THE EXUMAS, Bahamas — The promotional hype for the inaugural Fyre Festival, which was set to take place on two weekends April 28-30 and May 5-7 2017 on an island in the Bahamas, promised a sun-kissed paradise with bikini-clad models, first-class accommodations, gourmet dining and non-stop music from headliners including Blink-182, G.O.O.D. Music, Major Lazer and more.
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ZAGREB, Croatia — To give Croatian pop artist Ivan Zak big looks on his biggest show yet, a one-off show in Zagreb Arena filled with 18,000 fans, LD Sven Kucinic used 20 Robe BMFL Spots, 48 Pointes and 16 MMX WashBeams supplied by rental company Eldra.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Staging Concepts, a provider of portable staging equipment, will open a new location in Minneapolis on May 11. The new facility is at 8400 Wyoming Avenue North, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55445.
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Eurolite’s TMH-X25 Zoom, featured at Prolight+Sound 2017, combines the capabilities of a moving head fixture with a matrix effect and beam spot fixture. It resembles a matrix effect on the base of a moving head with a 5 x 5 matrix of individually controllable RGBW LEDs. The fixture can be controlled by DMX or Art-Net.
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ARGYLE, TX — GoVision named Todd Wickstrum vice president, design & engineering. Wickstrum brings nearly 20 years of engineering experience with Peterbilt Motors in Denton, Texas, to his new role at GoVision.
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OREM, UT and VANCOUVER, BC, Canada — Flex Rental Solutions, an internationally recognized provider of enterprise web-based rental management software for the AV, Event and Production Management industry, announced a new strategic partnership with CrewDriver, an app that facilitates scheduling for any company that routinely engages a pool of freelance workers as part of their service to customers.
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NEU-ANSPACH, Germany — The Adam Hall Group, a manufacturer and distributor providing event technology solutions to business customers worldwide, recentlhy added John Kaukis to its U.K. sales team.
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WESTLAKE, TX – The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, the event where manufacturers and developers test their products for interoperability, is scheduled to take place from July 21 to July 25 at the D/FW Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. Everyone is welcome to attend the 14th version of this event.
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FLORENCE, Italy – Claypaky announced plans to once again host the Showlight quadrennial exhibition as the event’s main sponsor. The 2017 event, which is the 10th Showlight event, will take place May 20-23 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy. Pictured here, from left, are Roberta Guaschi and Pio Nahum of Claypaky.
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LAS VEGAS — Digital media solution provider Reflect needed a dynamic display for their booth entrance at the DSE (Digital Signage Expo), held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in late March. Nashville-based PixelFLEX provided an assist with their FLEXLite II 3.9mm LED video screen product. Reflect also provided PixelFLEX with an assist for the GlobalShop trade show at Mandalay Bay, where PixelFLEX was exhibiting.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — For Mastodon’s 30-city North American tour in support of the band’s March 31 album release, Emperor of Sand, Michael Howe created and controls evocative show visuals using a MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console and Magic HD media server from ChamSys.
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ORANGE BEACH, AL – Luke Bryan, who wrapped the 2016 leg of his Kill the Lights Tour last fall, returned to the road with a new string of Kill the Lights dates from Feb. 11 to March 18. Lighting designer Justin Kitchenman selected a big package of Claypaky fixtures from Elite Multimedia, for the shows. They included Scenius UN1CO luminaires – one of the first appearances made by these fixtures in North America.
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