NASHVILLE – Jason Aldean’s High Noon Neon Tour, which first hit the road in early May, continues this month with a series of shows in Toronto, the Midwest and California. Chris Lisle’s lighting rig includes 64 Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional. Bandit Lites is supplying the gear.
Before making its high profile debut on this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, GLP’s new KNV went out on a ‘field test’ tour with German band Scooter.
PORTLAND, OR – Two of Foo Fighters’ recent Concrete and Gold tour stops had to be postponed when frontman Dave Grohl lost his voice in early September. “That’s the last time I ever make out with Bono,” Grohl quipped, days after U2 also had to cancel shows to allow for vocal rest. (Thankfully, both singers have since recovered.) Along with Grohl’s full-throated vocals, show-goers can look forward to some spectacular visuals driven by disguise’s gx range media servers running the latest r15 software.
LOS ANGELES – There’s an eye-catching new feature in downtown Los Angeles: three giant LED screens covering an eight-story parking structure near L.A. Live and Staples Center. The screens are part of the Circa complex that includes twin 35-story luxury residential towers. SNA Displays chose Christie Terra as the switching, scaling and signal extension solution for the LEDs’ 4K content.
My Name’s Not Indian Joe, the Elizabeth A. Davis blues-tinged musical about the unlikely bond formed between a homeless Native American man and a young aspiring Texas beauty queen comes to the stage.
NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the third annual Black Music Honors, an evening paying tribute to trailblazing icons. Hosted by Rickey Smiley and LeToya Luckett at Nashville’s TPAC on Aug. 16, LD Mark Carver’s rig included nearly 200 fixtures including GLP X4S, Elation ACL 360 Bars, Chauvet Rogue RH1 Hybrids, Robe BMFLs, Claypaky B-Eye K20 and Bandit’s GRNLite moving washes.
WE Day is an event that brings young people together and celebrates the actions they have taken towards changing the world
Housing 22,000 plant species within its beautifully maintained 43-hectare complex, the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum stands out as a verdant oasis in midst of Germany’s bustling capital.
Nearly 200 Robe moving lights graced the spectacular lighting scheme devised for the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Central Americana & Caribbean Games
SAN FRANCISCO – The Warfield Theatre in downtown San Francisco, operated by Goldenvoice, has upgraded its stage lighting with Philips Vari-Lite VLZ Spots and SL Beam 500fx and 300fx wash fixtures from Signify’s Showline range. Venue lighting director Rob Robertson credits the new rig for a “drastic” decrease in power consumption.
CHICAGO – 311’s current tour is criss-crossing North America with a full video rig powered by Avolites’ Ai. The American rockers worked with production designer Bobby Grey, from Sightline Design Group, who created a video-focused show to add dynamic and fast-paced eye-candy. The band is backed by a 5.9mm upstage LED screen measuring 38 by 16 feet along with an ample lighting rig.
The Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin was transformed into a giant live e-sports battle environment for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018