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CHICAGO – Fall Out Boy just wrapped ‘The Boys of Zummer Tour’ co-headlining with Wiz Khalifa, and Clay Paky fixtures were along for the cross-country ride. Robb Jibson of So Midwest, Inc. continued his relationship with the pop punk band, this time as production designer for the US amphitheater tour.

NEW YORK — For The Church, an Australian band founded in 1980 that has been touring extensively through North America in 2015, LD Victor Zeiser and lighting director Kirby Naylor included eight Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spot fixtures in the rig.

MIDDLETON, WI – Every year ETC invites students with an interest in lighting design and stage technology from around the world to apply for the company’s annual LDI Sponsorship as a part of its commitment to nurturing young people looking to launch professional careers in the industry. Sponsorship recipients – five from North America and two international students — were awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the 2015 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV, Oct 23-25.

PHILADELPHIA – Starlite Productions is providing gear to support local artist Meg Saligman, who is bringing attention to the problem of homelessness at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (pictured here), a key focal point for both the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia (Sept. 21-24) and Pope Francis’ visit to the city (Sept. 26-27).

NASHVILLE — Early in 2015, creative production design company 44 Designs (44designs.com) of Nashville, Tennessee, took on set and lighting design duties for country music duo Thompson Square’s new music video “Trans Am” and used Elation Cuepix Panels, Sniper 2R multi-effects and Platinum Beams in the visual design. The award-winning and multi-platinum group liked the look so much they decided to take it out on tour.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Port City Community Church’s Annual FUSE summer camp brings together four campuses, over 500 students, and 150 leaders.  This year’s incarnation also brought exceptional stage lighting to the program with a rig designed by Student Ministries Production Coordinator Matthew Berry.  4Wall DC was chosen as the lighting provider for the event.

SAN FRANCISCO – AC/DC’s Rock or Bust Tour is thundering across North America, bringing night after night of head-banging delight to hundreds of thousands of fans. The grungy, buffalo horned, ‘Mad Max’ style arena spectacular is the inspired work of Ray Winkler of Stufish Design and Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Design Ltd and sees lighting and set seamlessly welded together in an imposing corrugated steel clad domed stage.

BOSTON — LD Matthew Kilmurry is controlling Irish musician Hozier’s U.S. and U.K. tour lighting this autumn using an Avolites Sapphire Touch. Kilmurry’s design for the Hozier tour is based around a warm tungsten atmospheric feel, using old-school Edison bulbs dotted around the stage, which creates a warm glow for the performers.

LOS ANGELES — Roy Bennett’s lighting design for Maroon 5’s year-long World Tour 2015 in support of V, the band’s fifth studio album, includes 210 Ayrton MagicBlade-R fixtures. Bennett, of Seven Design Works, used the MagicBlade-R units to delineate 13 jointed truss “arms,” which are suspended in a “V” shape above the stage to form a pivotal feature of the stage design.

LAS VEGAS — The 2015 Parnelli Awards gala, hosted by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and honoring Chris Lamb, David Cunningham and Pat Quilter, is once again trending toward a complete sellout. As of Sept. 14, just one week after the Parnelli Awards ballot was finalized and made available online, the voting has been fast and furious, with reservations for the Oct. 24 event continuing apace. Voting from readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines will continue until Sept. 30, 2015.

LAS VEGAS – 4Wall Entertainment updated its rental inventory with additional gear again, this time with 44 Rogue R1 Washes from Chauvet Professional.