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Bryce Cherpelis Gets Artistic At ARISE With CHAUVET Professional

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LOVELAND, CO –  Determined to remain true to their musical roots, the organizers of the ARISE Music Festival have steadfastly avoided lengthening its name to include the word “art.” Yet even though there was no shortage of great music at the 2017 version of this event, including national acts like Ani DiFranco, Tipper and Lettuce, ARISE was almost as much about seeing as listening. From a flaming owl that warmed people at night, to a gigantic willow sculpture, to painters off stage doing live art interpretations of the music, this early August festival served up a variety of surreal and beguiling looks.

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See Factor Supplies Elation Arena Pars for Foreigner 40th Anniversary Tour

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CHULA VISTA, CA – A rock staple for 40 years and one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who couldn’t sing a string of Foreigner songs. The renowned group recently released Forty Hits from Forty Years with an accompanying 40th Anniversary Tour. Used to create a 70’s rock par can look but with the benefits of a modern intelligent luminaire are 108 Arena Par Zoom fixtures, appropriately featured in an old-school lighting design by Dan Lastovka. The lights were supplied by See Factor.

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U.S. Leg of Paul McCartney’s “One On One Tour” Lit with Claypaky, Robert Juliat and MA Lighting Gear

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LOS ANGELES – Paul McCartney’s long-running “One on One World Tour” has added 21 dates in the U.S. this summer and fall.  LD LeRoy Bennett, tasked with highlighting “a vast array of musical styles over the decades” during the course of the three-hour show, has been using Claypaky, Robert Juliat and grandMA2 gear.

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All Time Low’s Summer U.S. Tour Features Elation Lighting and Video

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USA – JR Lighting provided the lighting, rigging and control package for the U.S. leg of American pop punk band All Time Low’s “The Young Renegades” tour , a successful six-week run this summer that featured Elation Professional lighting and video. Lighting designer Jeff Maker (Pierce the Veil, The Dresden Dolls) has worked with All Time Low for the past eight years and earlier this year used Elation lighting on a string of shows in the UK and Europe. For 2017’s U.S. leg he added a dominant upstage visual piece in the form of an eye-catching LED video wall.

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An array of celebrations in Lenasia Township, South Africa, marked the 70th anniversary of India’s independence from Great Britain.

JMY Sound and Light Celebrates India with Chauvet Professional

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Indian Independence Day holds a special meaning for the people of Lenasia Township. It was here in the early 20th century that a young Mahatma Gandhi staged a famous protest at the local railway station to advance the cause of civil rights for South Africa’s Indian population. Later, when he returned to India, Gandhi would employ the idea of non-violent civil disobedience that he had honed in South Africa to win independence for his native country, and in the process, change the world.

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Event Tech Education to Take Center Stage at the 2018 NAMM Show

ANAHEIM, CA – As the global crossroads of the music products, pro sound and event technology industries, the 2018 NAMM Show will offer a wealth of opportunities for professionals involved in event technology to enhance their careers and make meaningful connections. The robust schedule of professional education will be held each day of The 2018 NAMM Show, January 25-28 in the NAMM Education Campus located inside the Anaheim Hilton Hotel.

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Airstar supported the Canadian artist in the UK and Europe, including this show in Glasgow, Scotland.

Airstar Lighting Balloons Accompany Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour

GLASGOW, Scotland – Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes shot to fame via a clip he posted to Vine in 2014 and has quickly garnered pop royalty status with a social media fan following of millions. At the pinnacle of his career playing sold out arenas around the world, Shawn is currently embarking on his ‘Illuminate’ world tour – and leading French manufacturer and provider of lighting balloons for the event industry, Airstar, is helping to set the unique stage for the hottest ticket of 2017 with its Pendulair LED product.

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The eight-sided immersive video installation showcased artwork, AV performances, VJs and other musical artists

d3 Helped Create 360º Immersive Environment at Glastonbury 2017

LONDON – With the theme “re-cycle, re-use, re-sist”, the Shangri La field at Glastonbury Festival 2017 drew eager crowds to its rubbish-as-refuge model.  A Gas Tower symbolizing a bygone industrial era loomed over the site and served as the epicenter of the digital revolution with support from d3 Technologies. The Gas Tower was the focus of what the festival called “360º of awe-inspiring audio visual action.”  The eight-sided immersive video installation showcased artwork, AV performances, VJs and other musical artists.

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1000th Edition of Children’s TV Show in Germany Gets Green Hippo Assist

GERMANY – The 1000th edition of Germany’s hugely popular children’s TV show 1, 2 oder 3 aired in July, and Green Hippo and mo2 design helped ensure it looked suitably impressive. Based on the original US version, which was called Runaround, those in the UK may be familiar with the UK show, which went out in the 70s and 80s under that same original US title. The success of the German show has outstripped that of any of its ‘siblings’ seeing it become a mainstay of German childhood TV watching.

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HSL Supports Chase & Status at the 2017 Lovebox Festival

LONDON – Lighting and visuals designer Andy Hurst wanted to make a big impact for Chase & Status acclaimed Saturday night headliner set at the 2017 Lovebox festival in London’s Victoria Park, so he designed an impressive specials package which was supplied by HSL, together with crew, which was installed under the event’s production ‘top rig’. The ‘extras’ included 194 x SGM Q-7 LED flood / strobes, used highly effectively for the strobe-tastic onslaught that you expect  at a Chase & Status gig as well as super-bright floods  and audience blinders. 

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St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE  – St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the energetic eight piece rock band from Alabama, is bringing their high-voltage soul sound to cities across the nation with a lighting package designed by Chris Lisle and provided by Bandit Lites. Following the band’s incredible, two-night sold-out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Chris Lisle returned to Bandit Lites to outfit the production with a lighting package that would provide similar punch and dynamic looks while still keeping space and efficiency in the foreground of planning, as this package had to fit in a trailer behind the tour bus.

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