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NASHVILLE — For Zac Brown Band’s 2015 tour in support of their latest album, Jekyll + Hyde, Okulus and Special Event Services are providing Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, MDG and grandMA2 gear sourced via distributor A.C.T Lighting. The North American tour launched May 1 in Nashville and runs through mid-September, returning to the U.S. for more shows this fall after a Sept. 25 show at London’s Wembley Arena.

NORTH AMERICA – Chroma-Q Color Force 72 super bright LED battens are being rigged in an inspired fashion to spell out the word ‘HIP’ for Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip’s current 2015 tour.

BROOKLYN, NY – Lutz Gock, LD for Caravan Stage, chose Robe LED gear including DLX Spot moving lights and LEDForce 18 PARS rigs for Amara Zee’s production of Hacked: The Treasure of the Empire.

NEW YORK – The Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of On The Twentieth Century is making use of RC4’s Magic Series 3 Wireless DMX and Dimming. The 2015 production, a revival of the Tony-winning 1978 production, was itself nominated for five different Tony awards this year, including Best Revival of a Musical.

LAS VEGAS – LD Chris Dallos used gear provided by 4Wall Las Vegas for a Hewlett-Packard event at the M Resort Spa Casino.

NEW YORK — PRG noted that the previously announced acquisition of XL Video Group is now complete.

NEW YORK – WorldStage provided Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 panels for the 67th annual Parsons Benefit fundraiser-fashion show at Jacob Javits Convention Center. LD Shawn Kaufman of CS Lighting arranged 44 of the moving LED panels on the sides of the runway.

MIAMI – Lighting designer Stephen Lieberman used Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spot and VL3500 Wash FX luminaires provided by Solotech for the 2015 Ultra Music Festival. The event was held in Miami’s Bayfront Park March 27-29.

NEW YORK – Drape Kings NY Metro has been working in concert with the legendary museum Madame Tussauds New York for their ongoing celebrity wax figure reveals.  These reveals, including Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran, and soccer star Lionel Messi, continue an ongoing staging partnership, culminating in the recent, record breaking five wax figure reveal of The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon.

WATERVILLE, ME – Working on behalf of K Systems, Image Production Services provided the MVP Ta8 Curve video panel from Chauvet Professional for the 2015 commencement ceremony at Colby College. The AV project was one of several graduation related events where Image Production Services relied upon Chauvet gear.

OZARKS, U.S. – The Long Reach Long Riders are thrilled to announce the overwhelming success of their 12th annual charity motorcycle ride. The ride, which was dubbed Cruzin’ the Ozarks, The Dozenth Year,  by ride marshals Mark and Ali Heiser, raised over $53,000.00 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the PLASA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program, bringing the total raised since the rides began in 2004 to $503,500.00.