BRADFORD, Yorkshire, U.K. – Germany-based Nachtstark toured the U.K. and used Calibre’s LEDView400 scaler-switcher not just for its LED video backdrop but to also handle text, social media feeds, sponsor advertising, logos and agency information. The band’s bass guitarist, Alexander Funk, also has IT experience and served as the band’s programmer.
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LONDON – White Light named Alicia Earls business development manager for events. Earls joins White Light after more than seven years as communications manager for the Science Museum Group.
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DETROIT – For Garth Brooks’ current U.S. tour, LD Dave Butzler included 48 Robe LEDWash 1200s, supplied by Bandit Lites, which purchased the fixtures specially for the tour. Brooks’ 2014 and 2015 shows are in support of the country artist’s first studio album in 13 years, Man Against Machine.
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DOHA, Qatar – At the Sheraton Doha Hotel & Resort, Griven LED architectural fixtures are painting distinctive looks on the building’s exterior. The new lighting design, coinciding with the resort’s 30th year, includes a W-DMX wireless control system.
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WICKFORD, Essex, U.K. – Darren Parker, MD of DPL Lighting, recently took delivery of a number of Ayrton MagicBlade-R LED fixtures sourced via Ambersphere Solutions. Parker, who acted on a tip from designer Adam Power, says the new fixtures have already drawn considerable interest from industry partners.
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NEW YORK – USITT’s Board Mentorship program is designed to offer experience to young professionals and students interested in non-profit arts administration. USITT is accepting applications through April 28 for the third round of the program. Of those applying, two will be chosen to learn from USITT’s 32-member Board of Directors for the July1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 fiscal year.
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LONDON – LD Louis Oliver of Okulus has used an array of Showline fixtures as part of his color-rich and punchy lighting design for You Me At Six’s UK arena tour. Zig Zag Lighting provided the gear.
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The new Versa Hinge from Chauvet’s Trusst division is designed to work as a corner connector for square or triangular conical truss as well as standard 12” bolt plate truss.
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NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia – In November 2014, Alexey Zhivanov, LD for Russian stage rental and install firm Grand Show, was tasked with supporting two distinct events: a rock concert at a nightclub and a ballet staged in a traditional opera house. He relied on Martin’s M2GO lighting controller for both events.
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MMIDDLETON, WI – ETC has officially extended the deadline on the early-bird discount for the biennial CUE professional development conference to March 13. The end-user conference will take place June 26-28, 2015 in Madison, WI, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
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RALEIGH, NC – Mikey Cummings, a 20-year veteran of the lighting industry, pushed for Pulse Lighting to invest in an Avolites Sapphire Touch console last year. Pulse Lighting acted on his recommendation, and Cummings used the flagship lighting console for the 2014/2015 tour by The Old Crow Medicine Show in support of their Grammy Award-winning album, Remedy.
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LONDON – Ambersphere Solutions have been busy fulfilling orders and shipping Mythos units to numerous clients across the U.K., including White Light’s Dave Isherwood, who is pictured here with Ambersphere Solutions sales director Phil Norfolk.
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