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Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas Hit the Road Again with Metallica’s 2024 ‘M72 World Tour’

Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas Hit the Road Again with Metallica’s 2024 ‘M72 World Tour’

Metallica’s ongoing M72 World Tour has begun playing its 2024 dates with the lighting design that Rob Koenig introduced last year featuring 48 Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua IP66 rated beam/spot fixtures. The tour is in support of the band’s eleventh studio album, 72 Seasons. The 2024 dates kick off at the end of May with nine cities scheduled in Europe through July then resumes in August and September with six-cities in the US, Canada and Mexico. Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas Hit the Road Again with Metallica’s 2024 ‘M72 World Tour’

HARMAN Professional Solutions Promotes Michael Schoen to Vice President and General Manager of Sales, North America

Michael Schoen

HARMAN Professional Solutions, a global leader in audio, video, lighting, and control systems, including networked AV, recently announced the promotion of Michael Schoen to Vice President and General Manager, North America Sales, following the retirement of Roland Rice.Read More »HARMAN Professional Solutions Promotes Michael Schoen to Vice President and General Manager of Sales, North America

Wendall K. Harrington, 2024 Tony Honors Acceptance Speech

Wendall K. Harrington’s career has embraced many diverse disciplines including theater, publishing and multi-image/video design and production and academia. As a designer of scenic projections her work has been seen extensively on Broadway. This year Harrington is a 2024 Tony Honors Recipient.

Elation @ InfoComm 2024

Elation will continue to push the creative boundaries in entertainment lighting at the InfoComm tradeshow June 12-14 in Las Vegas with a lineup of integration lighting solutions that blend artistic design with first-of-its-kind technologies. At Elation, their cutting-edge lighting is specifically optimized to meet the unique needs of integrators and installations across the broad AV integration market, from theaters and live venues, to broadcast studios, Houses of Worship, themed environments, and more. Elation’s team of experts will be on hand at Elation Booth W967 to provide demonstrations and insights into the advanced features and versatile capabilities of these groundbreaking fixtures.Read More »Elation @ InfoComm 2024

INFiLED Introduces ColdLED Technology to Enhance LED Display Performance and Reliability

INFiLED has unveiled its groundbreaking ColdLED technology, a result of years of dedicated research and development. This innovative technology is designed to address the heat-related challenges commonly associated with LED screens. ColdLED technology incorporates several key techniques: utilizing the flip-chip method, incorporating common cathode technology, applying high-quality ICs, and employing a well-designed PCB layout design.Read More »INFiLED Introduces ColdLED Technology to Enhance LED Display Performance and Reliability

Malcolm Weldon, Dave Rat, Roy Bickel to Receive Top Parnelli Honors

The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced the three top honorees for the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards: Malcolm Weldon, Lifetime Achievement; Dave Rat, Audio Innovator; and Roy Bickel, Visionary. The Parnelli Awards will be held on the evening of Jan. 24, 2025, in Anaheim, CA during The NAMM Show. Sponsorships are available now, and tickets will go on sale in August.

Christie Lites Welcomes Mark Ravenhill as its New Client Ambassador

Mark Ravenhill

Christie Lites announces the appointment of Mark Ravenhill as its new client ambassador. In this new role, Mark will focus on fostering strong client relationships by understanding their unique needs and challenges. To that end, he will collaborate with clients and the Christie Lites expert Rep team to ensure exceptional value and service at every point of contact.

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Robe is Key to Eurovision 2024

Photo courtesy Robe by Joan Lyman

The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was staged in Malmo Arena, Sweden, and was memorable for many elements including a superlative technical presentation which took the show production aspect of one of the largest and most-watched live music broadcasts in the world to new levels of excellence. Under the show technical direction of Ola Melzig, a team of highly talented creatives, programmers, engineers, network architects and technicians collaborated to stage the first ever in-the-round ESC, breaking technical barriers and records.Read More »Robe is Key to Eurovision 2024

Cort Lawrence and Raw Cereal Use CHAUVET in Morgan Wallen Design

Morgan Wallen’s touring production for the One Night At A Time World 2024 Tour’s use of advanced lighting fixtures, coupled with a strategic layout, ensures a captivating experience for audiences across the venue. Central to the lighting design are 84 STRIKE Bolt 1C fixtures from CHAUVET Professional. These fixtures replace the conventional blinders and act as crowd lights.