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MIAMI, FL – DWP Live and projection mapping artists Integrated Visions Productions relied on Barco projectors for a large-format projection April 30-May 1 on the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. Part of a national advertising campaign promoting Anheuser-Busch’s “Oculto” beer, the project made use of nine DWP-supplied Barco HDF-W26 projectors, triple-stacked in portrait mode to light up the 360-foot-tall building’s facade.

Aaron “Double A” Dilks, who worked as a tour manager, audio engineer and security guard for Anthrax, Hellyeah, Fear Factory, Soul SirkUS, Sevendust, Journey and other bands along with Marilyn Manson and Cee Lo Green, died June 7.

SUNRISE, FL – Chauvet has introduced its new online parts store. Parts from Chauvet’s DJ, Professional, Iluminarc, and Trusst brands are available on the site, chauvetparts.com.

NEW YORK – Barrett Hall included Chauvet Professional’s Next NXT-1 LED fixtures in the lighting rig for an upfront event for the rapidly growing Spanish-language Azteca Network. WorldStage provided the gear for the event, staged at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square.

USITT has approved funding for free stage rigging inspections and safety training at 12 more schools via its Rigging Safety Initiative. Of those schools, five were recent applicants to the program and seven applied previously and were awaiting approval for funding. The RSI has approved applications from over 100 schools in 25 states since it began in 2011.

KANSAS CITY, MO – Electrosonic installed a new AV system at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. The upgrade included ANSI lumen projectors, Dataton video server technology, High End Systems projectors, Medialon Manager LITE Software and more.

AUSTIN, TX – Robe moving lights took center stage along with an eclectic mix of new and emerging musical talent at Hype Machine’s Hype Hotel venue during the 2015 SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

NASHVILLE — Country music maverick and “Gonna Wanna Tonight” singer Chase Rice turned to LD Chris Lisle and 4Wall Nashville to light his opening spot on Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival Tour this summer. Lisle, who also relied on 4Wall for Rice’s headlining Ignite the Night tour in 2014, included Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extremes, Chauvet Nexus Panels and Chroma-Q Color Force LED Battens in his latest lighting design for Rice.

Dallas, TX – Lighting designer Mike Lurz is one of the first to use the new Wash, Beam and Shaft luminaire from Philips Vari-Lite.

ORLANDO, FL — China-based LED manufacturer ROE Visual has grown to become one of the most recognized LED system manufacturers in the entertainment market, supplying LED screens to events and projects like Bon Jovi, Coldplay, and the Olympic Winter Games through AV rental companies including VER, PRG and AED. For its Black Onyx panels, to be featured at InfoComm 2015, ROE Visual turned to Prolyte for a support frame system.

LOS ANGELES – Zeke Kamm of Gear Dictionary selects Zylight for shooting video for the web series in-studio.

ATLANTA – After taking a year off from the road to concentrate on recording, Kenny Chesney has launched “The Big Revival Tour” across North America in support of his album released last year.  A large complement of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy Washes and Stormy Strobes help Chesney amp up the excitement at his arena and stadium dates.