Slightly Stoopid Is Out For The Summer With Bandit Lites
American rock band Slightly Stoopid is bringing the party to the people with their “Schools Out for Summer Tour”
Vince de Schinckel Gets Industrial At Kozzmozz With CHAUVET Professional
For 23 years, Belgium’s Kozzmozz Festival has smashed through boundaries with the force of a runaway train
Working Hard for La Demence
Thomas Boets created the production design for the successful gay techno party La Demence
Justin Townsend Lights Acclaimed Jagged Little Pill with Elation Lighting
The multi award-winning and Tony-nominated LD was recently one of the first designers to use the new Artiste Picasso
Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beams on Heavy Metal Duty with Iron Maiden
Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam luminaires have been selected to enhance the current Legacy of The Beast European tour by Iron Maiden
Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Guilty to Additional Charges for Bogus Ticket Sales
NEW YORK — Billy McFarland’s Fyre Festival, originally set up as a two-weekend event in the Bahamas in late April and early May 2017, ended up costing 80 investors close to $26 million. After pleaded guilty to related fraud charges in March, McFarland, who faced up to 40 years in prison, was expected to get between eight and 10 years in a plea deal. But wait, there’s more.
City Theatrical’s QolorFLEX LED Dimmers Used in Award-Winning Starry Sky at the Eccles Theatre
The QolorFLEX 4×2.5A Dimmers are providing the dimming control for the award-winning starry sky ceiling feature at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater
Genetic Productions Lights R.LUM.R at Bonnaroo with Elation Fixtures
MANCHESTER, TN – Genetic Productions provided gear, crew and the lighting design for R.LUM.R’s Bonnaroo performance. LD Zac Coren lit R.LUM.R, a former classical guitarist who went from Bonnaroo attendee to performer within a two-year span. Working with Genetic Productions president Andrew Sparks, Coren lit R.LUM.R with a variety of Elation fixtures including Artiste DaVinci, Dartz 360, Paladin and ACL Curtain batten fixtures.
Robe at The NAMAs 2018
Production designer Micky Lehr and his team make a truly spectacular impression for everyone at the 2018 Namibia Annual Music Awards
Lynyrd Skynyrd Heads Out in Style
NASHVILLE – For Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Last Of The Street Survivors Farewell Tour,” which runs from May through December, LD Jonny “Tosar” Tosarello wanted to create a look that was as epic as the iconic Southern Rock band itself. He succeeded in doing just that with help from a collection of 28 Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash fixtures supplied by Premier Global Productions.
Jason Aldean’s High Noon Neon Tour Features Follow-Me Remote Followspot System
DALLAS – Jason Aldean is back on the road with his High Noon Neon tour. LD Chris Lisle provided a variety of big, solid rock looks for the show’s design. As for this artist’s 2017 tour, Matt Mills, partner of Touch Light & Media, is supplying the Follow-Me remote followspot system from AC Lighting. Lisle noted that lighting director Keith Hoagland came up with the idea to use the Follow-Me setup last year. “I loved it so much we brought it back for this tour,” Lisle says.
Smart Stargazing in Genk
The Belgian city of Genk in Limburg recently switched on a fabulous new civic lighting installation called “Genker Ster”