LONDON – Claypaky noted that its K-EYE HCR won the PLASA Award for Innovation at the 2017 event, held in London Sept. 17-19.
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Kane Brown has come a long way from performing a Chris Young song at his high school talent show to taking the stage before him at a sold-out arena, but the 23-year-old country singer shows no signs of letting up now. With his deluxe album hitting stores in October, Brown is currently opening for Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know Tour featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites.
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA – In their hit single “At Dawn,” Argentinian rockers La Beriso sing about the undying resilience of dreamers. It is an apt theme for this hard-rocking group of seven musicians who struggled for some years after they formed their band in the gritty port city of Avellaneda, before breaking through as one of South America’s hottest artists, an accomplishment that led Rolling Stone Argentina to proclaim them “the new hope of street rock.”
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UK – d3 Technologies’ integrated solution has been at the heart of some of the world’s most spectacular live events; from concert touring to theatre to broadcast and even architecture. The d3 software allows you to visualize, design and sequence your project before seamlessly turning your concept into a creation using one of their hardware solutions. Their new gx range, which was on show at this week’s PLASA London, pushes real time responsive content to new heights, allowing you to discover unimagined new ways to connect with your audience.
DUBAI, UAE – Dubai Opera, located in what is claimed to be ‘the most prestigious square kilometer in the world’ in Downtown Dubai, has recently purchased 37 x Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10s as part of a technical upgrade to the event space’s lighting rigs. Dubai Opera is considered a masterpiece of contemporary architecture. The ‘dhow-shaped’ building, designed by architect Janus Rostock, houses a flexible, 1900-seat venue which can be transformed into a theatre, concert hall or ‘flat-floor’ event space.
NEW YORK, NY– Enhancing its mission to provide opera-based education for the wider community, the Metropolitan Opera Guild unveils DaCapo (Developing Artistic and Creative Administrative Professionals) to educate the arts administration students, who will be the next generation of performing arts directors, managers, and stewards. Registration will open Tuesday, August 29 for the new two-day intensive arts education program, which will take place October 14th and 15th at the Opera Learning Center.
LONDON – PLASA 2017 proved a lively, energetic and vibey hub for meeting the UK’s lighting and visual designer community and other creatives commented Robe UK’s MD Mick Hannaford, words echoed by the moving light manufacturer’s CEO Josef Valchar, stating, “We have enjoyed seeing many individuals, companies and organizations from all over the UK as well as several from Europe – the quality of the visitors and the networking opportunities were really excellent this year!” The annual trade show was again staged at the Olympia exhibition center, with Robe’s large, high-impact stand right at the heart of the domed ceiling hall,
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NASHVILLE, TN – It’s undeniable that live touring is a constantly changing multi-billion dollar industry, a staple for music stars in every genre and employees thousands of people all over the world. Chris Lisle and Erik Parker, touring industry veterans, created Touring Career Workshop (TCW) to give “roadies” a great place to learn, grow and network. TCW’S seventh annual event will take place on October 25 at Soundcheck Annex. Registration is open now for the event.
Martin’s new MAC Encore Performance is a full-featured LED moving head designed to produce premium white light in a wide variety of applications where critical lighting is required. MAC Encore Performance is available in two dedicated color temperature variants: WRM for a 3000 K warm incandescent emulation and CLD for crisp, 6000 K neutral daylight.
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NEU-ULM, Germany — German rock band Eisbrecher (Ice Breaker) staged a festival titled Volle Kraft Voraus (Full Force Ahead), joined by fellow rockers Lord of the Lost, Combichrist and And She Came. The hevent, staged at Ratiopharm Arena in Neu-Ulm, was lit by Martin Heining, who opted for a rig including 18 GT-1, 25 Impression X4 XL and 70 Impression X4 Atoms from GLP.
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STAMFORD, CT — Harman, purchased in an $8 billion deal that was announced last November and completed March 10, recently gave notice to 650 of its 3,700 Harman Pro employees that their jobs will be eliminated by June 2018 as the company continues its restructuring efforts to better serve customers and accelerate new product innovations.
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Acclaim Lighting’s Flex One SO Interior™ and Exterior™ promise best in class color rendering, fidelity, and gamut in an LED strip product. Flex One SO Interior™ features a standard lumen output of up to 250 per foot and Flex One SO Exterior™ features a lumen output of up to 200 per foot, both with a minimum of CRI of 95.
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