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Parking Lot Shooting Leads to Lockdown Outside Red Rocks

MORRISON, CO — A police search following a parking lot shooting incident that injured three members of rapper Schoolboy Q’s entourage led to a lockdown of all roads leading to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre here late on June 19 while police tried to find the shooter. Although Schoolboy Q had been in the car at the time of the shooting, he was uninjured. The shooting occurred at about 10:30, as the concert featuring Nas and Lotus along with Schoolboy Q came to and end. The shooter remained at large despite a roadblock and car-by-car search of exiting concertgoers that continued until about 3 a.m.

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Ludus Launches Ticketing Program for Theatres

HOLLAND, MI — Ludus’ new ticketing program for theatres, which launched in mid-June, is based on a custom ticketing program in use for the theatre at Holland High School here during the 2013/14 school year. The software has been designed to be easy to set up and use. Features include a custom web URL for theatres to send customers to, customizable text and colors, the ability provide refunds and exchanges from the admin panel, and the ability to allow customers to print tickets or receive them digitally on their phones, mass marketing to attendees, and integration with box office hardware.

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PR Lighting XLED 1061

PR Lighting XLED 1061

PR Lighting’s XLED 1061 starts with the company’s XLED 1037 model and, to meet demands for larger scale applications, adds additional LED light sources. With 24 additional modules added to the XLED 1037’s 37 10W RGBW LEDs, the XLED 1061 features a total 61 of the modules, all with a projected life of 50,000 hours of use.

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Darien Koop Lights Pentatonix Vocalists with Chauvet Fixtures

Darien Koop Lights Pentatonix Vocalists with Chauvet Fixtures

NASHVILLE – For Pentatonix’s recent performance at the Ryman Auditorium here, LD Darien Koop used nine Legend 230SR Beam moving yoke fixtures and 24 COLORado Batten 72 Tour linear LED effects. The a cappella group, which includes five vocalists, has sold more than 500,000 albums since winning the third season of NBC’s  The Sing-Off in 2011.

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Lightware HDBaseT Extenders

LAS VEGAS – Lightware Visual Engineering has furthered its support of HDBaseT with its HDBaseT-enabled 65×65 and 80×80 modular matrix switchers and the new UMX-TPS product family, featuring HDBaseT extenders. The new UMX-TPS product line includes HDBaseT extenders that can transmit universal video at resolutions up to 4K, audio, and control up to 180 meters over one CAT cable.  The UMX-TPS-TX140 transmission unit is compatible with both Lightware’s HDBaseT extenders and matrix switchers.

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OneRepublic Native Summer Tour Gets Support from Bandit Lites, LD Chris Lisle

OneRepublic Native Summer Tour Gets Support from Bandit Lites, LD Chris Lisle

NASHVILLE — OneRepublic is back on the road with Bandit Lites for their Native Summer Tour. The American rock group is celebrating Native, their third studio album, which includes “If I Lose Myself,” “Counting Stars” and their most recent single, “Love Runs Out.” The summer tour kicked off under Bandit’s lighting at the band’s home state at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

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Martin Names SF SES vs ISIK Distributor in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey —Martin Professional named SF SES vs ISIK Sistemleri A.S., a.k.a. SF, as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Turkey. Istanbul-based SF has been a member of the Harman distributor network for more than 25 years and will distribute Martin lighting gear throughout Turkey, Azerbaijan and Northern Cyprus.

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Luminex GigaCore 16RFO

LAS VEGAS – Luminex Network Intelligence has introduced the GigaCore 16RFO Ethernet switch specially tailored for touring applications. The 2U-high device offers rugged optical connector options, including OpticalCon, which can be set at the front or rear of the unit. Both a back up power supply and a redundant PoE supply kit are available.

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Luminex V2 Firmware

LAS VEGAS – Luminex Network Intelligence announced the introduction of GigaCore firmware V2, which ushers in a new core system for the GigaCore family of Ethernet switches. V2 firmware features support of precision time protocol (PTP v2), development for the support of AES67, new modules for future adoption of AVB, new group web interface, and enhanced PoE and Multicast media support.

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