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Tritonal Show in Washington DC Gets Extra Punch with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_274253" align="alignnone" width="786"]Tritonal Painting With Dreams gets aid from Chauvet[/caption]

WASHINGTON, DC – Tritonal, a duo that includes Austin, TX-based producer/DJs Chad Cisneros and David Reed, has been touring in support of their 2016 album release, Painting With Dreams. Tritonal’s lighting designer, Aaron Kovelman of The Hauss Collective turned to Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions for a visual assist with a show last fall at Echostage in Washington, DC. Angstadt made use of Chauvet Professional’s Nexus panels to complement the stage looks at the event, which also included tungsten looks from Chauvet’s Strike 4 LED fixtures.

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Justin Bieber ‘Purpose’ Tour Continues into 2017 with Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_274248" align="alignnone" width="800"]Bieber incorporates VLs into the production[/caption]

MONTERREY, Mexico — Philips Lighting noted that Justin Bieber’s Purpose world tour, which ranked #6 worldwide in Pollstar‘s 2016 Top Tour rankings based on gross revenues, is being reworked for more stadium dates in 2017. The 2017 tour includes dates in Mexico, Australia and South America before heading to Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.  

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S+H Technical Support supplied a large quantity of its LED Starcloth to be used as a complete wrap around the stage and audience seating for the one-off Christmas Special

Christmas Eve Broadcast of UK’s ‘Blankety Blank’ Gets LED Starcloth Assist from S+H

LONDON – S+H Technical Support supplied a large quantity of its LED Starcloth to be used as a complete wrap around the stage and audience seating for a one-off Christmas Special of the popular 1980’s comedy games show ‘Blankety Blank’ … which was hosted by David Walliams and broadcast by ITV on Christmas Eve. The show was recorded in Studio 1 of London Studios in Waterloo, central London in front of a live audience of 400, with a set design by Joshua Grace who specified the starcloth.

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UK’s Camberley Theatre Says YES to Elation Professional

[caption id="attachment_274243" align="alignnone" width="800"]UK’s Camberley Theatre uses Elation Products[/caption]

UK – Camberley Theatre, a thriving performance venue in Camberley Surrey southwest of London, has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, including significant additions to its in-house lighting. A new installation of Elation Professional fixtures, supplied by Yes Events Ltd, provides maximum flexibility for this multipurpose community space. The 408-seat theatre has replaced its house lights with the high-power, color-controllable Colour Pendant™ LED downlight.

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ADJ Pow-R Bar65

ADJ Spotlights Three New Products at NAMM 2017

ANAHEIM, CA — ADJ is putting special emphasis on three new products at the 2017 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim this year, starting with the company’s POW-R BAR65, which is designed to make it safer and easier to connect multiple electric devices. ADJ is also putting the spotlight on its Boom Box FX1 and Boom Box FX2 multi-effect fixtures. Each offers four separate lighting effects from a single compact unit.

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Coldplay's 'A Head Full of Dreams' tour topped the Pollstar charts in terms of number of tickets sold.

Top 10 Tours of 2016: Gear and Crew

LAS VEGAS – The year-end numbers are in, and whatever else you may have been thinking about how things in 2016 went down, live concert ticket sales are up, according Pollstar. Total sales for the top 10 tours worldwide, featuring, in order, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Guns N’ Roses, Adele, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Celine Dion hit $1.67 billion — an 11.3 percent gain on the $1.5 billion pulled in by the top 10 tours in 2015.

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All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis on March 11, 2017.

Deadline for ETCP Applications for USITT 2017 Exams Approaching

NEW YORK — All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis, MO on the morning of Saturday, March 11, 2017. The deadline is quickly approaching. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than February 14, 2017. The ETCP office is located at 630 9th Ave, Suite 609, New York, New York, 10036. USITT members and employees receive a $100 discount on examination fees.

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