Bay Area Tragedies Cut Lives Short
SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a week after the son of a Cirque du Soleil founder died from a head injury in a backstage lift accident prior to the Nov. 29 production of Luzia in San Francisco, a cluttered warehouse used for a rave event in Oakland lost power and caught fire on Dec. 2, trapping dozens of revelers, many on an elevated loft platform that lacked a reliable stairwell or exit.
Death Toll Climbs in Oakland Rave Fire
OAKLAND, CA — The death toll continues to climb after a tragic fire broke out late on Dec. 2 at a warehouse used for an all-night rave party in Oakland, CA. The structure was being used as an artists’ studio collective and was not permitted for either events or residential use, although there were numerous reports of the building being used for both.
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Dave Koz Brings Holiday Joy with Bandit Lites
NASHVILLE – Saxophonist Dave Koz has embarked on the Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour – Starring Dave Koz, Valerie Simpson, Jonathan Butler, and Kenny Lattimore. The tour features a lighting package designed by Erik Parker of Chris Lisle Lighting Design and provided by Bandit Lites.
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Bass Museum Celebrates Reopening during Art Basel in Miami; LD Jon Antoine Uses Chauvet Professional Fixtures
MIAMI – The Bass Museum celebrated its reopening after an 18-month expansion on Nov. 30 during Miami’s Art Basel event showcasing art from 30 countries around the world. Themed as an Intergalactic Disco, the event included a lighting design by Jon Antoine who included 12 Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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LUXE Creative Helps Propel Pittsburgh’s Thrival Musical Festival to the National Stage
PITTSBURGH, PA – LUXE Creative served as the artistic lighting and production arm for this year’s Thrival Music Festival 2016, providing Creative Direction and Design for the two-day outdoor live music experience. With Creative Direction from LUXE Creative Founder + CEO, Martin Potoczny, the group was able to tell Pittsburgh’s story through a curated live experience. The event featured over 250,000W of lighting fixtures, and over seven miles of cabling for the scenic lighting of the historic site alone.
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Bright Lights, Live Music and Spirit of Unity Accompany Tree Lighting Ceremonies in NYC, DC, Elsewhere
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, DC — It’s been nearly a month since Donald Trump was elected president, and so far, at least, the Mexican government hasn’t financed a wall to keep a disgruntled majority of U.S. voters from entering their country. Instead, starting with Barack Obama’s immediate olive-branch invitation of Trump to the White House, and continuing with Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at the White House and New York’s Rockefeller Center, the news cycle in late November shifted from political rants and protests to families pledging to refrain from politics at holiday gatherings.
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Shinedown Takes Bandit Lites On The Road
NASHVILLE – Hard rock band Shinedown is out on tour run with a striking lighting package provided by long time vendor Bandit Lites and designed by Sooner Routhier. With more than 10 million albums sold, the band is comprised of vocalist Brent Smith, bassist Eric Bass, drummer Barry Kerch and guitarist Zach Meyers. The band teamed up with Five Finger Death Punch on a co-headline tour across America that is filling arenas.
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iHeartRadio Theater Expands Design Options with Rogue R1 FX-B
NEW YORK — The iHeartRadio Theater in TriBeCa, a 5,500-square-foot, 250-capacity venue, opened as a Clear Channel-owned performance space in 2009 and was rebranded with the iHeartRadio name in 2011. Stephen Wyker, technical director, detailed the lighting setup for the 28-by-18-foot triangular stage, where top acts perform not just for the intimate live audience, but for millions watching from afar. Wyker recently added Chauvet Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures to the rig.
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Desert Trip Music Festival Rocks With Iconic Headliners and grandMA2 Previz and Lighting Control
LOS ANGELES – Indio, California rocked for two long weekends in October with the launch of the mammoth Desert Trip music festival produced by Goldenvoice. The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who played at the Empire Polo Club delighting fans and cementing their legacies as icons of rock history. The team at DMDS7UDIOS, provided all the previz services and systems for the festival’s lighting in addition to Scott Chmielewski being brought on a Director of Programming.
Dopapod Lighting Designer Launches The Light Side Podcast
The first episode of The Light Side, a lighting design podcast, is now available for download. Each month host Luke Stratton (lighting designer and audio engineer for Northeaster jam-rock band Dopapod) will sit down with various lighting designers, directors, and programmers from the live music industry to find out what makes them tick, what tools they use to get the job done, and what life is like on the road
elektraLite’s ML-902 Strikes Big in Round1 Bowling Center Chain
EL SEGUNDO, CA — For Cosmic Bowling night, house lights go dark and the lanes beckon bowlers in an electrifying glow of colored beams, with spinning gobo patterns swirling around the space. To achieve this, Round One Entertainment, owner of the upscale Round1 bowling and amusement center chain, is currently installing elektraLite’s newly released ML-902 LED moving profile spot fixture into all of its US locations to electrify the night.
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