Bandit Lites announces a banner 2024 as the company expands its inventory with a tremendous amount of new gear including acquisitions from ACME Lighting, ACT Entertainment, Chauvet Professional, Robe, and Tyler Truss. “There is explosive growth in the live show market and all firms are exploding alongside,” said Bandit Lites Chair Michael T. Strickland. “Bandit has made large acquisitions of all of the above equipment. There is a lot more new, amazing equipment in the pipeline as well. Bandit is truly blessed.”
ACME purchases include the ACME Gemini, Pixel Line IP, Pixel Line IP 500, and Pulsar S2, all of which will be seen on Gary Clark Jr.’s upcoming 2024 tour and on many other tours. ACT Entertainment supplied multiple grandMA3 full-size and grandMA3 light consoles, MA3 Processors and Follow Me Systems. Numerous productions utilize the grandMA3 consoles ranging from Alice Cooper and K-Love Fan Awards to Jimmy Eat World, HARDY, and Billy Strings.
The newest acquisitions from Chauvet include Colorado PXL Bar 8 and 16, seen on Jason Aldean, Warren Haynes Christmas Jam and LANY, Color STRIKE M featured on Papa Roach, Zack Brown Band, and Black Veil Brides, Maverick Storm 1 Hybrids, Maverick Storm 2 BeamWashes, STRIKE Array 2, STRIKE Array 4 seen on the NHL Draft 2023, Widespread Panic, and Breaking Benjamin, Rogue Outcast 1 BeamWash and the Chamsys MQ500M Stadium Consoles carried on Jimmy Buffett’s Tribute and Papa Roach. .
Robe purchases include Robe I Forte FS, carried on Shinedown, RoboSpots, featured on Maren Morris, Dove Awards, and Reba McEntire, FOOTSIE2 and TetraX, both of which will be utilized on Gary Clark Jr.’s tour.
Tyler has provided a huge amount of GT Truss, Ladder Towers, and custom circles to Bandit Lites. Billy String’s circular pods have been an enormous hit, while the GT Truss has been supplied on countless Bandit productions, extending from Home Free and Midland to Megan Moroney and Starset. The Ladder Towers continue to grow in popularity as they frequent various performances such as Black Music Honors, Winter Jam, HARDY, and Shinedown.
Additional equipment purchases include Ultratec Special Effects’ Eclipse Low Fog Generators, Astera NYX, Elation PALADIN Panels, High End SolaPix 37, High End SolaPix 19, and another huge quantity of the wildly popular FlexRaxs.
“The old adage that when times are good entertainment is good, and when times are bad entertainment is better, is still alive,” finished Strickland. “Other than Covid, our industry goes from strength to strength. Ticket sales, events, and demand are at an all-time high. A rising tide floats all boats.”
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