Sammy Hagar Tour Gets Varied Looks from CHAUVET Professional STRIKE 4
There’s Only One Way To Rock, so declares Rock-and-Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar in one of the many hits he recorded over the course of his storied career.
Summerfest 2019 Revs Up with Assist from Clearwing-Supplied Martin Fixtures
MILWAUKEE, WI – The 2019 edition of Summerfest, billed as the world’s largest music festival, kicked off recently for its 52nd year with 130 headliners… Read More »Summerfest 2019 Revs Up with Assist from Clearwing-Supplied Martin Fixtures
George Ezra Brings His Living Room On Tour with Green Hippo Wizardry
MAINZ, Germany – British singer-songwriter George Ezra came up with the idea of bringing audiences from across the U.K. and Europe into his living room to hear him perform for a day. Bryte Design stepped in to help, with a production design that includes two Hippotizer Boreal+ media servers.
disguise drives video content for Muse’s ‘Simulation Theory’ World Tour
ZURICH, Switzerland – Muse’s 2019 Simulation Theory world tour, currently traversing Europe after completing a North American leg earlier this year, includes a retro-futuristic design with real-time Notch content and visuals driven by disguise gx 2 media server technology. PRG is supporting the band’s video needs on tour.
Colombia’s Teatro Colón Bogotá Adds Claypaky and ADB Fixtures
Teatro Colón Bogotá, Colombia’s national theater, finished the last stage of a four-year renovation with the addition of 10 ADB Stagelight Klemantis AS 1000 cyc lights and 10 Axcor Profile 900 fixtures provided by Audio Concept de Colombia, S.A.
Elation DARTZ™ for Kelly Clarkson’s “Meaning of Life” Tour
Kelly Clarkson has proved to be a multi-talented star since winning the inaugural season of “American Idol” in 2002
Michael T. Strickland, Founder of Bandit Lites, to Receive Parnelli Visionary Award
LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that Michael T. Strickland will receive the Parnelli Visionary Award at the 19th annual ceremony on Jan. 17, 2020. Getting his start with “borrowed” gear as a 12-year-old, Strickland’s company now has more than 400 employees based in multiple locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Sam Tozer Overturns the EDM Paradigm with GLP Lighting Solutions
Sam Tozer Overturns the EDM Paradigm with GLP Lighting Solutions
InfoComm 2019 Show Report
ORLANDO – InfoComm 2019 moved back to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. North America’s largest AV trade show attracted 44,129 attendees from 117 countries during the week of June 8-14. More than one third of the attendees were first time visitors, and over 1,000 companies exhibited their wares. Although there was plenty of lighting and staging as well as video innovations on display (scroll down to the end for a booth-by-booth photo gallery), we cover many of those developments each year with our NAMM, PL+S and LDI show reports and decided to zero in on video innovations with this year’s InfoComm show report.
John Garberson Creates Flexible Rig for Arizona Bike Week with CHAUVET Professional
For the past 22 years, springtime has seen motorbike aficionados migrate to the Valley of the Sun for the Arizona Bike Week.
Ayrton Ghibli enter A State of Trance with André Beekmans for ASOT 900
Andre Beekmans, lighting designer with The Art of Light, used Ayrton’s Ghibli LED spot fixtures to create a unique lightscape on and around the main stage at A State of Trance festival in The Netherlands
The Empire Strips Back in America
Hugely successful Australian burlesque Star Wars parody “The Empire Strips Back” has just completed its most extensive North American tour to date