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Scorpions Tour with Mostly Local Production; Robes on the Rider

SAO PAULO, Brazil — After passing their 50-year milestone in 2015, Germany-based rockers, The Scorpions, are still going strong, performing around the world with mostly locally-provided gear. Associate LD and lighting operator Manfred Nikitser from Vienna-based Manik Show Lighting is running the lighting for the current touring schedule with Rainer Becker. Robe’s BMFL Spots are among a number of primary moving light fixtures on Nikitser’s rider..

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New wireless options are giving gaffers and lighting artists a new range of solutions.

Hollywood-Based Innovative Dimmers Teams with LumenRadio to Assist with Major Film Lighting Projects

LOS ANGELES – Hollywood based Innovative Dimmers, which seeks out and provides equipment tailored to the needs of entertainment lighting professionals, has forged a partnership with LumenRadio to make their products more versatile than ever. New wireless options are giving gaffers and lighting artists a new range of rigging solutions that have helped with the lighting for a broad array of prominent feature films.

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Volbeat’s World Tour Rig Includes Martin Axiom Fixtures

DENVER — For Volbeat’s 2016 world tour, LD Niller Bjerregaard included Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures. The band, from Denmark, is known for their fusion of rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal and rockabilly. The current world tour is in support of their sixth album, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie. Bjerregaard chose the MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures for their  power,  performance and versatility.

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Frendly Gathering in VT

Vermont Music Festival Backed by Chauvet Professional PVP S7 Tiles

WINDHAM, VT – For Vermont’s “Frendly Gathering” music festival (spelled without an I for a reason), Tristan Rudat using Chauvet Professional’s PVP S7 panels to make sure all eyes were focused on a variety of different looks for the 26 acts as they performed styles ranging from rock, jam, reggae and bluegrass. Rudat used 50 of the tiles, arranging them in a 5 by 10 configuration that measured approximately 16 by 9 feet. The panels complemented a lighting rig that included Chauvet Rogue and other fixtures supplied by Supreme Lights and Sound.

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Hawaii’s Inspire Church Says “Aloha” to elektraLite LED Fixtures

WAIPAHU, HI — Inspire Waikele Church needed a lighting system for its live singing and live streaming. Axia Concepts of San Jose, CA installed 20 elektraLite 1018AI LED stage lights, 18 ML602 LED moving profile spots with gobos, and a dozen eyeBall LED fixtures into Inspire Waikele’s main sanctuary. For special accent/effects lights, the church now also has two LOS-1 Lightstream Quad LEDs—which offer tight, twisty beam effects from their mountings on a movable split yoke—and eight elektraBar full-featured linear strip LED fixture.

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Fineline Supplies Lighting, Video and Rigging for Duran Duran in Eden, Cornwall, UK

Duran Duran Performs Special U.K. Show; Fineline Supplies Lighting, Video and Rigging

CORNWALL, UK – Bristol, UK based lighting and visuals rental company Fineline supplied lighting, video and rigging equipment plus crew to Duran Duran Live at Eden with BBC Music Day, staged at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The special concert was the finale of the BBC’s 2016 Music Day – a nationwide celebration designed to unite different generations and communities through music.

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