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[caption id="attachment_276220" align="alignnone" width="431"]SkyDeck view during construction[/caption]

 SANFORD, FL –  The gritty city of Detroit is known for many things. It’s the Motor City, the Arsenal of Democracy, and the birthplace of Motown. It’s home to four major sports franchises: the Tigers (MLB), the Lions (NFL), the Pistons (NBA), and the Red Wings (NHL). It’s the fourth largest city in the Midwest and now, it’s home to the largest SkyDeck™ tension wire grid in the world.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA –  Held over four days in the heart of Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival is a place where movie lovers from around the world can gather to experience classic movies on the big screen. 4Wall LA was on location at some of the world’s most iconic venues to setup red carpets for arrivals, stanchions, crowd control fences, press lighting and signage. 

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WILLIAMSBURG, MA – S. Jeremy Peters loves piloting small FPV drones. There is, he says, “no rush quite like it.” He and his wife Alison Peters wanted to share their passion for drone flying with a wider audience. As owners of SJP Productions, a lighting and projection company experienced working festivals, they were in an excellent position to do so. Hooking up with a local brewery, they created one of the first spectator-oriented drone racing events, complete with festival-like lighting, atmospherics and live video feeds all controlled with a three universe set up built around ChamSys Software.

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WORLDWIDE – MILOS have released a new video to go along with theirr three-month spotlight on MILOS LED Screen Support Structures (1 April – 30… Read More »Spotlight on MILOS LED Screen Support Structures –1st video released

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[caption id="attachment_276185" align="alignnone" width="800"]Backstreet Boys play Vegas residency[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – Backstreet Boys, the enormously successful 90s US boy band, has staged an epic come back 20-years after they released their self-titled debut international album. With a sell-out, 26-date residency in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood’s AXIS Theatre, ER Productions played an integral part in creating a wow factor for the Boys’ Vegas run.

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[caption id="attachment_276179" align="alignnone" width="800"]JoJo out on the Mad Love Tour[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – LD Matt Guminski was called in to design American pop singer-songwriter JoJo’s 2017 Mad Love Tour just a week before the tour launched in February and turned to Elation Professional moving heads and effect lights to light the re-emerging popstar’s show. Touring in support of her Mad Love album which came out last October – her first album release since the mid 2000’s – JoJo is selling out 900-1800 capacity venues at nearly every stop and is clearly on her way back to top star status after charting in 2004 as a 13-year old.

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[caption id="attachment_276173" align="alignnone" width="800"]Hunter Hayes out with Bandit Lites[/caption]

NASHVILLE — Five-time Grammy nominee and multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes is performing this year with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. LD Mike Marcario is lighting the artist with fixtures mounted on pipes arranged in an arc around the stage. The pipes are mounted with GLP X4S, Chauvet Rogue and Philips Nitro 510C fixtures.

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[caption id="attachment_276170" align="alignnone" width="800"]Batare tour gets aid from Chauvet[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – When Brandon Baruch first heard from a friend about Nick Wylie’s plans to produce the Bataré tour, he realized pretty quickly that this innovative show was something he would like to light. “I tend to gravitate towards projects that require an unconventional design approach,” he said. “So when Nick told me the concept of the piece, I was immediately drawn in by the fusion of styles and genres. I was also intrigued to learn there was a narrative arc for the performers, because it speaks to my theatre background as well.”

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PLSN Publisher and NAMM in Strategic Alliance

ANAHEIM, CA — NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Timeless Communications Corp. (TCC), publishers of Projection Lights & Staging News (PLSN), FRONT of HOUSE (FOH) and Stage Directions, have formed a strategic alliance to promote NAMM’s new initiative to better serve the live event production community at its annual trade show in Anaheim. In addition to heavily promoting the event, TCC will be bringing its premier award show for the industry, the Parnelli Awards, to the NAMM show. The Parnelli Awards will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim Hotel.

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[caption id="attachment_276020" align="alignnone" width="648"]Penn and Teller theater gets an upgrade[/caption]

LAS VEGAS — Penn & Teller’s outrageous blend of magic and comedy has remained one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas for over 20 years, and when the production team decided to upgrade the show’s set and scenery, it was also time to invest in new stage lighting technology. Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter specified eight High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500s, purchased through 4Wall, for the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio Hotel.

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LAS VEGAS — Avolites recently helped set and control the scene at the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Awards ceremony held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the event celebrated the best in interactive entertainment in the video gaming industry for 2016.

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