NASHVILLE – With another packed festival season on the horizon, Bandit Lites has recently expanded its production inventory with a purchase of Iluminarc Ilumipanel 180 IP fixtures. The rugged exterior light is ideal for providing colorful washes on the massive scrims at outdoor stages in addition to giving vibrant looks during performances that take place during the day in bright sunlight to crowds that stretch out to the thousands.
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PLANO, TX — “The Boardwalk,” a new development in a 90-acre multi-use commercial complex in Plano, TX’s fast-growing Granite Park area, opened with new restaurant, patio and office space totaling close to 29,000 square feet. The development is also luring visitors with a decorative lighting design that includes 1,000 feet of FloppyFlex LED neon. Dallas-based Hossley Lighting Associates and Studio e Lighting Design completed the project, using five reels of FloppyFlex’s large dome, 4000K white product, offering visitors a variety of dynamic looks.
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NEW YORK— Blue Man Group is teaming up with Autism Speaks for the third consecutive year and will be hosting autism-friendly performances suitable for individuals and families affected by autism in New York, Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago and Orlando. In its fourth year working with Autism Speaks, Blue Man Group Chicago will also add a second autism-friendly performance to accommodate growing demand.
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NEW YORK — Michael Stiller of upLight is using Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by Squeek Lights for the U.S. tour of Rocktopia, a show that gives orchestral classics a hard rock edge and adds a symphonic touch to classic rock tunes. The rig includes Rogue, Maverick and other fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — The Red Hot Chili Peppers, now touring in support of their latest album release, The Getaway, have an impressive visual design that incorporates the synchronized rise and fall of 1,040 LED cylinders on Tait Nano Winches. Gear from Whirlwind is also playing a key role powering the show, the company noted recently, citing the band’s use of its PowerLink Stringers and other gear (multi-pair cable routing, MultiSelectors and Bomb pedal) used for the shows.
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RICHARDSON, TX — Bobby Dennis, technical director at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, TX, near Dallas, oversaw an upgrade to the lighting rig that replaced its old scrollers with 14 COLORado Batten 72 Tour fixtures, six COLORdash Par-Quad 18s, and six COLORado 1-Quad Zoom Tours, all in time for the church’s 2017 Easter services. He plans to add two more Par-Quad 18s and two more 1-Quad Zoom Tours by summer.
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NAPERVILLE, IL — Lighting designer Justin Litterio used Elation’s ACL 360 Bars for two of Calvary Church’s recent NXT Breakaway events. These events are annual winter weekend youth group retreats with activities, competitions, worship and music. Litterio used the rotating LED color-changing batten for NXT events in Lake Geneva, WI (Jan. 14-16) and Carlinville, IL (Feb. 18-20).
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NASHVILLE — New York-based indie-pop band, Misterwives, hit the road for an arena tour as the main support for Panic! at the Disco. The six-piece band is known for its colorful and vibrant performances and has been gaining popularity for several years. Cour Design was tasked with creating the lighting design for the tour and turned to 4Wall Nashville for the gear.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Guitarist and mandolinist Andy Wood recently wrapped a special performance at the historic Bijou Theatre with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The special, one night only show was recorded and featured guest performances by fiddler Brian Arrowood, singer-songwriter Kendra Chantelle, bassist Todd Parks, musician Travis Toy and Ben Lacy. LD Alex Becker used Bandit-supplied Vari-Lite VL2500s, Martin Atomic Strobes, GRNLite Moving Washes, GRNLite pars and Source Four Lekos for the show.
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SUNRISE, FL – Panic! At The Disco’s tour in support of the band’s Death of a Bachelor album wrapped up with an April 15 show at BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL. The two-month tour, which began with a Feb. 24 show in Uncasville, CT, was lit with Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures, with a grandMA2 full-size console along for the ride. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the Claypaky and MA Lighting brands in North America.
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MESA, AZ – For a Phoenix-area homecoming show featuring Simply Three, a three-piece string band that plays a diverse range of music, Erik Parker of Chris Lisle Lighting Design used Chauvet Professional Maverick and Rogue fixtures supplied by Creative BackStage.
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GREEN BAY, WI – LD Ignacio “Iggy” Rosenberg’s design for Tesla’s 2017 shows centers on Elation fixtures, including Platinum FLX™ hybrid moving heads, ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels and Protron 3K Color™ strobes. “This was a great tour to understand the concept of providing something that was inexpensive, but not cheap,” Iggy noted.
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