LOS ANGELES — Tours for two high-profile rock acts have been sidelined as a result of unrelated injuries sustained by band members. Tour legs for Linkin Park’s Hunting Party tour and Black Keys’ Turn Blue tour were both canceled, scuttling 16 and 17 shows, respectively, in North America and Europe.
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TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM and HAIFA, Israel — Festigal, a family-oriented celebration of the Hanukkah holiday season in major cities in Israel, recently completed a run of 108 performances – including as many as three shows a day. LD Ronen Najar, who has lit the annual tour for the past eight years, spec’d 24 of Robe’s new BMFL Spot fixtures to be the centerpiece of the 2014 tour’s lighting rig. Argaman Systems supplied the gear.
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CINCINNATI, OH – Set Designer Douglas W. Schmidt, USITT’s 2015 Distinguished Achiever in Scene Design, is also profiled in USITT’s new book, The Designs of Douglas W. Schmidt, to be released at USITT 2015 in March.
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ANAHEIM, CA— For the third year in a row, Harman is supporting the production needs of NAMM’s GoPro stage, not just with the JBL line arrays and Crown amplifiers used on the audio side, but also the Martin Professional lighting fixtures used for the staged performances accompanying the MI-focused trade event, which runs from Jan. 22-25.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Butch Allen included Q-Wash 560Z-LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional in the rig for the sold-out, live touring version of TV’s Dancing With The Stars. Ray Woodbury of RK Diversified Entertainment helped put together a rig that, while providing ample visual punch, could also be shoehorned into a one-trailer lighting production. The rig also includes Chauvet Professional’s Rogue R2 Beam fixtures.
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DALLAS – CMT’s “Ultimate Kickoff Party,” a 90-minute live concert broadcast on CMT from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Jan. 9, also marked the U.S. TV debut for Clay Paky’s Mythos fixtures. Morris Light & Sound provided the gear for LD Mike Swinford’s concert lighting design for the event, which coincided with the College Football Playoff National Championship and featured performances from Toby Keith and Lady Antebellum, among others.
Read More »WILLEBROEK, Belgium — AED Distribution, which was named distributor for QSC Pro Audio in Germany and the U.K. in addition to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, has staffed up to support those new responsibilities, adding Ian Ruhback, Emma O´Sullivan and Carsten Schiedeck. The company also hired Constantinos Vonofakidis and Tania Lesage, formerly with Barco’s High End Systems, to support that brand in Europe.
Read More »ATLANTA — Chinchilla Theatrical announced that it is now offering a managed set rental program that could help theatres make money from sets that are now just taking up storage space. The scenic division of the theatrical “concierge” service company handles the details of getting used sets to where they’re needed for new staged productions. Between shows, sets are stored in Chichilla’s new Atlanta facility. Launched this year, the managed set rental program is starting off with sets for Annie, Hairspray, Spamalot, Grease and Fiddler on the Roof from client Augusta Players in Augusta, GA.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announced plans for a Vectorworks Design Summit focusing on the company’s Vectorworks 2015 product offerings. The event is set to take place at the Sofitel Hotel in Philadelphia, PA April 27-29, 2015.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand noted that applications for the 2015 Action Design Competition, to take place during the USITT Conference in Cincinnati, OH this March, are now being accepted. The competition pits four teams of student designers and technicians against one another in a rivalry for prizes and bragging rights. Pictured here is last year’s winning entry.
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ASHEVILLE, NC – Robe made six of its new BMFL Spots available to lighting designer Preston Hoffman for the 2014 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. The annual event, this year staged at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, featured Billy and the Kids, The Revivalists, Jason Isbell, Vince Gill, The Hard Working Americans and Haynes’ own band, Gov’t Mule.
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