International News

DURBAN, South Africa – South African LD Francois van der Merwe incorporated 16 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures in his design at the 14th Metro FM Music Awards ceremony. The event was staged at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre (ICC) in Durban on Feb. 28, 2015.

AARHUS, Denmark — Underscoring its position as a leading manufacturer of lighting and visual effects solutions, Harman’s Martin Professional is committed to developing new optical solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their offerings. It is Martin’s innovations in optical components and lens systems that have enabled its fixtures to produce superior colors and quality of light.

ODESSA, Ukraine – Grand Master provided stage, light, sound and special effects with SGM gear distributed by ART-R.

LONDON, U.K. – VME produced and supplied the lighting array for the Electric Run U.K., selected Avolites gear for the event.

BIDDINGHUIZEN, The Netherlands – Alcorn McBride gear supplied by Nightlife Productions was recently installed at Walibi Holland Theme Park’s “X-Press: Platform 13” rollercoaster.

EUROPE – Mojo Barriers has been contracted to supply 218m of black aluminium touring barrier for AC/DC’s 2015/16 World Tour.

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Stepping once again into the political arena, Riedel Communications supplied a robust communications solution for the ITV Leaders pre-election debate, held April 2 at MediaCityUK.

SOUTH AUCKLAND, New Zealand – ETC Source Four Revolutions supplied by Norwest Oceania Productions for New Zealand’s The X Factor.

EUROPE – LD Steven Douglas selected Solaris LED Mozarts pixel-mapping RGBW fixtures for Brandon Flowers’ Desired Effects world tour.

AUSTRALIA – Austrian-based rental and production company MartinKames.com has added Elation’s award-winning Sniper multi-effect light as well as Elation Cuepix WW blinders to its rental inventory.

CELETNA, Prague – Prague Quadrennial details some of the program highlights and what is  to be expected from this year’s events.