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IEPER, BELGIUM — Hardcore metal can blend harmoniously with green thinking. A case in point is the Ieper Hardcore Fest, Europe’s largest death metal and hardcore punk festival, which attracts fans with a hard stomping lineup that includes the likes of Jello Biafra, UK Subs and Atari Teenage Riot, while at the same time leaving a gentle footprint on the environment. In recognition of its efforts, the festival has won the “Groenevent Award 2015” for greenest festival in Flanders and the “Groene Pluim” award of Ieper.

MIAMI — Pitbull hit the road recently with his “Bad Man” tour in the U.S. which featured a production design by Gabriel Fraboni and Michael Smalley of creative practice Twin Design. Robe’s BFML Spots played a central role in the production, with 46 of the fixtures serving as the main profile fixtures.

NEW YORK – ETCP, which launched the new Portable Power Distribution Technician (PPDT) examination earlier this year, noted that 37 people  passed and are the first to gain PPDT Certification.

LAS VEGAS — Exhibiting on the adjacent stand to their US distributors, GLP Inc., Cosmic Truss’s display at last month’s LDI Show in Las Vegas took on an alluringly ghoulish theme — which really galvanized visitors, who may have thought they had arrived at the Gates of Hell. Appearing the week before Halloween, the custom-created skull that hung above the booth was one of the most photographed item at the show.

HOLLYWOOD, CA — TV LD Victor Fable used Elation’s new Fuze Par Z120 IP LED wash light and other Elation Professional fixtures on the recent AT&T/Audience Network Music Concerts that aired exclusively on DirecTV and AT&T U-verse. Southern California-based Kinetic Lighting supplied the Fuze LED wash light for the shows along with Elation’s Platinum FLX hybrid, Colour Chorus Series LED batten, Platinum Beam 5R and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving head beam lights.

LEWISBURG, PA — For Bucknell University’s Harvey M. Powers Theatre and the Tustin Studio Theatre, lighting designer Heath Hansum worked with Starlite Productions on a lighting upgrade that included PHX LED ellipsoidals from Altman Lighting. With zoom ranges from 15-35 or 30-55 degrees, a 360-degree rotating barrel, and its die cast aluminum fabrication, the PHX LED is available in a diverse line of LED choices including RGBA, RGBW, 3000K, 5600K, and tunable white versions as well.

NASHVILLE – Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw recently wrapped a tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The Grammy nominated artist traveled across the country on a three month, 50+ show excursion that showcased both his popular hits and newest album, Something Worth Saving. Lighting designer Mat Gass built a look that saved on space put still offered a great output with a functional floor package.

NEW YORK – For an October event promoting the relaunch of Reebok’s Pump shoes at an Insta Fury Pop Up Shop space in midtown Manhattan, Ben Danielowski of Boum Creative of New York used eight Rogue R2 Wash and six Rogue R1 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The event also made use of four Next NXT-1 panels and eight Nexus 4X1 linear fixtures.

LOS ANGELES – Stevie Nicks has gone solo for the “24 Karat Gold Tour” playing more than two dozen arena dates in North America before the end of the year.  The tour launched in Phoenix on Oct. 25 and concludes at the Forum in Los Angeles on Dec. 18. Production designer Paul Guthrie of Toss Film & Design Inc. in Minneapolis chose 88 Claypaky Mythos fixtures for the lighting rig and a grandMA2 console for show control.

LERMA, Mexico – Elation Professional opened a new distribution center facility near Mexico City The facility, located near ransportation services in the town of Lerma, just outside of Mexico City, is headed by Abraham Levit and John Lopez, who will manage Elation Professional’s sales rep network in Mexico as international sales manager.

AARHUS, Denmark—Martin by Harman announced the next leg of its “Enlightenment on the Road” demo tour. After successful runs in May and August, the tour will now visit seven cities in the eastern U.S. from Nov. 29-Dec. 14. Starting in Cleveland OH, the tour continues to Pittsburgh PA, Boston MA, Weehawken NJ, DC/Baltimore Area, Charlotte NC, and ends in Orlando, FL.