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SINGAPORE – Coldplay’s Head Full of Dreams tour resumes later this month in Asia. The tour has already made history by selling out 100,000 seats in Singapore.  At the same time, Kings of Leon is winding up their U.K. tour and heading for America. Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative Design is production designer for both tours, and the Solaris Flare is his LED fixture of choice – with 96 Flares used for Coldplay and 36 for Kings of Leon.

 NASHVILLE –– St. Paul and the Broken Bones shook the rafters of the Mother Church in a show stopping performance that left audience members feelings as though they left a revival, as the six-piece band from Alabama, currently promoting their newest album, Sea of Noise, brought their soulful sound to the historic Ryman Auditorium for a two night engagement with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Chris Lisle sought to create an effective production package that harkened back to the old school looks of lighting.

MIDDLETON, WI — Electronic Theatre Controls Inc. (ETC), founded by CEO Fred Foster in Madison, WI in 1975, has many long-term business partners. Writer Marshall Bissett profiled one of them — Florida-based Stage Equipment and Lighting (SEAL) — after meeting up with SEAL’s Mike Gold and Curt Contrata (pictured here, L-R) at ETC’s Rep and Dealer Workshop in Madison, WI. Marshall also spoke with SEAL VP Rick Rudolph. Here’s his account of SEAL, which has been around even longer than ETC, serving customers in Florida since 1967.

CHANDLER, AZ — For a recent Smash Mouth gig in this Phoenix suburb, John Garberson of Creative Backstage used Chauvet Professional Maverick, Rogue and Strike fixtures on a Stageline SL250 stage. The setup included 10 Maverick MK2 Spots, 24 Rogue R2 Washes and four STRIKE 4 multi-formatted warm white effects. Flown on downstage, mid-stage and upstage truss, the moving fixtures were used to shower the stage with richly colored beams from multiple directions.