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BAHAMAS—Back for their second year, Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) lit the 5th annual Eleuthera… All That Jazz festival that takes place on the out-island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. The five-day festival, which performs all over the island in various locales, showcases Bahamian musicians as well as hosting prestigious international jazz musicians and promotes Eleuthera as a cultural tourist location.

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PHOENIX – Video West recently upgraded their lighting inventory to include 60 Martin MAC Viper Performances. Video West president Jack Waitkus opted to invest in the fixture for its compact size, performance and versatility.

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NUERBURG, Germany – The Rock am Ring festival at the Nuernburgring race track, a three-day festival held June 2-4 featuring headliners Rammstein, Die Toten Hosen, and System of a Down, was cut short by authorities on Friday, June 2 due to concerns of a possible terror threat before Rammstein could take the stage.

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NASHVILLE  – Summer is off to a full swing, with massive tours hitting the road, meaning Bandit Lites has again invested in increasing its already expansive touring inventory, this time purchasing Robe PATT 2013 fixtures. While harkening back to vintage, broadcast lighting looks, the elegant design of the Robe PATT 2013 provides a new element of mood and stage lighting, all the while considering the need for lighting designers to utilize fixtures that will not only meet the booming retro-style trend, but also provide warm tungsten eye-candy looks.

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LOS ANGELES – TMB’s ProPlex Cat5e portable cable reached a significant milestone last month when total sales of the flagship product in the ProPlex data cable range, since its introduction at the turn of the century, reached 15 million feet. At more than 2,840 miles, that’s enough cable to stretch from Los Angeles to New York.

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[caption id="attachment_277077" align="alignnone" width="800"]Eric Church using Strike 1 fixtures[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – Eric Church’s Holdin’ My Own tour features an immersive lighting design from LD Butch Allen that makes use of 63 Chauvet Professional STRIKE 1 fixtures. Allen, of Blame Funnel Creative, spec’ed the multi formatted STRIKE 1 units from Christie Lites and uses them in lieu of house lights to set an emotional tone for Church’s deeply personal tour.

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ORLANDO – Visitors to this year’s InfoComm – America’s largest tradeshow for AV solutions – can expect an exceptional line-up of exciting new lighting innovations from Elation Professional. Held June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Elation Booth 7345/7243 will feature a number of unique innovations like the Artiste DaVinci™, a full-featured, high-output theatrical-grade LED moving head spot luminaire with a host of color and graphics possibilities for the creative LD.

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[caption id="attachment_277065" align="alignnone" width="800"]Alice gets the band and Bandit back together[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Fans of rock legend Alice Cooper know there are some aspects to his live shows that they can expect, including a macabre performance of horror theatrics; however, following Alice Cooper’s customary execution via guillotine at his most recent Nashville concert, fans were treated to something rarely seen since 1975. The stage went dark, and the original band, including bassist Dennis Dunaway, guitarist Michael Bruce and drummer Neal Smith reunited with Alice for five classic songs, including “Billion Dollar Babies” and “I’m Eighteen.”

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[caption id="attachment_277062" align="alignnone" width="800"]Indy 500 gets an assist from Chauvet[/caption]

INDIANAPOLIS – Long before the cry “Drivers Start Your Engines” marked the start of the 101st Indianapolis 500 at 12:14 pm on Sunday May 28, over 30,000 EDM fans at the iconic speedway were already racing through some slick bangers at “The Snake Pit Presented By Coors Light.” Held on the track’s infield at Turn 3, this one-day festival within an auto race kicked off at 7 am and kept going until the checkered flag was waved track side. Accenting the performances from the likes of Zedd, Marshmello, and Adventure Club at this year’s event was a Collyns Stenzel designed light and video show that relied on CHAUVET Professional COLORado fixtures to help it stand out against the Indiana sun.

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[caption id="attachment_277057" align="alignnone" width="800"]Wiz Khalifa plats Okeechobie Fest[/caption]

OKEECHOBEE, FL – Zenith Lighting recently deployed three separate and distinct rigs comprised of Martin fixtures at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival. Held on a 500-acre farm known as Sunshine Grove, the festival featured major headlining artists such as Kings Of Leon, Usher & The Roots, Bassnectar, The Lumineers, Flume, Wiz Khalifa, Pretty Lights and more.

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[caption id="attachment_277041" align="alignnone" width="800"]Jonathan Smeeton[/caption]

ANAHEIM, CA – The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that concert visualist Jonathan Smeeton will receive the 2018 Parnelli Visionary Award. Smeeton is a founding pioneering of the psychedelic light show, one of the first if not the first to take lights out with a touring band, and through his work and lectures continues to be one of the most influential lighting designers in live event history.

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