VAL D’ISERE, France – Airstar lighting solutions have been used at the Val d’Isère ski resort since 2011 for its Airstar Night Light. Every Thursday night in the city center from Dec. 31 to March 3, Val d’Isère Tourisme and an Airstar dedicated team deploy dozens of balloons that light up various animations, such as ice sculptures, concerts and musical performances.
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ADELAIDE Australia – The Adelaide Conventions Centre’s new West Building, part of an ongoing $400 million expansion of the facility in the state capital of South Australia, has had all of its rigging, trussing and flying needs designed, supplied and installed by Sydney engineering and distribution firm, HME Services.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish lighting designer Palle Palmé provided a pre-Christmas lighting design for Stockholm’s Berns Salonger using GLP impression LED fixtures. The ‘Motown Featuring Afro-Dite’ revue is one of the Dröse & Norberg entertainment productions for whom Palmé has been working for the past four years.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Olly Suckling presented a novel solution and lighting effect using 28 of Robe’s CycFX 8 LED battens to create a giant illuminated M-A-X-I-M-O sign upstage on UK alt rockers Maximo Park’s most recent tour. This celebrated 10 years since the release of their seminal debut studio album, ‘A Certain Trigger’ in 2005, which was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
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LONDON – On Feb. 4, the Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) Showcase took place within the Tower of London. White Light supported the event’s lighting needs, supplying a variety of CORE Lighting fixtures including StripPoints, Point30s, Flood30s, ColourPoints and PinPoints. White Light also supported the event’s production needs with video and audio gear.
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NOTTINGHAM, UK – In mid-Feb. 2016, Current RMS noted that they had reached a milestone – the 1,000-user mark. Close to 700 rental businesses worldwide are now relying on the system to manage all their rental processes.
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KIRCHELLEN, Germany – For the Hollywood Street Set, one of the key focal points at Movie Park Germany, Elation partner sld mediatec provided Elation Platinum SBX fixtures. They add an an extra layer of excitement to a 4-D cinema experience based on the animated movie “Ice Age: No Time for Nuts.”
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CAIRO, Egypt – For the ceremonies opening and closing the 2016 African Handball Cup of Nations Championship, which took place at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Jan. 21-30, LD Ahmed Arafa’s design called for more than 300 LED and discharge fixtures from PR Lighting, sourced via the Chinese manufacturer’s Egyptian partner, Hi-Lights.
Read More »ABU DHABI: Maestra Group has provided a complete turnkey technical solution to the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saeed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (SMK) Emeriti Ladies Tennis Tournament in Abu Dhabi for the second consecutive year.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — On Feb. 13, three months after the terrorist attack at the Bataclan in Paris, the Eagles of Death Metal resumed their European tour. The Feb. 13 performance in Stockholm will be followed by a Feb. 16 concert in Paris, but not at the Bataclan. Owners of that venue have vowed to reopen, but not until later this year. Instead, the Eagles of Death Metal will perform at Paris’ Olympia music hall.
Read More »MUMBAI, India — A fire blamed on errant sparklers or pyro effects engulfed the stage during Maharashtra Night at Mumbai’s Girgaum Chowpatty beach area, part of the week-long “Make in India Week” festivities sponsored by the local government. The event drew a crowd of 7,000, and all were safely evacuated from the blaze. The smoke and flames emerged at about 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 14 as costumed dancers were performing on stage. The police and firefighters were credited for taking quick action, halting the performance and overseeing the evacuation. With some firefighting equipment at the ready and more on the way, the massive blaze was doused within a reported 38 minutes.
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DORTMUND, Germany – Niclen Moving Lights Systems GmbH has added Elation Professional Cuepix Series LED blinders and Colour Pendant color-changing LED luminaires to its inventory of rental stock. The purchase includes both versions of Elation’s popular Cuepix Blinder – the Cuepix Blinder WW2 (pictured here) and Cuepix Blinder WW4. They house 2 and 4 long-life 100W warm white 3,200K COB LEDs respectively.
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