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‘The Commitments’ Tours U.K., Europe with MDG Haze

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LONDON – Following a successful two-year run in London’s West End, The Commitments, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, has taken to the road for the first time, carrying with it an MDG AtmosphereAPS haze generator. The 8-month tour will take in 26 venues across the UK and, for the first time ever, travel to its ‘home’ town of Dublin, all the while spreading it’s brand of soul music to the masses.

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Christie Extreme Series Joins Christie Aspect Family of LCD Video Wall Displays

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CYPRESS, CA – Christie’s new Extreme Series joins the company’s Aspect family of LCD video panels. The new series consists of four models: FHD553-XE, FHD553-XE-R, FHD553-XE-H, and FHD553-XE-HR and include a range of brightness levels. Designed for impressive near-seamless video walls, the Extreme Series adds to the Christie Aspect range of product options, including: bezel size, brightness, power, connectivity and price.

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Chase & Status Get HSL Assist for Late 2016 Shows

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LONDON – Chase & Status treated fans with a short end of year tour which revealed snapshots of material from their forthcoming studio album – due for release in 2017 – as well as belting out some of their classics. Lighting and set designer Andy Hurst faced the challenge of designing A, B and C variations of a rig that would fit into a selection of Academies plus a sold-out show at London’s Ally Pally, where they raised the roof delivering a full-throttle collage of music and visual presentation matching their intense energy and attitude.

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Bandit Lends a Hand to The Christmas Jam

Warren Haynes Christmas Jam Shines with Bandit Lites

ASHEVILLE, NC – Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam once again drew legendary musicians and an appreciative crowd together for a great cause. The annual Christmas benefit began 28 years ago, as Haynes sought to give back to his hometown’s Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. Bandit Lites donated lighting for this year’s sold out concert. Along with Haynes and his band, this year’s event featured Gov’t Mule, Bob Weir, Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss, among others. LD Chris Ragan used Bandit-supplied grandMA2 consoles to control the rig, which included VL, Robe, Claypaky, GLP and Bandit’s own moving light fixtures.

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Shinedown toured with VDO Sceptron 10 LED video fixtures and MAC Viper Profiles

Shinedown Gets New Looks from Martin Fixtures for 2016 ‘Carnival of Madness’ Tour

DETROIT – LD Sooner Routhier of SRae Productions used a full array of Martin by Harman VDO Sceptron 10 LED video fixtures and MAC Viper Profile fixtures to create an innovative, modern and exciting lighting experience for Shinedown’s recent “Carnival of Madness” tour. After using the same lighting setup for several years, the band asked SRae Productions to create a new and modern lighting set that represented the band’s unique sound. The tour, which also featured Halestorm, Black Stone Cherry and Whiskey Myers, among others, hit a variety of venues in the Eastern and Midwest U.S. in July and August.

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Lawo Equipment In Russian Radio And TV Stations

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RUSSIA – The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) is currently undergoing the Russian Government program of regional TV infrastructure modernization. This has been an ongoing process over the last eight years. In 2013, the leading system integrator in the Russian Federation ‘OKNO-TV’ was involved in the system design of a local news studio production facility, which included the newsroom computer system, RCS and MAM, the Central Switching Room and the Regional Channel Continuity Suite.

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Jack Garratt gets support from Claypaky Scenius

Jack Garratt Tours U.K. with Claypaky Scenius Spot Fixtures

BRIGHTON, U.K. – Production designers James Scott and Louis Oliver of Okulus used Claypaky’s Scenius Spot as part of their design for 2016 Brit award-winner Jack Garratt’s UK autumn tour, following the release of the multi-instrumentalist’s debut album ‘Phase’. Okulus, which has worked for the likes of Zac Brown Band, Chvrches and Bring Me The Horizon, specified 20 of the new moving head fixtures from UK rental operation Siyan Ltd.

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'“The Roland XS filled every need I had once I moved to LED,' said Glen Sanders.

Fresh Air Flicks Using Roland’s XS-82H Switcher to Support Mobile LED Setup

NEW YORK — Fresh Air Flicks founder/owner Glen Sanders spotted the trend of outdoor cinema early on as it gained traction in Brooklyn and other hip communities. Starting out in 2004, Sanders and Fresh Air Flicks were providing giant inflatable screens for events like “Movies with a View” that would bring as many as 8,000 people out for an evening to watch films in the park beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. As demand grew for that kind of recreation during the longer daylight hours of summer, Sanders upped his game.

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The FLX, HFX and Fuze lights were used on an Oct. 26 show (recorded for a Dec. 2 broadcast), as well as on a live show that took place on Oct. 29

LD Thomas Gerdon Uses Fuze Wash Z120, Other Elation Fixtures for Popular German TV Show

MUNICH, Germany – LD Thomas Gerdon used Elation Professional lighting fixtures for the German television program “Verstehen Sie Spass,” this time for two fall season shows. Gerdon employed Elation’s Platinum FLX™ and Platinum HFX™ hybrid moving heads to light artist performances. He was also one of the first LDs anywhere to use Elation’s new Fuze Wash Z120™ LED wash light.

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Enttec PLink CVC3

Enttec PLink CVC3

Enttec’s line of LED tape related products includes the E.L.M, the Pixelator, the Pixie Driver and the Pixel Link (PLink) product families, which are engineered to help designers focus on their creativity, rather than the technical complexities of working with large numbers of pixels. The newest product in the Enttec LED driver line is the PLink CVC3.

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Yorkville Sound LP-LED4X

Yorkville Sound LP-LED4X

Yorkville Sound’s LP-LED4X is a new four pod all-in-one fixture designed to operate in standalone mode using its advanced onboard controls, as part of a small system with Yorkville’s proprietary LP-C4 footswitch controller or LP-C12 desk controller, or scaled up with multiple LP-LED4X as part of a large theatre or touring system operated via integrated DMX I/O.

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