LOS ANGELES – In his fifth year of lighting the MTV Video Music Awards, LD Tom Kenny chose the GLP impression X4 to illuminate Florian Wieder’s futuristic set at Staples Center. VER’s Susan Tesh introduced Kenny to the fixtures and supplied them for this show, which featured Green Day, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Pink, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Frank Ocean and One Direction.
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QUEBEC – Arcofab has become the first distributor and certified service center of ChainMaster products in North America. Chain Master develops high-powered electric chain hoists and chain hoist controllers. Arcofab is a North American provider of trusses, support systems and motorization solutions for the entertainment and event industries.
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CARDIFF, UK – Clay Paky Sharpys provided visual impact at Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ homecoming gig. LD Ian Tomlinson of ADLIB Design used Sharpys for their parallel beam effect, particularly shining the beams into the audience. He chose the fixtures for that laser-like look and the way they cut through other lighting in the rig, he says.
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PARIS – French entertainment lighting provider, New Advanced Technology (NAT), has invested in 375 Ayrton Wildsun 500 K7 moving heads fixtures following several tests and comparisons with other manufacturers’ models. NAT also invested in 200 of the Ayrton Arcaline 2 fixtures, a 16 x 10W RGBW LED batten.
Read More »NEW YORK – Jeffrey Miller has re-joined HLB Lighting Design’s New York studio as a Design Principal focused on business development in several new geographic areas for the firm. His career spans more than 30 years. During his tenure as President of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), he created the IALD Quality of Light Initiative, led the successful re-branding of the association and formed the IALD Office of Public Policy.
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LOS ANGELES – Esteban Caracciolo joins A.C.T Lighting’s technical support team, where he will support and train customers on the entire product line. He was previously product manager for PRG Distribution North America for the past five years. Prior to that, he was an LD/programmer for various touring acts.
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NEW YORK – Lighting Designer Ed Warren of Next Level Lights sums up the visuals for folk rock band Mumford & Sons’ Babel tour as a “vintage barn dance with an epic edge.” For the latest U.S. tour, Christie Lites supplied the lighting fixtures, which included 16 Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.
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LAS VEGAS — Parnelli Week is here! The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament takes place at the Arroyo Golf Club in Las Vegas Oct. 18. Then, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards Dinner takes place at the Mirage Las Vegas Oct. 20. And the last chance to order tickets online at parnelliawards.com will be at 3 pm on Wed., Oct. 17. If any tickets are still available after that, they will be sold at the door for all events…but they will definitely be in very limited quantities. So why gamble? Be sure to get your reservations in today!
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DULUTH, GA — The second Railroad Revival Tour, featuring bands riding vintage rail cars and performing at outdoor venues set up along the train tracks, has been cancelled, according to a message posted on the tour website. The inaugural 2011 tour’s stop in Tempe, AZ is pictured here.
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