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Rihanna Concert, Jazz Festival Canceled in Nice, France After Truck Attack on Bastille Day

NICE, France — Rihanna’s tour stop slated for the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France on July 15 was canceled after the deliberate attack by a gunman who also used the truck he was driving as a weapon, killing scores of pedestrians at a beachside fireworks show the night before. At least 84 people were killed in the July 14 attack before the gunman/truck driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, was shot dead by police. A local jazz festival set to open July 16 also canceled.

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Autism Rocks is backed by philanthropist Sanjay Shah. Pictured here, Cee-Lo Green performs a Prince tribute in London during the late June Autism Rocks event.

Autism Rocks London’s Apollo as Cee-Lo Green, Others Perform Charity Tribute to Prince

LONDON — For the Autism Rocks charity concert staged June 24-25 at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, Northolt, U.K.-based Entec provided lighting, sound and video. The concert was backed by Dubai-based 117 Live and AEG Live. This year’s performers, including Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo Green, Morris Day & The Time and bass guitar player Larry Graham, performed a show that served as a tribute to Prince.

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Scenos Techninis Servisas installed more than 30 tons of LED screens, sound and stage structures and lighting, from Prolyte, L-Acoustics and Robe, among others.

Black Sea Arena Opens with Prolyte, Robe and L-Acoustics Gear

SHEKVETILI, Georgia —The 10,000-capacity Black Sea Arena opened July 10, 2016 in a village along Georgia’s Black Sea coast, midway between the seaside resorts of Ureki and Kobuleti, Lithuania-based system integrator Scenos Techninis Servisas installed the venue’s light, LED screens, sound and stage structures, which included more than 30 tons of gear from Prolyte, L-Acoustics and Robe, among others.

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The Forest Live 2016 setup at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

Serious Stages Awarded Three Year Contract Extension with Forest Live

BRISTOL, U.K. — Established in 2001, Forest Live is an independent concert series, promoted by the U.K.’s Forestry Commission. Hosted within seven forest locations, which include Westonbirt Arboretum, Thetford Forest, Dalby Forest and Mansfield Sherwood Pines Forest Park. Serious Stages has been awarded an extended three-year contract to supply staging and ancillary structures to Forest Live. Pictured here is the Forest Live 2016 setup at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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The 2016 Barn on the Farm festival was staged in the Over Farm, which is just outside Gloucester, U.K. in southwest England. Photo by Louise Stickland.

Colour Sound Shines at U.K.’s Barn on the Farm Festival

GLOUCESTER, U.K. – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment to creative visual design specialist Mirrad for three stages at the 2016 Barn on the Farm festival, staged in the Over Farm just outside Gloucester. The seventh Barn on the Farm was headlined by Oh Wonder and Jack Garrett and this year the Main Stage was ensconced in a brand new cattle shelter for the first time.

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Staged entertainment accompanied the marathon soccer match.

120-Hour Soccer Match Beats Guinness World Record; Related Staged Event Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures

SANTIAGO, Chile – On May 22, 2,357 soccer players (most of them amateurs) played a match that lasted 120 hours, a feat topping the official Guinness record of 105 continuous hours that had been set last year in Scotland. (The new record, at presstime, had not yet been confirmed by Guinness officials). The teams were reportedly divided into “blue” and “white” teams, with white beating blue by a score of 505 to 504. A staged performance, lit with Clay Paky gear, took place at he Bicentenario de la Florida stadium in Santiago as well. Real Audio Sistemas supported the production needs for that show.

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