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The Last Text Tour features Internet phenom Jacob Sartorius

Bandit Lights Jacob Sartorius’ ‘The Last Text Tour’

NASHVILLE  – It’s a scene Bandit Lites has grown accustomed to seeing over its near 50 years in the touring industry: screaming fans overwhelmed with excitement at seeing their idol live, and singer-songwriter Jacob Sartorius’s fans are certainly enthusiastic, as his live shows this April showed. Hailed as the “new Justin Bieber,” the 14 year old embarked with a lighting package provided by Bandit for his headlining The Last Text Tour.

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50 Chauvet Professional WELL Fit fixtures lit the 'Love is All' sculpture

Lollapalooza Argentina 2017 Lighting Includes Chauvet Professional Fixtures

SAN ISIDRO, Argentina – Buenos Aires-based Descableados installed 50 Chauvet Professional WELL Fit fixtures supplied by NASH Ingeniería for the crowds attending Lollapalooza Argentina 2017, which took place March 31 and April 1 at the Hipódromo de San Isidro horse racing track near Buenos Aires. The battery powered and wirelessly controlled IP65 rated fixtures were used to uplight a massive “Love Is All” sign/sculpture.

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Syncrolites in use on 2016 Desert Trip stage

Desert Trip Not on the Festival Agenda for 2017

LOS ANGELES — Desert Trip, the two-weekend classic rock festival that was self-mockingly referred to as “old-chella” by some of the performers onstage, will not be a regularly scheduled annual event, according to Goldenvoice CEO Paul Tollett, in an interview with Billboard magazine.

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Photo by Madis Kirkmann

Puppet Theatre in Estonia Lit with Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels

TALLINN, Estonia – Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels – 52 in total – have been specified and installed at the new Nuku (Puppet) Theatre in Tallinn. This world famous theatre has just opened a completely new space – formally an outside courtyard – at its theatre complex in the heart of the picturesque and vibrant Estonian capital. The project is one of the latest in a number of high profile theatre installations of Robe DL series LED moving lights around the world.

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ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium at Coachella's Sahara stage

Dave Taylor Runs Empire of the Sun Coachella Show with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium

INDIO, CA – Empire of the Sun performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s Sahara Stage with artistic flourishes that included glowing pyramids and a six-pronged stage element cradling a white orb. The light show featured a blend of bright white light and vivid colors, programmed and controlled by Dave Taylor, who used a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console.

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PRG Supports Bon Jovi Tour with Scenius Spots, grandMA2 Consoles

[caption id="attachment_276619" align="alignnone" width="800"]Bon Jovi uses Clay Paky and grandMA products[/caption]

NEW YORK – Bon Jovi’s “This House Is Not For Sale” tour opened with select dates in the U.S. Canada and the U.K. last fall, and recently completed another leg earlier this year from Feb. 8 (Greenville, SC) to mid-April, finishing with two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. PRG supplied the tour rig, which included 36 Claypaky Scenius Spots, controlled by Joe Bay, lighting director and programmer, who used a grandMA2 Full lighting console for control.

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