Chauvet Professional’s COLORdash Batten-Hex 8 joins the company’s other linear LED wash fixtures. The fixture features eight 10W “Hex” LEDs — six-color modules including red, green, blue, amber, white and UV diodes on a single chip. The unit measures 23 inches (584 mm) and comes with Neutrik powerCON input/output connectors and 3- and 5-pin DMX in/out for easy power and data daisy-chaining. Up to 11 COLORdash Batten-Hex 8 units can be linked at 120V, and 20 units at 230V.
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RALEIGH, NC — Lighting and show designers Jamie Thompson and Bryan Leitch have included Clay Paky’s Sharpy fixtures in the rig lighting British rockers Bastille on their worldwide tour. Thompson and Leitch, directors of production design company MIRRAD, took inspiration from the band’s triangular logo for their lighting looks.
Read More »PROVIDENCE, RI — [UPDATED, MAY 16, 2014, SEE BELOW] Although an OSHA investigation is ongoing, preliminary reports from safety investigators pointed to the failure of a five-inch steel carabiner in the circus accident that seriously injured nine at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center here May 4. Eight of the nine female performers were injured after falling from a 30-foot height to the floor, the ninth was on the ground when the rigging for the “hair hang” apparatus used for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Legends tour suddenly failed.
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DALLAS – Syncrolite marked 30 years as an entertainment /architectural lighting manufacturer and noted continued momentum in 2014. Dave Keighley, the company’s COO and executive VP of sales, noted that, along with a slate of high-profile events and concert tours, Syncrolite has expanded its management team and is now poised for further growth. Pictured here is a recent project where Syncrolite lit the Reunion Tower and Dallas Morning News building.
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LAS VEGAS – Christie Lites is moving May 12 to a larger location in Las Vegas to accommodate increased demand for its entertainment lighting and rigging services. This expanded location further strengthens Christie Lites’ multi-office network supplying full service stage lighting equipment rentals across North America.
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LONDON — American R&B trio, TGT, played London’s iconic Eventim Apollo (formerly the Hammersmith Apollo) on March 27 as part of their “Shirts Off” tour. The rig included Elation’s Platinum Series and other Elation fixtures supplied by English rental company MusicMann. Handling production on the London show was Steve “Shaggy” Wright, lighting, video, and production pro at MusicMann.
Read More »STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Stageroom, a technical installation and rental company based here, has been acquired by the Espoo, Finland-based Bright Group, a major entertainment technology services company serving the Nordic region. Stageroom will continue to operate as a separate company and becomes affiliated with Starlight and Lagom & Gott in Sweden, two other companies acquired by the Bright Group.
Read More »DURBAN, South Africa — The 2014 Metro FM Awards, which served as a celebration of 20 years of democracy while also bestowing 19 awards recognizing excellence in the urban genre of music, Johannesburg based Dream Sets provided a lighting design that included Robe fixtures in the rig. The event was staged at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre here in March, and along with the 19 Awards, it included eight live performers. It was broadcast live on the South African Broadcasting Corporations’ SABC 1 TV channel.
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MOSCOW — Martin’s MAC Quantum Wash LED fixtures debuted at an event at the Arena Moscow Club here that celebrated 20 years of Internet usage in Russia. Specialists from Laser-Kinetics, together with Lighting Designer Alexander Bel’kov and the production company, Art Koleso, made the light show a visual focal point and included 37 MAC Quantum Wash fixtures in the rig.
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