MANCHESTER, UK – dbn Lighting provided full illumination for the 2015 Manchester City Centre festive lights switch on, getting the pre-Christmas party in the northwest off to a rocking start.
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SYDNEY – Tim Hall, managing director of Resolution X, noted that the company is supplying lighting gear once again for the Australian version of Dancing With The Stars. The most recent season’s rig includes Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE and Mythos fixtures.
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LONDON – For a charity fundraising event staged by the City Veterans Network (CVN) at the Imperial War Museum London in Southwark, production company Subfrantic used CORE’s ColourPoint Mk 2 battery powered LED up-lighters.
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PARIS —In what became a real-life Friday the Thirteenth, coordinated terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 at the Bataclan theater (a popular Parisian music venue), and also at a local stadium claimed the lives of 129 innocent people — including the band’s merchandise manager and the venue’s lighting tech. Another 350 were wounded with nearly 100 in critical condition, so the death toll could rise in the days to come. Meanwhile, major stadium concert cancellations by U2 and the Foo Fighters followed in its wake. The incidents mark the worst terror attacks in French history.
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BERLIN – West London based lighting and visuals specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting, LED screen and crew for the Perry’s Stage at the first Lollapalooza event in Europe. The event was held Sept. 10-11 at Templehof Airfield in Berlin.
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SPAIN – Spain-based singer-songwriter Pablo Alboran toured the country recently beneath a cover of Elation Cuepix Panels on his popular “Terral” tour. The young musician, who has sold over one million albums and topped record sales in Spain for an impressive 60 weeks, has also reigned over the charts in Portugal and is popular across Latin America.
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ITALY – Clay Paky spoke with lighting designer Valerio Tiberi on the visual design for the Italian production of Dirty Dancing, the theatrical musical adapted from the 1987 film. Tiberi noted his use of Clay Paky fixtures to meet the production’s stage lighting needs, including 26 Alpha Profile 1500s, 6 Alpha Wash 1500s and 14 Alpha Wash Halo 1200s.
MERANO, Italy – Rock The Lahn, a festival held in the Italian Alps in mid-June, featured Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, the Broilers and more. Norbert Hofer, owner of Alpha Concept, looked after the technical production aspects of the event, which featured Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures in the lighting rig. Clay Paky spoke with Hofer about the event.
FRANKFURT — The International Motor Show (IAA) takes place in Frankfurt every two years and is considered the world’s most important automobile trade show. Across a booth that spanned more than 9,000 m², Mercedes-Benz presented approximately 100 luxury cars. Of the 1,800 fixtures used to light the display, 804 were from Martin Professional.
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LEDENIKA, Bulgaria – HB-Laser equipped the flowstone cave in Ledenika, Bulgaria with advanced multimedia technology: Video, Laser, Sound, LED lighting, fog and water screens have been implemented to add additional attraction and explanatory media to the cave. The European Union supported this project with subsidies, and HB-Laser was chosen as project partner for the implementation, together with their local partner Factor in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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PARIS – Astera’s wireless range will feature at the JTSE exhibition in Paris Nov. 24-25. Stands 102 and 103 will be occupied by Astera’s French dealer, La-BS. Accompanying La- BS will be Astera’s R&D Director, Simon Canins, who will be available for technical questions about Astera’s complex control system, and also for demonstrations.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Blackwood Hall, the performance arts center at Melbourne’s Monash University, has reaped a variety of subtle and not-so-subtle benefits from a switch to LED lighting fixtures. ASL Systems installed ETC gear supplied via Jands.
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