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Tours & TV Shoots Spring Forth

Find out who’s working on what projects as Debi Moen shares the scope on SZA’s S.O.S., Hayley Kiyoko, Brit Floyd, Billy Idol, and the CMT Music Awards in Austin, among other gigs.

CMA Touring Awards Celebrate Excellence

Winners of the 2022 CMA Touring Awards were honored during an industry celebration at Marathon Music Works in Nashville on Monday, Jan. 30. (L – R, back row): Morgan Pitt and Chrissy Hall (Ryman Auditorium), John Huie, John Stalder, Austin Neal, Chris Kappy, Dan Hochhalter, Robert Scovill, Jill Trunnell and Brian O’Connell. (L – R, front row): Michael Zuehsow, David Farmer, Keith Urban, Stephanie Mundy Self, Tyler Hutcheson and Jerry Slone. Photo Credit: Hunter Berry/CMA

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Country Music Association’s CMA Touring Awards took place Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. We at PLSN congratulate all of the winners of this year’s CMA Touring Awards. Previously known as the SRO (Standing Room Only) Awards, the CMA Touring Awards were originally created by the CMA Board of Directors in 1990 to honor outstanding professional achievement within the touring industry. The SRO Awards were renamed the CMA Touring Awards in 2016.

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Bandit Lights Up Nashville NHL Stadium Series with Mark Carver

The Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning drew 70,000 hockey fans to the first NHL game held outdoors in Tennessee. Along with the Feb. 26 game at Nissan Stadium, the event included performances by musical acts including Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley. Bandit Lites provided Ayrton, Chauvet, Claypaky, Elation, GLP and Robe lighting fixtures for LD Mark Carver.

Dierks Bentley Lighting Rig Driven by Jands Vista Console. Photo by Blu Sanders

Dierks Bentley Lighting Rig Driven by Jands Vista Console

AUSTIN, TX — LD Chris Reade is using a Jands Vista T2 console and S1 wing to control lighting for Dierks Bentley on the Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley “Locked & Reloaded” Tour. Along with a large quantity of profile, spot, wash and strobe fixtures, a video wall, video projection and moving pantographs, the set design by Bruce Rodgers of Tribe Inc. also includes custom designed Chroma-Q LED lighting filled set elements.