NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites added to the Clay Paky fixtures in its inventory with its recent acquisition of Mythos and Spheriscan fixtures. LDs Mike Swinford and Nick Whitehouse are using Mythos fixtures for Jason Aldean and Thomas Rhett, respectively. LD Butch Allen has also been using Bandit-supplied Spheriscan fixtures (pictured here).
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PROVIDENCE, RI – Luis Vargas has been bringing the Bachata beat to venues far from his homeland in Dominican Republic, expanding its popularity to a crossover crowd with his performances on electric guitar. At the Roxy venue in Providence, RI, LD Cody James recently used Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional to light Vargas’ show.
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MIAMI — The sold-out Madness Fall Tour by Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer, The Weeknd, in support of his third studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, featured a set and lighting design by LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works. It incorporated more than 650 lighting fixtures from Ayrton — including ‘every available IntelliPix-R fixture on the planet’ – for Bennett’s multi-faceted looks.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada – The Beaux-Arts façade of the Toronto Power Generating Station, a building that dates from 1906 and is now owned by the Niagara Parks Commission, got a wash of color during the recent Niagara Winter Festival of Lights event from Chroma-Q Color One 100 IP65-rated LED PARs.
Read More »LONDON – Sound Space Design and Anne Minors Performance Consultants are teaming up to form Sound Space Vision. The move formalizes their longstanding working relationship and will continue to build on their combined experience in performance, education and assembly spaces, as well as broadening their reach within the built environment.
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ORLANDO – Alcorn McBride will introduce VPage and announce the official release of WinScript Live 4.0 at ISE 2016 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, February 9-12, 2016. WinScript Live 4.0 is for Alcorn McBride’s V16 Pro (pictured here), V4 Pro and VCore show controllers. Alcorn McBride will be exhibiting at stand 1-N95.
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NEW YORK — As New Yorkers celebrated the arrival of 2016, several thousand EDM fans rocked out at Big Week NYC, a series of concerts produced by RPM Presents and staged at Pier 94 and Pier 36. Kevin Mignone, owner of New York-based KM Productions, lit Rudimental, Nicky Romero, Knife Party, Future, Travis Scott, Chainsmokers, and Oliver Heldens, among others, with a rig that included Robe BMFL Spots and Pointes.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — In a unanimous decision, Indiana’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the State Fair Commission and against Mid-America Sound on whether contractual indemnity provisions could shield Mid-America from liability for the Aug. 13, 2011 collapse of the temporary concert staging structure used for the Indianapolis State Fair. The collapse in high winds killed seven and injured 58.
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Now available, factory direct from Quik Stage, are the company’s Clear Top Plexiglas Portable Stages. Available in several sizes (up to a 4 x 4 including an angle and curved option), Quik Stage’s Clear Top Plexiglas Portable Stages are well suited for use as Drum, Camera and Keyboard Risers or any other related application. The product is in stock and priced for affordability.
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Quik Stage’s Truss Totems can transform and add a whole new dimension to any stage or facility. Available in white or black, with several height options, Truss Totems can be used with or without LED lighting to match any décor. LED lights are also available.
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PHILADELPHIA – LD Lenny Sasso has been using the zone control and pixel mapping features of Chauvet Professional Rogue and Nexus fixtures provided by Squeek Lights for Atreuy, a Metalcore band that takes its name from one of the characters in German author Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story.
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d3 Technology’s new 3G-SDI Video Format Conversion (VFC) cards are now available, completing the trio of cards offering DisplayPort, DVI and now 3G-SDI output options for the 4x4pro platform.
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