GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany – Belgian band Front 242 recently headlined the Blackfield Festival in as part of their current European tour. LD Kris Noerens chose Clarity as his console of choice for this gig.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Martin Dudley used Robe's ROBIN 300E Beams and ColorSpot 700E ATs to light UK indie rockers Supergrass as they played a series of farewell gigs. The band is ending a 17-year career.
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LONDON – As an alternative to the noise and fumes generated by diesel, White Light opted to use two HyLight hydrogen fuel cells for the opening of the Natural History Museum's Darwin Centre Gardens.
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LONDON – The Scissor Sisters are touring with louvered looks for a "peek-a-boo" effect. Lite Alternative's Paul Normandale is including six floor-mounted impression LED heads in the motion-controlled set.
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MILAN, Italy – Brilliant Stages' new stage set for the stadium venues on Muse's The Resistance world tour, based on the design concepts of Oli Metcalfe and Es Devin, consists of a 62-meter-long video header, a suspended ceiling grid, a diamond-shaped stage flanked by projection screens, drum riser fascias and on- and off-stage rear fascias, a tracking B stage with inset revolving scissor lift and tech bunkers and screamers.
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LAS VEGAS – Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) named Doug Simpson to head a new sales initiative geared toward providing the Las Vegas hotel/hospitality market with access to all of GC Pro's services. GC Pro Director Rick Plushner made the announcement.
Read More »RICHMOND, VA – The Whitlock Group named John Bailey director of systems integration.
Read More »CLEVELAND-GE Lighting has hired Jaime A. Irick to lead GE Lighting Solutions as its president and CEO, reporting to Michael Petras, president and CEO of GE Lighting. The company also announced that Brian Sroub has been named to the newly created global role of chief marketing officer for GE Lighting, also reporting to Petras.
Read More »ARGYLE, TX – GoVision L.P. named Adam Vahl video technician and Kim Hinnrichs office manager.
Read More »DUISBURG, Germany – On July 24, the free Love Parade techno festival apparently drew hundreds of thousands more attendees then the site could handle. As officials tried to limit access at the wide tunnel entrance at about 5 p.m., chaos broke out, killing 20 and injuring close to 500 fans.
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ORLANDO, FL – Zenith Lighting has named Adam Vidaurri sales manager. He will head up the Zenith satellite office in Tampa, Fla. Vidaurri, formerly the operations manager for Stage Equipment and Lighting in Tampa, is a 15-year veteran of the live event production industry.
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Wireless Solution Sweden AB announced that Chroma-Q has chosen W-DMX as an OEM partner for wireless DMX. The first fixture to integrate W-DMX is the recently-released Color Charge LED fixture, a 600-hot-lumen, battery powered, wireless DMX fixture well-suited for indoor temporary lighting applications where wiring is a challenge or where install speed is critical.
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