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Crowd Tumbles After Rail Collapses During Snoop Dogg Concert near Philadelphia, 42 Injured

CAMDEN, NJ — Shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa were out at a secondary stage at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ, near Philadelphia, getting fans pumped. Suddenly, the rail separating the fans on the lawn from the performers collapsed, and about 50 people tumbled forward, dropping on top of each other onto a concrete surface several feet below. Forty-two people, including Live Nation staff, were treated for injuries, according to reports.

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VuePix S1mm in Olympic Studio

VuePix 4K Screen for Rio 2016 Olympics Studio

RIO – The Olympic Opening Ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil kicked off the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. It is the first time that the World’s most watched sporting event is hosted in South America with a record number of countries participating in a record number of sports. NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected NEP Group to provide mobile broadcasting and engineering consulting for its production.

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Wade Williams joins Altman

Wade Williams Joins Altman Lighting

YONKERS, NY – Altman Lighting is pleased to announce that Wade Williams has joined the Altman team in the role of Southern Regional Sales Manager. Wade will manage Altman Lighting sales in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. 

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Dave Krump (L) Tristian Bickerton (R)

CT Acquires The Wireless Works

LONDON – Creative Technology (CT) announces the acquisition of “The Wireless Works” a specialist event service business based in Godalming, UK, delivering radio communications, intercom and data services to the broadcast and live event markets.

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EDC at Milton Keyes Bowl

EDC UK Gets Helping Hand from Enteetainment

MILTON KEYNES, U.K. – On behalf of Festival Republic, Dick Tee of ‘enteetainment Ltd’, was asked to look after the technical production management of the recent EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival) show in Milton Keynes Bowl, working alongside his counterpart, world renowned Production Manager Jake Berry, who was representing Los Angeles based Festival producers ‘Insomniac’.

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Sound and Light invests in Robe BMFL

Danish Production Company, Sound and Light, Adds Robe BMFLs to Rental Inventory

DENMARK – Sound and Light is a busy rental company based in the bustling port and university town of Aalborg on the edge of the gently rolling, lush countryside of Jutland, north Denmark, and a recent investor in Robe’s BMFL Spot moving light fixtures. Focused on servicing the top end of the entertainment lighting market – incorporating TV productions, corporate events and industrials plus installations – Sound and Light was founded in the 1980s by Jess Otzen.

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Coldplay using Floppy Flex LED tape

Firefly FloppyFlex LED Neon Tours the World with Coldplay

PHILADELPHIA – The impressive stage set for Coldplay’s 2016 A Head Full of Dreams Tour is highlighted by the new, bright, RGB Firefly FloppyFlex flexible LED neon.  Currently on a seven-city US stadium run, the tour began early this year in South America, then went to Europe, and will continue to Australia and New Zealand.

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LEDtronics aids the Symphony with LED lights

Symphony Orchestra Makes the Switch to LEDtronics LED Lights

TORRANCE, CA. — To a professional symphony orchestra, being able to clearly read their sheet music is the only way to put on a performance worthy of a standing ovation. Sheet music poorly lit by troublesome incandescent lighting simply won’t due; especially for the best of the best. The members of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra had to deal with inefficient incandescent lights in their musician stand lights. After they switched to LEDtronics Right-angle LED T10 Lamps, the Orchestra no longer has to worry about bad lighting holding back their performance.

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