night sold-out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Chris Lisle returned to Bandit Lites to outfit the production with a lighting package that would provide similar punch and dynamic looks while still keeping space and efficiency in the foreground of planning, as this package had to fit in a trailer behind the tour bus.

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PHILADELPHIA – Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, the EDM artists who have been performing as The Chainsmokers, embarked on their first arena tour earlier this year, visiting 36 cities across North America. The multi-faceted show was designed and produced by Miguel Risueno, aka Mike808, and Corey Johnson of Production Club, Los Angeles, with a lighting design from Cory FitzGerald and production management by Clancy Silver.

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BUTLER, OH – The theme of the fourth annual EST Festival, which took place outside Cleveland August 11-13, was “1970 Something,” a tribute to those unruly, hard-driving days when social inhibitions seemed to be falling like bowling pins.  Early Seventies style swagger was out in full force during the two-day festival, as its founder Machine Gun Kelly and other hip-hop heavyweights like Gucci Mane tore things up with some high-powered decibels. There were even some period piece scenic elements dotting the festival grounds for atmosphere, but the Alex Kay lightshow that supported the onstage performances went way beyond anything anyone could ever have imagined back in the day.

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LOS ANGELES  – Country trio Lady Antebellum is spanning the globe on their You Look Good World Tour of arenas and amphitheaters accompanied by Claypaky Mythos2 fixtures and grandMA2 consoles. The multi-Grammy winners just released “Heart Break,” their seventh studio album.  The You Look Good World Tour commenced in Bakersfield, California in May, crosses North America this summer and makes stops in Europe and South Africa before wrapping in October.

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HONOLULU – Eggshell Light Company of Honolulu, who has handled professional lighting needs on the Hawaiian Islands for decades, took delivery of Elation Professional’s new IP65-rated Proteus Hybrid™ multi-functional moving head. Bob Harmon, CEO and President of Eggshell Light Company, commented on the addition of the award-winning hybrid lights to Eggshell’s rental inventory. “We often put moving lights outside for a number of events, always with the caveat that if it rains we have to shut them down. On a few occasions that was indeed the case but now we don’t have to do that thanks to the new Proteus in our rental fleet.”

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MIDDLETON, WI – This summer, Norwegian Cruise Line welcomed the spectacular Norwegian Joy to its fleet. A custom-built ship for the Chinese cruise market, the ship, which measures more than 1,000 feet from bow to stern, promises a luxurious experience for up to 3,850 guests. Along with the first go-kart racetrack at sea, the ship offers multiple bars, restaurants and casinos, a shopping center, a waterpark and a theater. The vessel is also equipped with multiple lighting control desks and an array of lighting fixtures from ETC.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Having established themselves as the production company of choice for multiple international ministries, SES was selected to provide full production support for Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel’s Summit in Washington, DC. Attendees from across the world met at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to experience the powerful two-day event featuring Vice President Mike Pence, who spoke to the 5,000 in attendance. In addition to the Vice President the event also featured the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, (live via satellite) as well as four U.S. Congressman and two Senators.

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PHOENIX – The Dropkick Murphys have been touring in support of their ninth album release, 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory, released earlier this year. Joining the Celtic punk rockers are co-headliners Rancid and LD Cody James, who has been using Chauvet Professional Maverick and Rogue fixtures supplied by JDI Productions. The goal, James said, is to “create a continuous flow of punchy looks for two 90-minute sets.”

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NASHVILLE  – When the team at Nashville’s annual Sideshow Fringe Festival found themselves in need of fast lighting assistance, they turned to the lighting industry’s leader who happened to be located minutes away, Bandit Lites. The Sideshow Fringe Festival celebrates a variety of performing arts, with the two weekends of shows running the gamut of entertainment, from circus acts, dance, performing arts and clowning to improv and storytelling. The event took place at Belmont University’s Black Box Theater.

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NASHVILLE – Chase Rice hit the road this year playing his well-known crowd-pleasing hits along with new songs from his soon to be released album, Lambs & Lions. 4Wall Nashville has a long-standing relationship with Chase Rice and his team and was thrilled to light another tour for the country music star. Planning for the tour commenced in August of 2016. Lighting Designer Chris Lisle rendered a few visual concepts that were presented to Chase, and refined them based on his initial reaction. Chris worked tirelessly to bring about a design that would feel not only personal for the audience, but would connect with Chase’s vision.

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LANCASTER, PA – Capitalizing on a successful inaugural season, Guardian Barrier Services has already started to establish a reputation of excellence by delivering an exceptional freestanding aluminum barrier system that is the reflection of extensive research and development.

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