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Mickey Curbishley, CEO of PRG Music Group, Announces Resignation

LOS ANGELES – Mickey Curbishley announced June 13 that he will be leaving Production Resource Group as of June 30, 2016. As CEO of PRG’s Music Group, Curbishley oversaw business development and client support for concert tours, special events, television, and other music-related projects around the world. Prior to PRG, he had been co-owner of Light & Sound Design (LSD), which PRG acquired in 1998. Prior to joining LSD in 1994, he had toured with top artists including Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, George Harrison, Frank Sinatra, Judas Priest, AC/DC and Prince.

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Ayrton MagicBurst LED Strobe

Ayrton MagicBurst LED Strobe

Ayrton’s MagicBurst is a new high-power graphic LED strobe featuring continuous, unlimited rotation on its pan and tilt axis. The fixture, which is the company’s first strobe unit, first burst onto the world stage at Prolight + Sound 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany earlier this year. MagicBurst’s 384 x 384 mm squared face supports 3,840 high-output white LEDs grouped into 64 pixels on an 8 x 8 matrix. With a new ultra-compact 1,300W power supply, MagicBurst promises peak light output of more than 240,000 lumens (calibrated at 5600K) for several seconds, and the fixture can put that into continuous rotation.

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'Hamilton' photo by Joan Marcus

‘Hamilton’ Wins 11 Tony Awards, Including “Best Lighting Design from a Musical”

NEW YORK — In an evening that was at once somber, defiant and celebratory, less than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting in American history claimed 50 lives at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the hip hop musical, Hamilton, which had received a record 16 Tony Awards, dominated the winner’s circle with 11 wins, including LD Howell Binkley’s award for “Best Lighting Design from a Musical.”

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Lauper's show features a five piece band and artful set comprising of a video wall that showcases Western flicks and footage of Cyndi in the studio.

Bandit Lights the Way for Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Detour’ into Country Music

NASHVILLE – Cyndi Lauper’s career has spanned more than 30 years, and while she’s known as a pop pioneer, she’s recently made another bold move to country airwaves with her newest album, Detour. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the first leg of the Grammy, Tony and Emmy-award winning performer’s summer tour, which kicked off in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. In addition to performing songs from her new album, Lauper also treats fans to her classic hits, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “True Colors,” while telling anecdotes of her adventures.

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The fixtures arrived and were sent out the same day.

Clay Paky Scenius Fixtures Added to Lighting Rig for Lauryn Hill’s Tour

RALEIGH, NC – Alpha Production Group, which recently took delivery of six Clay Paky Scenius moving head spotlights, quickly sent them out to support the looks for Lauryn Hill’s tour, now making several stops along the Pacific Northwest. In the Lauryn Hill rig the Scenius fixtures were mounted on downstage truss to serve as washes for the artist and her band. They are also used midstage on cases for more atmospheric sets. Alpha Production Group purchased 16 Clay Paky Sharpys from A.C.T Lighting about 18 months ago and has a pair of grandMA2 Light consoles, which A.C.T Lighting also represents in North America.

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Chvrches Tours with Philips SL Nitro 510C LED Strobes

Chvrches Tours with Philips SL Nitro 510C LED Strobes

MANCHESTER, TN – Synthpop trio Chvrches has been touring with a lighting design by Louis Oliver and James Scott of Okulus that includes Philips’ Showline SL Nitro 510C LED strobe fixtures to meet the band’s interest in having a strong video element but without using a conventional screen. The band performed recently at Bonnaroo 2016.

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Baz Halpin and Chris Nyfield are using 62 Strike 4 warm white LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

Florida Georgia Line Tours with Chauvet Professional Strike 4 Fixtures

NASHVILLE — For Florida Georgia Line’s Dig Your Roots tour, named for the country duo’s third album, which is due out in Aug. 2016, Baz Halpin and Chris Nyfield are using 62 Strike 4 warm white LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The LDs arranged the Strike 4s, which were supplied by PRG, on five light ladders. Positioned on a trolley style track upstage, the ladders can be moved horizontally during the show. Running their rig with a grandMA2, Halpin and Nyfield control each 100-watt LED cell in their Strike 4 fixtures individually.

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The grandMA2-controlled rig includes Martin MAC Viper Wash DXs and MAC Aura XB moving lights

LD Dan Tiley Gets Assist for Il Divo’s ‘Amor & Pasión’ Tour from HSL

LONDON – Il Divo, the vocal quartet comprised of male singers from the U.S., France, Spain and Switzerland that got its start in the U.K. back in 2003, has been touring in support of their Nov. 2015 album release, Amor & Pasión” (Love & Passion). HSL is supporting the tour with an expanded array of lighting fixtures in its inventory including Martin MAC Viper Wash DXs and MAC Aura XB moving lights. LD Dan Tiley, who is getting an assist for this tour from HSL project manager Andy Chatburn, is using a grandMA2 console for control.

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Blizzard Lighting Oberon Fresnel Zoom

Blizzard Lighting Oberon Fresnel and Oberon Fresnel Zoom

Blizzard Lighting’s Oberon fixtures, including the Oberon Fresnel and Oberon Fresnel Zoom (pictured here), offer a 3200K-3500K tungsten color while attaining a high CRI of 95 that can be directly compared to natural sunlight. The LED fixture adds to the complete line of conventional light fixtures the company has to offer the lighting marketplace.

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