AUSTIN, TX — Separate power outages forced the cancellation of three concerts last week — a Keith Urban concert set for Aug. 15 at the… Read More »Power Outages Cancel Concerts in Texas and Louisiana
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LONDON — Drum-and-bass duo Chase & Status have been performing on the European festival circuit this summer, accompanied by a light show designed by Neil Carson that features a floor “specials” rig with more than 160 lights. The floor rig includes more than 60 Robe LEDBeam 100s at its core.
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SHANGHAI, China — Creative Technology’s (CT) Asia Pacific operation, based here, recently added a number of Barco HDX W20 Flex Projectors to its inventory. The order followed the recent delivery of a Barco FSN system earlier in the summer. CT also reported a rise in the amount of incoming events into the region, for which it provides video, audio, lighting and rigging services.
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CHICAGO — Lightswitch is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Founded in 1993 with offices in San Francisco and Chicago, the firm expanded with locations in Los Angeles, New York and Orlando. In 2007, it opened an architectural lighting division. The company extended its reach to Asia with a Hong Kong office in 2012. The Lightswitch team now includes more than 40 designers and support staff with its six full-service offices.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Zip Zap Circus School, a nonprofit organization dedicated not just to circus stunts but technical training and enriching the lives of others, recently installed two Robe DLX Spots and 24 Robe LEDForce PAR 18s. The gear was specified by Malo McGrath from Johannesburg based installation company, The Art of Noise, who worked with DWR’s Duncan Riley.
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LONDON — For the West End debut for the Brainiac Live show at The Palace Theatre here, XL Events had to figure out the best way to serve the show’s production needs – lighting, video and audio – while playing “underneath” Derren Brown’s current residency at the Palace — which entailed that the production be rigged and de-rigged in a seemingly impossible time frame, as little as 30 minutes, in some instances.
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SEDALIA, MO — Seth Jackson, LD for Toby Keith’s current Hammer Down tour, is using a light rig that includes more than 80 of GLP’s new impression X4S LED wash fixtures. Bandit Lites is supplying the gear. Jackson’s co-designer, Nathan W. Scheuer, provided an assist with the versatile setup, which is designed to adapt to a wide array of different venues.
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