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The LRLR Raffle and Behind the Scenes’ Mental Health Initiative at USITT

The Long Reach Long Riders and Behind the Scenes will host their annual fundraising raffle at the USITT Conference March 16-18 in St. Louis, MO. This year’s raffle will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Long Reach Long Riders annual charity motorcycle ride. The Riders, who have raised over $1,000,000 for charity in their years of touring, will be riding June 3-9 in sunny Southern California.Read More »The LRLR Raffle and Behind the Scenes’ Mental Health Initiative at USITT

SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line

Special Event Services (SES) has significantly expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with additional purchases of Domino LT, Bora S, and Khamsin fixtures and further committed to the product line with large first-time investments in Perseo Beams, Diablos, and Zonda 9 FX lights. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line

Elation Professional and Obsidian Control Systems partner with UK’s Backstage Academy

Elation Professional and Obsidian Control Systems are proud to be partnering with Backstage Academy, the UK’s premier institution for the education of the next generation of live event professionals. Both Elation and Obsidian are providing the latest in cutting-edge products to Backstage Academy for use in educational courses and training purposes.Read More »Elation Professional and Obsidian Control Systems partner with UK’s Backstage Academy

4Wall Provides Lighting to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s Netflix Special, ‘I Wish You Would’

4Wall Entertainment provided a lighting rental package to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s third comedy special on Netflix, I Wish You Would. The special was directed by Noah’s The Daily Show colleague, David Paul Meyer, and filmed at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s Netflix Special, ‘I Wish You Would’

PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

Revolutionary LED gear TITAN-X and Deep Black Series from INFiLED now accessible to PRG clients and partners

INFiLED’s TITAN-X, which was co-developed with PRG.

Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG), a leading provider of production solutions for entertainment and live events, announced that it is making a significant investment in two new LED products from INFiLED. The new products, the Deep Black (DB) 2.3 Series for high-performance indoor displays, and the TITAN-X Series, the rental LED system designed with unique transparency and acoustic permeability for outdoor touring, will be added to PRG’s rental inventory for customers and partners beginning Q2 of 2023.Read More »PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

Getting Extreme with Robe

German event technology service provider DLP Motive supplied full technical design and production – staging, automation and kinetic elements, lighting, sound, video, and LED screens – to ESL Gaming for the 10th anniversary of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) e-gaming tournament, including two three-day events staged at the 10,000 capacity Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, and the 18,500 capacity Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.Read More »Getting Extreme with Robe

Call for Contributions to Celebrate Dr. Joel E. Rubin on his 95th Birthday

Dr. Joel E. Rubin

Where would we be without him?  Of course we’re talking about Dr. Joel E. Rubin. In honor of Dr. Rubin’s 95th birthday, a number of people have decided that the most meaningful celebration would be an informal Festschrift* of contributions from the many people whose lives he has positively impacted over his long career. See below for the Call for Contributions honoring Dr. Rubin for his birthday.Read More »Call for Contributions to Celebrate Dr. Joel E. Rubin on his 95th Birthday

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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