In Memoriam: Jeff Schock, 64
SOUTHOLD, NY – Longtime Billy Joel crew member Jeff Schock died suddenly Wednesday, November 15, of a heart attack. He was 64.
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Robe for Rolling Stones No Filter
PARIS – Thirty-Six Robe BMFL Spots were workhorse moving lights on the recent Rolling Stones ‘No Filter’ European tour, part of a spectacular and epic lighting design created by Patrick Woodroffe. Patrick and associate designer Terry Cook of Woodroffe Bassett design (WBD) worked closely with stage architects Stufish on developing the show’s overall aesthetic.
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U2 Rocks Trafalgar Square, Honored at EMA’s at Wembley, with Production Assist from Stageco
LONDON – U2 give special performance on Nov. 11 at Trafalgar Square in London. The free show for 7,000 fans took place on the eve of London’s first opportunity to host the MTV European Music Awards for 21 years. Stageco supported both the Trafalgar Square concert and the 24th annual MTV EMA’s at SSE Arena, Wembley, where the Irish four-piece were honored with the coveted Global Icon award.
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Claypaky leads at 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – LD Durham Marenghi used more than 800 Claypaky fixtures to deliver the two large-scale lighting designs for the opening and closing ceremonies on Sept. 17 and 27 for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), produced by Balich Worldwide Shows, held this year at the Olympic Stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
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Chauvet Professional Maverick MK Pyxis Earns PLSN Gold Star Award for Best New Effects Light
LAS VEGAS – Chauvet Professional’s design team felt that they broke new ground earlier this fall when they introduced the multi-functional Maverick MK Pyxis, a new eye candy effect that can do double and triple duty as a wash or beam. Now they have a shiny new accolade to support this belief, as they earned the first-ever PLSN Gold Star Product Award for Best New Effects Light at this year’s LDI Show.
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Zenith Lighting Names Ben Coker Technical Manager
ORLANDO, FL – Zenith Lighting named LD Ben Coker technical manager. Coker, LD for Porter Robinson and others, has extensive experience in stage and event lighting, having worked his way up as a stagehand, shop laborer, master electrician and LD.
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For-A to Showcase New AV Gear at Government Video Expo
WASHINGTON, DC – For-A noted that it will highlight portable video switcher, video server, ClassX character generator and LTO video archiving recorder solutions at the 22nd annual Government Video Expo. FOR-A will exhibit in Booth 530 at the upcoming show, which takes place Nov. 29-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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Fun Radio Ibiza Experience, EDM Event Staged at Accor Hotels Arena in Paris, Includes 200+ Ayrton Fixtures
PARIS – The Fun Radio Ibiza Experience, staged earlier this year, featured EDM artists including Robin Schultz, Nervo, Sam Feldt, W&W and headliners, Afrojack and Hardwell. Show director Romain Pissenem got an assist from Paris-based Ayrton in the form of more than 200 Ayrton lighting fixtures, including 100-plus MagicBlade-FX, 50 MagicPanel-FX and 50 MagicDot-XT fixtures.
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SGM Q-10
SGM’s IP65-rated Q-10, featured at LDI 2017 in Las Vegas, is a 60K lumen output RGBW LED luminaire that can function as a strobe, flood, pixel light and blinder with non-fading continuous output.
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Mojo Barriers Names New Budapest Distributor
BUDAPEST, Hungary – A range of Mojo Barriers aluminum crowd safety barriers are now based in Budapest with the announcement of a new Mojo distributor giving convenient, cost effective barrier rental for festival organizers and tours coming to Eastern Europe on Nov. 17, 2017.
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Robert Juliat’s Lancelots Rock in Rio
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RIO – Four Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K HTI followspots took pride of place front-of-house at Brazil’s Rock In Rio Festival this summer. Held over two weekends at the Cidade do Rock at Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Olímpico da Barra, this amazing festival saw headliners Aerosmith, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Bon Jovi, Maroon 5 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers play to over 700,000 during seven fantastic nights.
ER Productions sets new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ title for Largest Laser Show with 314-laser display at LDI
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LAS VEGAS – ER Productions has achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Largest Laser Show with a spectacular display at Live Design International (LDI) in Las Vegas. In celebration of its tenth anniversary, laser specialist ER Productions held the 30-minute laser showcase on 18th November that culminated in a seven-minute recording-breaking finale that incorporated 314 individual laser fixtures. An adjudicator from GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS was present to confirm the world record-breaking achievement.
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