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USA – Legendary Swedish metal band, Opeth, crossed the Atlantic once again to rock at some of the most prestigious venues in the country. In support of the band’s 12th studio album, Sorceress, Opeth jammed their way across North America for a month-long string of shows lit by 4Wall New York. Lighting Designer Magnus Boyd started planning for the Sorceress tour as early as March. “I was determined from the beginning to have a ground package with versatile fixtures that could give me the punch needed for a band like Opeth,” explained Boyd.

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NEW YORK — An Oct. 29 matinee performance of Guillaume Tell at the Metropolitan Opera was cut short and the production of L’Italiana in Algeri that evening was canceled as authorities investigated reports of a man sprinkling white powder into the orchestra pit. The man turned out to be Roger Kaiser, an opera buff visiting from Dallas, who was carrying out the last wishes of a deceased friend. The white powder was his friend’s ashes.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS – Bandit Lites wrapped its final festival for the summer with two astounding weekends at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where beautiful weather under the big Texas sky in Zilker Park was the setting to more than 130 acts. Bandit worked with C3 Presents to provide the festival lighting package for two of the main stages, giving headliners such as LCD Soundsystem, Mumford and Sons and Kendrick Lamar the flexibility and versatility to seamlessly blend in their own touring looks.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium – While television may have been the undisputed champion of entertainment in the 20th century, today it has to battle for its place in the face of increasingly popular online-based platforms. The producers of the new Belgian CAZ TV recently translated this metaphorical fight into a physical one, by promoting their new channel with a reality show-like boxing gala that pitted celebrities against one another. Providing hard-hitting visuals for this televised event was a collection of Nexus and COLORdash fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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POTTSTOWN, PA – Every October, Luke Bryan returns to his rural farming roots in the southeastern part of the country to perform an 8-day concert series known as the Farm Tour. The tour serves as a tribute to the hard-working farmers of America. The first performance scheduled in Gaston, SC was canceled due to evacuations from Hurricane Matthew that stretched to multiple states, including South Carolina.

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CHASKA, MN – The 41^st Ryder Cup golf tournament came to America this year, taking place from September 30-October 2^nd. When the committee for the Internationally-acclaimed tournament selected Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Mn as the destination for the 2016 Ryder Cup, producers called on the expertise of Spectrum Production Services to set the stage. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Mn, Spectrum Production Services was awarded the main stage contract for the historic golf event.

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COLUMBUS, OH – LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights is using Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures to light Beartooth, a metalcore band fronted by Caleb Shomo, formerly with Attack Attack! Beartooth is touring in support of their latest album, Aggressive, which was released in June.

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LAS VEGAS — Adrian Belew, whose skills as an emcee and comedian, it turns out, rivals his artistry on the guitar, dropped a hint midway through the 2016 Parnelli Awards gala that something special was about to be added to an already extraordinary evening Oct. 22 at the Rio in Las Vegas. The surprise: an appearance by Tom Petty to present the 2016 award for Lifetime Achievement to his longtime tour manager Richard Fernandez.

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CHAMPAIGN, IL — LD Tobias Rylander is using GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 LED battens to light a variety of acts including British indie band The 1975. The Manchester, U.K. based group, currently touring in support of their latest album, I Like It When You Sleep, has been growing in popularity, scaling up from theatre-sized venues to full-size arenas on its 2016 gigs.

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MIDDLETON, WI– Like the Cavaliers and the Browns, Vincent Lighting Systems is a Cleveland institution. Unlike those franchises, Vincent has taken the straight – but still long – path to success. Founder Paul Vincent guides the company (commonly known as VLS) using a set of principles he is not afraid to publish: “We have always concentrated on lighting and have not shifted into audio, AV or staging. We have, however, lit an amazing number of bridges!” When, for the opening of football season, VLS changed the classic blue and white of the downtown high-level bridge to the orange of the Cleveland Browns, they got panicked phone calls telling them the bridge was on fire. Today the bridge is back to blue and white.

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OPA-LOCKA, FL – ADJ and DuraTruss/Global Truss America products will be featured at an open house event set for Nov. 17 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at ADJ Miami’s facilities in Opa-Locka in the Miami area. The event follows the recent launch of 13 new products at the LDI 2016 tradeshow in Las Vegas. Along with the opportunity to see the latest equipment firsthand, the event will feature a series of educational sessions as well as the debut of a new lightshow at ADJ’s Miami showroom.

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SAN BERNARDINO, CA — For the Nocturnal Wonderland music festival at the San Manuel Amphitheater and Grounds over Labor Day Weekend Sept. 2-4, SJ Lighting handled production design on four of the five stages using Elation fixtures supplied by Visions Lighting, AG Light & Sound and Felix Lighting.

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