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National Touring Dance Competition ‘Showstopper’ Invests in ADJ AV6X LED Video Panel System

LOS ANGELES – Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018, Showstopper is America’s largest and longest-running dance competition. Taking place across regional events in almost every state, and culminating in a series of large national finals, it provides dancers of all ages the opportunity to experience big stage competition with full-on professional production. And, for the event’s anniversary year, this production has been taken to another level thanks to an investment in 136 ADJ AV6X LED video panels that made their debut at the recent series of national finals.

LightLab Debuts Elation Smarty Hybrid on Nekfeu Summer Tour

NICE, France – Lighting design studio, LightLab, headed by LD and art director Alexandre LeBrun, created a flexible and impactful lighting and stage design for French rapper Nekfeu’s summer tour based around mobile walls of light. Elation Professional’s Smarty Hybrid CMY color mixing moving head played a key role in the visual design. Dushow supplied the gear.

First Grandoozy Festival in Denver Features Main Stage Lit by Bandit Lites

DENVER, CO – The first ever Grandoozy Festival ran from Friday to Sunday, Sept. 14-16 and drew more than 55,000 attendees over three days to Denver’s Overland Park. Featured acts included Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine, Stevie Wonder, Sturgill Simpson, Snow Tha Product and Head for the Hills. The Bandit Lites-supplied package included Robe BMFLs, Claypaky B-EYE K20’s, Claypaky Sharpys, Chauvet Illuminarc Panel 80 LED Washes, Elation CuePix WW4 Blinders, Elation SixBar 1000 IP65 fixtures, Lycian M2 LT Spots and two grandMA2 Full consoles for control.

Robe in Control for Kensington

Dutch rockers Kensington brought their hugely successful double platinum ‘Control’ album cycle to a close with a show-stopping performance for around 50,000 fans at Amsterdam   ArenA.

Lancelot Rides with Iron Maiden

Robert Juliat is very excited that Robert Coleman, lighting designer for Iron Maiden, specified 6 (not 666!) Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots for the band’s current Legacy of the Beast World Tour

AFI’s Mourning In Amerika Rig Gets Versatile with Rogue

SEATTLE – AFI, which stands for “A Fire Inside,” is opening for Mourning In Amerika’s Rise Against tour with a Kelsey Gonzalez and Cort Lawrence-designed light show featuring eight Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures. Premier Global Production is supplying the gear.

Opening Spectacle for PUBG Global Invitational eSports Event Relies on disguise for Visual Support

BERLIN – For the first PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Global Invitational, staged at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin in late July, 20 four-person teams vied for a $2 million pool of prize money over the course of five days. The live event was staged with the squads of players positioned on two concentric levels, with video relaying the game action as the eSports competition intensified. Amsterdam-based event production company Live Legends used disguise’s new Lux and OmniCal features extensively for this live event’s opening spectacle.

Robe Rocks PLASA with SuperSpikie

Robe brought an animated, vibrant, high-impact theatre meets rock ‘n’ roll live show to the center of its stand design at the 2018 PLASA entertainment technology expo in London

ROE Visual and 4Wall Expand Alliance with Video LED Solutions

BURBANK, CA – ROE Visual noted that 4Wall, which acquired Wagner Media last year, has added additional ROE components to its rental inventory, including ROE Visual Carbon 5 and Black Pearl 2 video panels and touring Air Frames. 4Wall and ROE Visual have been partnering to train technicians and on-site personnel in optimizing the use of ROE Visual’s LED products. 4Wall’s ROE gear is now supporting Romeo Santos’ Golden Tour.

Parnelli Awards Nominations Are Now Open!

LAS VEGAS – Nominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Anyone can go to the ParnelliAwards.com site and nominate live event professionals and companies who exemplify the best of the best in our industry. The deadline for Parnelli nominations is Oct. 19, 5 p.m. PST. After the nominations are in, the Parnelli Ballot will be posted in early November and voting will begin.