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Moe. Winter Gigs Lit with Robins in the Rigs

Moe. Winter Gigs Lit with Robe Moving Lights

SYRACUSE, NY — Preston Hoffman of Pulse Lighting, LD for jam band Moe., used 16 Robe Robin Pointes and 16 LEDWash 300s for the band’s East Coast U.S. winter tour, relying on three companies to provide the much-in-demand fixtures — KM Productions, Main Light Industries and TERI Productions.

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Concert and Corporate Productions (CCPWA) general manager Sean McKernan noted that their new Jands Vista L5 hit the road soon after it arrived in the company’s warehouse early last fall and hasn’t spent much time in the warehouse between gigs.

CCPWA’s Jands Vista L5 Stays Busy on the Road

PERTH, Australia — Concert and Corporate Productions (CCPWA) general manager Sean McKernan noted that their new Jands Vista L5 hit the road soon after it arrived in the company’s warehouse early last fall and hasn’t spent much time in the warehouse between gigs. “We got it mid-September and we only had it in our warehouse for 12 hours before it went out on its first tour,” he said.

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ASOT 650 at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht Feb. 15, Area 1

Dutch EDM Trance Event Lit by Robe

UTRECHT, The Netherlands — For “A State of Trance” 650, which drew some 32,000 EDM fans to the Jaarbeurs here Feb. 15, LD André Beekmans used 48 Robe Robin Pointe fixtures and 88 LEDBeam 100s. Flashlight from Utrecht and The Purple Group from Schijndel provided gear for the event.

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Jake Bugg tour photo by Rodney George

PRG Supports Jake Bugg Tour in U.K.

LONDON — In support of his second album, Shangri-La, Jake Bugg set out on a U.K. tour, including headlining the first Albert Session of 2014 at Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 21, 2014. LD Stuart Farrell worked with PRG’s Scottie Sanderson to clear the logistical hurdles of lighting a wide range of venues, with Vari-Lite, Martin, Sunstrips and I-Pix BB4s supplementing some of the installed rigs.

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LD Ryan Burton found that a highly portable Jands Vista S1 was still powerful enough to meet his needs while touring with Ben Rector on the artist’s 34-date autumn tour of the U.S. to promote his latest album, The Walking in Between.

Portable Jands Vista S1 Meets Needs of LD on Ben Rector Tour

NASHVILLE — LD Ryan Burton found that a highly portable Jands Vista S1 was still powerful enough to meet his needs while touring with Ben Rector on the artist’s 34-date autumn tour of the U.S. to promote his latest album, The Walking in Between. Jands’ North American distributor, A.C. Lighting Inc., worked with Special Events Systems to supply the Jands Vista S1 for this tour.

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SGM LED effects on duty at the Danish Embassy during London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week Event at Danish Embassy Lit with SGM Gear

LONDON — ‘Re Present,’ a fashion collective of designers with Scandinavian roots, sponsored a London Fashion Week event at the Danish Embassy here lit by LD Søren Peglau.  Peglau used 72 SGM P-5 washlights (recently added to the rental inventory at Hawthorn) and 34 SP-6 SixPack Blinders. Blueprint Event Services also provided nearly 200 SGM LT-200 3D pixel tubes for a chandelier for the main stairwell.

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Axxis Uses Elation Gear to Light Up Louisville with 40 Nights of Lights

Axxis Uses Elation Gear to Light Up Louisville with 40 Nights of Lights

LOUISVILLE, KY — The annual “Light Up Louisville” event staged here from Thanksgiving to New Year’s returned once again in late 2013 with a visual year-end bonus — the “40 Nights of Lights” display that featured light projection and a nightly light show set to music. Chris Burgin of Axxis handling lighting design and programming, with a programming assist from Elizabeth Squire.

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Pictured here, from left, are Merrilees and Nic Tolkien of Dry Hire Lighting with Josef Valchar (CEO Robe s.r.o) and Mick Hannaford (CEO of Robe UK).

Dry Hire Lighting Stocks Up on Robe Gear

HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Dry Hire Lighting, based here, added more Robe fixtures to its rental inventory, pushing the company’s cross-rental inventory of moving lights toward the 1,000 mark. The latest order included a mix of Robe Robin Pointes, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100s. Pictured here, from left, are Merrilees and Nic Tolkien of Dry Hire Lighting with Josef Valchar (CEO Robe s.r.o) and Mick Hannaford (CEO of Robe UK).

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Peter Pan U.K. Arena Tour Included Clay Paky Gear

Peter Pan Arena Tour Included Clay Paky Gear

LONDON — Geert Alaert’s £10million video-mapped arena spectacular, Peter Pan, The Never Ending Story, used a lighting design from Belgium-based LD Luc Peumans that included Clay Paky’s Alpha Profile 1500s. Peumans describes the challenge of lighting the projection-dominated show as one of “lighting light.”

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