NEW YORK – USITT has approved funding for stage rigging inspections and safety training at no cost for 12 additional schools as part of its Rigging Safety Initiative (RSI). RSI has approved applications from over 100 schools spanning across 25 states since its start in 2011. Schools can apply for the free inspections twice a year, in spring & fall.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — Howard Kaufman, head of artist management firm H.K. Management, which represents Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, Jeff Lynne’s ELO and Chicago, died Jan. 19. He was 79.
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – January kicked off with the reemergence of The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, one of the country’s largest Christian tours. Bandit Lites supplies the lighting package for the evening of music, worship and ministry, which has outpaced other tour attendance for the past four years. This year’s artists include Crowder, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, Sadie Robertson, Andy Mineo, Colton Dixon, Thousand Foot Krutch, Newsong, Tony Nolan, OBB, Sarah Reeves and Steven Malcolm.
ANAHEIM, CA – The past 12 months have seen Chauvet DJ introduce a wide array of new lighting fixtures like the Intimidator Hybrid 140SR, Intimidator Beam 140SR, Freedom Stick Pack and FX Par 9. This string of innovations wasn’t lost on the dealers who sell those products. They helped the company earn “Lighting Line of the Year,” and “DJ Line of the Year” honors in MMR Magazine’s 2016 Dealer’s Choice Awards, presented at Winter NAMM 2017.
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SAN JUAN, P.R. – Since first going on air in 1954, independent television station WAPA-TV (Channel 4) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been a technology leader among broadcast stations in the island country. In 2016, WAPA-TV renovated its broadcast lighting in three of its studios, installing Elation TVL™ series LED lighting systems. Installation of the white light luminaires made WAPA-TV the first broadcast studio in Puerto Rico to transition to LED technology.
LOS ANGELES – Mutemath’s 2016 North American tour featured Solaris SoLED strobes, adding visual depth and intensity to the New Orleans alternative rock band’s stage. Reflecting on a successful 2016, Parnelli “Hometown Hero Lighting Company” Award nominee 44 Designs describes how the SoLED performed on the road. For the better part of a year, SoLEDs worked flawlessly on Mutemath’s headline dates, and co-billed gigs with Twenty One Pilots.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Group One Limited, the U.S. distributor for Avolites, DTS and elektraLite, announced dates and locations for its Winter Lighting Roadshow. It runs from Jan. 23 through Feb. 3 with six stops in or near St. Louis and Springfield, MO along with Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville.
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ST. LOUIS – There is no shortage of theatrics in the annual series of El Monstero concerts that sweeps through America’s mid-section every year like some tornado of light and sound. Formed by members of Stir in 1999, and currently made up of musicians from a variety of different bands, the group pays tribute to Pink Floyd with an immersive concert experience involving upwards of 75 actors that’s as mind bending visually as it is musically.
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LOS ANGELES – The Chainsmokers headlined the second EDM show ever at the Los Angeles Convention Center late last month. The duo surprised the crowd by bringing out the Backstreet Boys for a special performance. This was The Chainsmokers biggest solo show to date, lit by 4Wall Orange County. 4Wall OC was tasked with turning the electronic duo’s creative vision into a reality in a venue that does not have a lot of rigging capabilities.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Tritonal, a duo that includes Austin, TX-based producer/DJs Chad Cisneros and David Reed, has been touring in support of their 2016 album release, Painting With Dreams. Tritonal’s lighting designer, Aaron Kovelman of The Hauss Collective turned to Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions for a visual assist with a show last fall at Echostage in Washington, DC. Angstadt made use of Chauvet Professional’s Nexus panels to complement the stage looks at the event, which also included tungsten looks from Chauvet’s Strike 4 LED fixtures.
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ANAHEIM, CA — ADJ is putting special emphasis on three new products at the 2017 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim this year, starting with the company’s POW-R BAR65, which is designed to make it safer and easier to connect multiple electric devices. ADJ is also putting the spotlight on its Boom Box FX1 and Boom Box FX2 multi-effect fixtures. Each offers four separate lighting effects from a single compact unit.
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