International News

SEOUL- Grammy-nominated, industrial hard-rock legend Marilyn Manson returned to Seoul for the first time in eight years as part of his solo world tour, delivering an energetic show at the Yes24 Live Hall. Lighting designer Corey Stewart drove the performance’s intense lighting using an Avolites Pearl Expert console and wing. For the South Korean date, Stewart hired the console from Seoul-based rental company TKLS. His dynamic rig consisted of Claypaky Sharpys, Martin Mac Viper Profiles, Martin Atomics and Fay Blinders.

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BOLIVIA – Top Bolivian rental and production Company Spectrum, based in Cochabamba in the center of the country nestled in a valley amidst the magnificent peaks of the Andes mountain range has invested in 12 x Robe LEDBeam 1000 fixtures and 16 x Pointe multi-purpose moving lights. 

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ROTTERDAM – The MTV Europe Music Awards delivered another spectacular production November 6th at the Ahoy Rotterdam Arena in The Netherlands. Europe’s favorite artists were honored and a star-studded line up of today’s hottest acts, performed on a massive stage lit by top lighting designer Tom Kenny. Included in the correspondingly large visual package was Elation Professional ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels, which Kenny employed throughout the show.

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DE PANNE, Belgium – Creative lighting and visual design practice Painting with Light is delighted to be able to add its own touches of magic and excitement for thrill-seekers enjoying ‘Heidi The Ride’, the  new 71 km/h wooden roller coaster due to open April 1, 2017 right at the heart of Heidiland, a new area at the Plopsaland De Panne theme park in Belgium.

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CAPE TOWN SA. – The main venue for the massive triannual Every Nation Conference organized by Every Nation Church – at the 5000 capacity Grand West’s Grand Arena in Cape Town, South Africa – provided an ideal opportunity for lighting designer Alan Muller of FX Unlimited to use Robe Spiiders for the first time. It was in fact the first live show in SA to use Robe’s brand new LED washbeam product launched last month!

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DUBLIN, Ireland – Electronic dance music lighting designer Conor Biddle specified an Avolites Sapphire Touch console to power his beat-perfect, immersive design for Winterparty ’16, which returned to Ireland’s 3Arena in October after a 12-year hiatus. Inspired by the lighting at Las Vegas super-clubs, Biddle designed an intense, high-production show to celebrate the mammoth dance event’s welcome return, which saw an epic line-up including Skream, Matador and Sven Vath.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Auckland Live is a busy umbrella organization running all the live performance venues in New Zealand’s largest performing arts and convention center complex … right in the heart of the city.  Their existing stock of Robe moving lights is now boosted with the addition of 44 new LED moving lights –  12 x DL4S Profiles and 32 x LEDWash 800s to help them illuminate all the various events at a multitude of venues.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Johnny Strife, head of lighting and LD at PNN TV in Cambodia, won a Zero 88 FLX console after his entry, including a photo and caption, was reviewed by a judging panel organized by Zero 88.

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LONDON – SLX has provided the lighting equipment for award winning actor, Mark Rylance’s, show “Nice Fish” at The Harold Pinter Theatre for Sonia Friedman Productions. The show which opened to critical acclaim last year on Broadway opened on the 25th November 2016 at The Harold Pinter Theatre, London. Lighting design was provided by USA based Japhy Weideman. Programming was by Andi Davis.

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CROATIA – Avolites control consoles and Ai media servers powered beat-perfect visuals across Outlook and Dimensions, two of Croatia’s leading dance music festivals, seamlessly merging lighting and video to immerse and enthrall the crowds of revelers. The sister festivals are held every year in Croatia’s medieval town of Pula in the ruins of the town’s 150-year-old Fort, ‘Punto Christo’. Providing the lighting and video aspects for both Outlook and Dimensions was Fineline Lighting, which has been involved in the festivals since 2012.

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LOS ANGELES – The largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, has set sail with a large energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting package used in the ship’s main entertainment and relaxation areas. As the third member of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis-class, Harmony of the Seas is similar to her two sister ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, however with design changes, extra amenities and entertainment technology upgrades.

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[caption id="attachment_273217" align="alignnone" width="800"]Bushell used an Avolites Quartz and Titan Mobile Wing to manipulate the lighting moment by moment.[/caption]

LONDON – Lighting director Chris Bushell lit electronica artist James Blake’s gig at London’s Brixton O2 Academy using a compact Quartz console from Avolites for a variety of busked looks.  Blake was performing in support of his third album, ‘The Colour in Anything,’ which follows his Mercury-Prize-winning second album, ‘Overgrown’.

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