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ORANJESTAD, Arube – Too often, events that receive a lot of accolades don’t seem to live up to their press clippings. This was definitely not the case at the 2017 Soul Beach Music Festival in Arubal. Routinely included in the Top Ten lists of Caribbean festivals from the likes of USA Today and Jetsetter Magazine, the five day event exceeded the highest expectations this year, serving up a plethora of performances from superstars like Usher, The Roots and Mary J. Blige in a paradisiacal setting. Adding extra sizzle to the proceedings was the seemingly endless variety of intensely colored big looks that Erik van Oorsouw of Elite Productions created with help from over 100 CHAUVET Professional fixtures.

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DUNHUANG, China – A range of Claypaky moving head fixtures created the responsive theatrical lighting for immersive Chinese theatre production ‘Encore Dunhuang’, a ‘walk-in’ theatre show that debuted at the first Silk Road Dunhuang International Cultural Expo. The event’s theatrical lighting design was created by lighting designer Mr Wang Yugang, who specified the Claypaky Scenius Profile, Claypaky Alpha Profile 1200s and Claypaky Sharpy Was he 330s to meet the demands and the scale of the production. Mr Wang Yugang singled out the Scenius Profile specifically for its superior color rendering.

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PARIS – In just a few short years, The Weeknd has become one of the most dominating artists in pop music, winning multiple GRAMMY Awards, topping the Billboard charts and earning millions of fans worldwide. Recently, Lighting Designer Sooner Routhier was hired to design the stage lighting for The Weeknd’s 2017 “Starboy: Legend of the Fall” world tour. The performance features numerous projectors that display video content on custom surfaces, including a large spaceship shaped structure suspended above the stage.

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[caption id="attachment_277712" align="alignnone" width="800"]Philips VariLite VL6000 Beams in use on The Voice Kids Holland [/caption]

HILVERSUM, The Netherlands – Philips Entertainment Lighting’s new Philips VL6000 Beams were part of Bas de Vries’ lighting design for The Netherlands’ prime-time talent show, The Voice Kids, featuring contestants aged 6-14.

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PILTON, U.K. – Nearly 50 of the multi award-winning Chroma-Q® Color Force II 48™ luminaire were a central feature of the Pyramid Stage lighting rig at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, providing powerful colored illumination and eye candy during both daytime and evening performances from high-profile artists including Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Craig David, Chic, Barry Gibb, The National, First Aid Kit and many more.

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DUBAI, UAE – For a unique rigging challenge within the Robinsons department store at the waterfront Dubai Festival City retail and residential complex, Deco Emirates LLC turned to Unusual Rigging and Engineering for an expert assist.

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LONDON, UK,– Italy was the venue for Showlight 2017 and the Green Hippo team was in Florence in force, enabling it to benefit from the quadrennial event’s smart mix of exhibition space and time, as well as a packed program of presentations aimed at lighting professionals. Showlight takes place every four years, each time moving to a different location, and 2017 saw Italy host its first show.

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LONDON – Depeche Mode are, beyond doubt, one of the most exciting live bands in the world! A show-stopping career spanning four decades and a reputation for musical originality has kept them relevant and at the cutting edge in delivering one visually and sonically inspiring  performance after another … to hordes of adoring fans across the globe embracing all demographics. You could just say … they totally rock! Blackburn lighting rental specialist HSL is very proud to be the main lighting and video contractor worldwide for the current “Spirit” tour. They are partnering with CT to deliver the video package.

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LONDON – LD Steven Bewley chose Claypaky’s Mythos2 luminaire for British Grime artist Stormzy’s recent U.K. tour. Bewley, who has worked with rap artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah, was head-hunted by Stormzy after the rapper saw the designer’s work for fellow artist Wretch 32.

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LANCING, U.K. – The Wild Life Festival, staged June 9-10 at Shoreham Airport (AKA Brighton City Airport) on the U.K.’s south coast, was one of more than 50 events that lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment will be supporting this year. Wild Life, organized by SJM and curated by dance artists Rudimental and Disclosure, is now in its third year.

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SKANDERBORG, Denmark – For Danish singer songwriter Rasmus Walter’s 2017 tour, which includes Smukfest 2017 in Skanderborg, Denmark in early August, LD Martin Holst designed a floor-based and cost-effective lighting / set package that includes 24 Robe picklePATT fixtures and six BMFL Blades.

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ROME – British EDM act Clean Bandit are touring the U.K. and Europe this summer with a lighting design that includes 18 Solaris Flare Q+ fixtures. LD/programmer Liam Griffiths is using diffusers to hide the LED sources for a smoother look for the cameras.

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