NASHVILLE — AEG Live/TMG Nashville issued a press release noting that, out of an “abundance of caution” relating to “a technical issue with the stage,” a July 12 concert featuring Harry Connick, Jr. at the Fontanel Mansion here had to be canceled. Refunds were offered to arriving ticketholders and others at the point of purchase; those purchasing tickets via ticketmaster.com received automated refunds.
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LOS ANGELES – GLP German Light Products have launched a new iPad app for their impression X4 fixture. One of the versatile features of the impression X4 is that users can create their own pixel designs on the fly and store them directly into their control console. The new iPad app makes the process fast and easy by bringing up a mimic of the fixture’s front lens layout.
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SYDNEY – Indie pop’s Brooklyn-based duo Matt & Kim have just toured Australia as part of the Groovin’ The Moo festival. LD Ian Lyles uses a Jands Vista L5 console for the arena, club and theatre shows that the band play in America and so when he found out that he would be visiting Australia, Lyles was keen to see the Vista M1 and S1 consoles.
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NEW YORK – The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) wanted to offer film screenings during the “dark” months of summer for its 831-seat Harvey Theater. However, the venue, designed for live performances, required technical revisions to accommodate a high-quality cinema experience for BAM’s patrons. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander worked with BAM and Mitchell/Giurgola Architects to realize BAM’s vision by providing theatre and AV consulting for digital cinema projection and also for new seating.
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CINCINNATI – When Newport Aquarium, located just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, decided to overhaul and renovate its interactive Dive Theater, they called upon the design experts at Full Spectrum, LLC to bring their vision to life. The Newport Aquarium Theater, a 30 ft x 48 ft facility with a 23 ft high ceiling, featured underwater dive-based shows. Its central focal point is one of the largest water tanks in the entire aquarium, with a visible viewing area that measures just under 17 ft x 9 ft.
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NEW YORK – ETCP, a PLASA initiative created to promote industry safety, announces that the Recognized Contractor/Employer/Labor Provider Program now has more than 200 participants.
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FINLAND – Mojo Barriers kept the crowds safe with its second generation barrier system at the first ‘Rock the Beach’ festival, held June 26-29 on Finland’s Hietaniemi Beach. More than 51,000 people enjoyed the inaugural event, with headliners Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds to Mars and Rammstein. Mojo Barriers’ Finnish distributor Roudaamo Event Warehouse installed more than 300m (984 ft) of black aluminum barrier configured across three stages.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Staging Concepts is now offering a new line of luxury portable seating. Designed for style and comfort, the Clarin by Hussey Seating Premium Series is made to give all spectators a first-rate experience, whether it’s the courtside of an NBA facility or a section of a concert venue or black box theater.
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LEEK, The Netherlands – Prolyte introduces a new corner type: H30D-C039. The new corner is a three-way corner where the downward leg is placed in… Read More »Prolyte Presents New Corner Type
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ISTANBUL, Turkey – Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Eighteen months of preparation culminated in the June 20 Opening Ceremony of the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. LD Jean-François Bonnement from Paris-based visual arts company Concept K specified more than 400 Clay Paky fixtures in his design.
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TRING, UK – The first music festival to be promoted by an industry technical production company – Chilfest by Universal Event Productions (UEP) – was declared a success. UEP’s Steve Butcher – who came up with the idea to celebrate the company’s 15th birthday – was “completely blown away” with the response and the outcome. They supplied sound, lighting and video equipment and design for the two-day show.
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