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Pierce The Veil Shows in U.K., Ireland Get Avolites Assist

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U.K. and IRELAND — Lighting designer Jeff Maker employed an Avolites Sapphire Touch to drive his design for Californian pop-punk quartet Pierce the Veil’s U.K. and Ireland tour. The shows followed the release of the band’s fourth album, Misadventures. Maker, a longtime user of Avolites products, credited the Sapphire Touch console he used to light the set, which depicted rocket ship pieces after a crash landing.

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Oklahoma’s Vintage Church Upgrades Lighting with Elation Colour Pendant™

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EDMOND. OK. – Vintage Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, is the latest house of worship to discover the transformative powers of Elation Professional’s Colour Pendant™ LED downlight luminaire. Tasked this past summer with bringing the church’s lighting up to date, full service event production, lighting design and installation firm Company De Roth replaced the venue’s outdated house lights with versatile color-changing Colour Pendants.

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Penn Elcom Just Gets Cooler!

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USA – Global flightcase hardware and 19 inch racking manufacturer Penn Elcom introduces the new FT80-Q – quiet – cooling unit for active heat management in cupboards, closets and other enclosed environments The new exhaust fan product has been developed by Penn’s R ‘n’ D team for fitting into sealed enclosures housing 19 inch racking systems, servers, etc., where hot air is not being expelled.

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Robe Has the Time of Its Life …

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LONDON – Popular musical “Dirty Dancing” returned to London’s West End in December playing the Phoenix Theatre following a regional UK tour with a lively production that originally premiered in Italy in 2015 where it played Milan and Rome. This production has also toured in Spain and Mexico with additional troupes. Lighting has been created by leading Italian LD Valerio Tibeiri who seized the opportunity in London to upgrade the original lighting rig and use nearly 70 x Robe moving lights – a combination of BMFL Blades and LEDBeam 1000s – as the primary luminaires.

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AmericanAirlines Arena’s NanoLumens Outdoor Gallery Series Displays ‘Weather’ the Storm of Hurricane Season

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, – With the 2016 hurricane season now mercifully behind us, the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that their recently-installed NanoLumens Outdoor Gallery Series LED displays withstood the challenges of a hurricane season that produced six hurricanes and nine tropical storms. Two of the 2016 season’s hurricanes, Hermine and Matthew, directly impacted Florida and caused heavy winds, rain and millions of dollars in damages.

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Claypaky illuminates Alternative Festival Experiences at Bluedot and Festival No.6

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ENGLAND AND WALES –  An array of Claypaky fixtures were selected by leading Manchester-based technical supplier Audile to provide extraordinary stage lighting for two of last summer’s more alternative festivals; the inaugural Bluedot ‘festival of discovery’ and boutique arts and music experience Festival No.6. Held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire underneath the famous Lovell telescope and debuting this year, Bluedot offers a three-day program of music, art and culture, flavored with science and space exploration.

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Avolites Is Quick Off The Draw For Bullet For My Valentine

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WORLDWIDE – Lighting designer Tom Campbell has selected an Avolites Tiger Touch II and backup Quartz to control his richly empathetic lighting design for metal-core band Bullet for my Valentine (BFMV) on their recent worldwide tour in support of their 2015 album ‘Venom’. The Welsh rockers returned with a show-stopper of a tour, studiously lit, designed and controlled by Campbell who counts Anna Calvi for which he won a Knight Of Illumination Award in 2015, Katy B, Leon Bridges and John Grant in his resume.

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Absen Graduates Final ACE Class Of 2016

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ORLANDO, FLA. – Absen America completed its last ACE training of 2016 two weeks ago in Orlando. This three-day training session was filled with engineers eager to get their hands on the Absen LED tiles. The ACE program is designed for engineers, technicians and freelancers in the rental, staging, event and video industry. This three-day program educates and updates technicians on Absen products.

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Zomboy Gets Immersive with Antic Studios and Chauvet Professional

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MINNEAPOLIS –- A master of the filthy wub and wiry house vibe, Zomboy has had a powerful gravitational pull on the EDM sound. Stars like Skrillex, DJ Snake and almost every other bass DJ have, at one time or another, used one of his iconic hits as a set opener. His remix of the Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down” has melted stages. Beyond his earth shifting hits, however, this British DJ has connected to fans with a charismatic stage presence.

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ESP-KNX Permapick Line

ESP-KNX Permapick Line

The ESP-KNX line of low cost truss picks featuring the company’s patent-pending Permapick design for permanent installation applications are available for all popular three- and four-chord truss. These products promise to serve as a recognized IBC compliant method of connection for a variety of installation types at a competitive price.

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Mark Wood Holiday Concert Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

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SIOUX FALLS, SD – Mark Wood, an electric violinist and member of the original Trans-Siberian Orchestra, began his latest holiday concert at the Denny Sanford Arena with a stirring message for the 12,000 people in attendance. “We’re going to burn up tonight,” said the virtuoso musician and Emmy Award-winning composer. “We’re here to celebrate the wonderment of music making. We’re inspiring these amazing kids and we’re inspiring the future.”

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Bullet for My Valentine Tours U.K. with Claypaky Fixtures

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LONDON — Knight of Illumination Award-winning lighting designer Tom Campbell has used a predominantly Claypaky rig in his recent redesign of Welsh heavy metal rock legends Bullet for my Valentine’s (BFMV) current fifth studio album tour Venom. Campbell’s full touring rig contains 26 Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20s, 20 Claypaky Sharpys, 14 Claypaky Stormy CCs and six Claypaky Mythos.

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