ABU DHABI, UAE — The 2017 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) took place in Abu Dhabi Feb. 19-23, including an elaborate combination of musical and military spectacles with a performance stage measuring 250 by 60 meters used for a dramatic portrayal of live combat. Protec and various subcontractors supported the event for a third time.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib continues its work with top comedians having just supplied full production – sound, lighting and video – for Jack Whitehall’s sold out, three week ‘At Large’ UK arena tour. The Liverpool based company was delighted to be on the road with one of the UK’s most exciting and successful talents having previously supplied production for his ground-breaking 2014 arena tour which was staged in the round.
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KANNOT JUNCTION, Israel — The wedding industry in Israel is a highly competitive sector with rivalry among the top venues to offer the best facilities, making good technical production in the main reception rooms an absolute key to ensuring each event is trending. So when Nesher Edri launched his new enterprise Lara, he specified 60 Robe VIVA LED spots. For this venture he has used his experience, knowledge and enthusiasm from running another leading wedding venue, Signal – where he originally started as the sound and light jockey – to ensure LARA would be a premium choice for The Big Day.
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ORLANDO – APG Rentals has added high resolution 2.9mm, 1.9mm, and 1.5mm LED displays to its portfolio. APG Rentals will showcase the new line-up at ExhibitorLive 2017 in Booth #654 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 13th – 15th.
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HAMBURG, Germany — The Hamburg, Germany-based rap trio, Beginner, have been touring in support of their new album, Advanced Chemistry. LD Bertil Mark’s lighting design relies extensively on GLP products, including the company’s GT-1 and impression X4 fixtures.
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LONDON – Drake’s 2017 “Boy Meets World” tour, on the heels of his successful “Summer Sixteen” tour last year, has been impressing audiences in the U.K. and Europe this year. After a Jan. 28 show at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Drake performed a series of shows at London’s O2 Arena and other big venues in the U.K. and Europe before returning to the Ziggo Dome later this month.
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NASHVILLE — For the U.S. leg of We the Kings’ 10th anniversary tour, Squeek Lights is providing a rig centered upon Chauvet Professional fixtures, including Rogue R1 Washes and Nexus 4×1 4-cell COB RGB LED units. Squeek Lights’ LD for the tour, Steve Kosiba, designed the rig to adapt to a wide range of venues.
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LONDON – Colour Sound Experiement delivered equipment for a recent U.K. tour by d’n’b music producer Wilkinson. The series of sold-out gigs were slated ahead of the release of the artist’s planned April 2017 release of his album, Hypnotic. LD Sam Tozer designed the visuals for the tour.
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LAS VEGAS — FOR-A will introduce the HVS-490 live HD/4K-UHD multiple effects production switcher; HVS-100TB2 interface; MBP-200TB2 SDI Gateway with Thunderbolt interface; and FVW-700 HD/4K-UHD telestrator. Held from April 22-27 this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, FOR-A will exhibit in NAB booth C5117.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Held Feb. 27-March 2 at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress got a visual assist from CT’s Mick Jones and Nick Whitehead, who provided a broad array of AV support to meet the needs of the venue and its brand support agency, Line Up.
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SYDNEY — TMB, distributor of Firefly FloppyFlex LED neon products, noted that 285 meters of the product was incorporated into Woodroffe Bassett Design’s looks for Adele on her current tour of New Zealand and Australia. Tait supplied the product for the tour leg, an extension of Adele’s Live 2016 trek (now called Adele Live 2017), which began Feb. 28 and runs through March 26. The tour also includes confetti effects from Quantum SFX.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — 4Wall provided lighting for a dance marathon event at Penn State University that raised more than $10 million for organizations helping children with cancer and their families. The event, dubbed THON, ran for 46 hours within Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. 4Wall DC provided the rental package for the event made possible by donations from Red Brick Productions, ETC, the Bryce Jordan Center, and various other University entities.
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