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Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’

Bandit Lites recently illuminated the stage at the Bristol Motor Speedway live Easter celebration service. American sports icon and evangelist Tim Tebow and highly acclaimed and award-winning Christian musicians Phil Wickham and Cory Asbury Sunday, April 9, prior to the start of the historic Food City Dirt Race. The BMS Easter celebration preceded the start of the Food City Dirt Race NASCAR Cup Series race and aired nationally on FOX and PRN Radio. Tebow provided a faith-based message while Asbury and Wickham performed several songs.Read More »Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’

Events United Shines for Flo Rida Marathon Monday Show with CHAUVET Professional

Sunlight! Everyone loves it. Even life itself depends on it. But anyone trying to generate lighting excitement on an outdoor stage during daylight hours would rather it go away. Most often, festival LDs can take solace knowing that eventually the sun will go down, freeing them to create eye-popping looks in the dark. The team at Events United had no such luxury. They had to create sizzling looks for one of hip-hop’s most dynamic artists on a small stage for a show that took place entirely during daylight hours.Read More »Events United Shines for Flo Rida Marathon Monday Show with CHAUVET Professional

GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine Supporting LD Andi Watson

Florence and the Machine’s grand world tour, which began late last summer in North America and subsequently spanned shows as far afield as Melbourne and London, will again prove that distance is no barrier as the festival season looms, with imminent outdoor events in Brazil and Europe. Masterminded by a largely new creative team, the lighting is based on an original concept from the highly imaginative Andi Watson, complementing Es Devlin’s set design. However, one long-term Florence collaborator is the show’s Lighting Director, Sam O’Riordan.Read More »GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine Supporting LD Andi Watson

4Wall Entertainment Provides Lighting for Tom Kenny Lighting Design at the 2023 CMT Music Awards

4Wall Entertainment provided the gear to Lighting Designer Tom Kenny for the 2023 CMT Music Awards, held at the Moody Center in Austin, TX, this April. The event delivered a breathtaking visual experience, reflecting the dynamic spirit of country music and setting new standards in live event production. Kenny has been lighting the CMT awards for several years and has witnessed the growth and diversification of the event. “The awards show itself is the edgiest I work on in America. They’re not afraid to combine genres of musical artists or to speak the truth,” said Kenny.Read More »4Wall Entertainment Provides Lighting for Tom Kenny Lighting Design at the 2023 CMT Music Awards

Julien Reux and Aaron Sweatt Pump Up All Time High Tour with CHAUVET Professional

First time visitors to an Epik High show can be forgiven if they think they stumbled upon a family reunion, or an annual gathering of old friends, such is the easy, natural, and very personal back and forth between this legendary award-winning South Korean hip-hop trio and their loyal fans. Tablo, DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin, the trio that make up Epik High don’t just connect to audiences through their music and onstage charisma, they also welcome fans into their world, by sharing heartfelt stories and experiences. The crowd eagerly accepts the invitation with their warm, enthusiastic (and often loud) response their heroes.Read More »Julien Reux and Aaron Sweatt Pump Up All Time High Tour with CHAUVET Professional

Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

We all need a bit of magic in our lives, and Lighting Designer and Technical Director of PepsiCo Worldwide Events, Steve Nield, brought plenty of magic to the Ballroom of The Hotel Sofia in Barcelona for the PepsiCo International Franchise Forum. He chose 112 Ayrton MagicPanel R fixtures to introduce an exciting, colorful and versatile element to the backdrop for the evening’s presentations that took place in front of an audience of 400 people. The MagicPanel Rs were rigged in a side orientation, in clusters of 14 units – 2 wide and 7 high – filling the space between large LED screens which formed the backdrop for this 40m x 21m ballroom.Read More »Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for ‘Sweeney Todd’

Austin Opera’s world-class Long Center presented a production of the classic Sweeney Todd this spring, with a series of lighting states created by LD James Sale using Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash luminaires from Signify. “I wanted to put Sweeney Todd in the audience’s faces which to me meant he needed to be bright,” says Sale, who has designed the lighting for shows at the innovative Long Center for more than a decade. “The VL2600s were very bright, which was a big plus. The color rendition and continuity from fixture to fixture was terrific and they moved very smoothly.”Read More »Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for ‘Sweeney Todd’

Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Claypaky demonstrated the engineering of its Xtylos laser-source lighting fixtures at a dynamic invitational event held by another engineering innovator in Silicon Valley. Bicoastal Studio RRD used a large complement of Claypaky Xtylos provided by Christie Lites to transform an empty office building into a spectacular futuristic, cyber-style rave to mark the announcement that Tesla Motors will base its global engineering and AI headquarters at the former Hewlett Packard Enterprise campus in Palo Alto, CA. Cutting-edge lighting fixtures, such as Xtylos, Minuit Une lasers, and other units, crafted a remarkable, out-of-this-world rave atmosphere for invited guests celebrating the headline-making news.Read More »Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Cameo Illuminates the Coronation Concert for King Charles III at Windsor Castle

The Coronation Concert on May 7, 2023 in Windsor, England. The Windsor Castle Concert is part of the celebrations of the Coronation of Charles III. (Photo by Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

May 6th, the world turned its eyes to Westminster Abbey. The coronation of King Charles III was held here in front of 2,300 invited guests. One day later, more than 20,000 visitors attended another Royal highlight: in front of the magnificent scenery of Windsor Castle, the official Coronation Concert took place with live performances by global stars such as Katy Perry, Take That, and Lionel Richie as well as an emotional speech by Prince William. To light up this unique event, which was produced and broadcast live by the BBC, lighting designer Nigel Catmur relied on more than 500 Cameo lights.Read More »Cameo Illuminates the Coronation Concert for King Charles III at Windsor Castle

Seth Bernstein Creates Unique Looks for Mugler/H&M Show With 4Wall and CHAUVET Professional

High fashion is constantly changing, evolving, and pushing boundaries in new directions. Now fashion runway shows are following the same bold, adventurous course, integrating headliner acts and outside-the-box design concepts into their overall presentations. This was clearly and dramatically evident in the breakthrough event fashion design house Mugler and global retailer H&M held at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory earlier this spring to introduce their collaboration, which will drop on May 11.Read More »Seth Bernstein Creates Unique Looks for Mugler/H&M Show With 4Wall and CHAUVET Professional

ADJ Lights Country Music Star Easton Corbin for Open Air Concert in Yucaipa, CA

An ADJ heavy lighting rig incorporating Focus Profile moving head and Jolt Panel FX static LED luminaires, amongst other fixtures, was used to illuminate a recent sold-out concert by Easton Corbin at Yucaipa Performing Arts Center in California. Lighting Designer Tommy Frisch utilized the ADJ fixtures both to light Easton and his band as well as to fill the stage with vibrant color, movement, and pattern projections, creating a wide variety of looks for a performance that included a mixture of big hits and brand-new music.Read More »ADJ Lights Country Music Star Easton Corbin for Open Air Concert in Yucaipa, CA

John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week ‘23 with CHAUVET Professional

The big crowd oohed and aahed when they witnessed extreme rider Clint Ewing do his wheelie stands and rolling endos at Arizona Bike Week, just as they marveled at the 30’-high motorcycle acrobatics by the Brigade Freestyle Motocross Extreme team. But these weren’t the only jaw-dropping feats at the annual event, which drew over 75,000 bikers from across North America to the Phoenix area between March 29 and April 2.Read More »John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week ‘23 with CHAUVET Professional