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Warren Haynes Annual Xmas Jam Electrifies with Preston Hoffman and Bandit Lites

The Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam returned for its 32nd year, partnering with the Asheville area Habitat for Humanity and BeLoved Asheville. Bandit Lites provided the lighting system for the Dec 9th showcase which featured a line up including Slash and Myles Kennedy, Billy F Gibbons, Gov’t Mule, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Clutch, and Karina Rykman. The winter spectacular began in 1988 and has raised more than 2.8 million dollars over the years, helping those in the area who have been unable to be homeowners due to financial setbacks. “To take something as simple as playing music, which we all love to do, and turn it into building houses, it’s an opportunity that I can’t be more thankful for,” Haynes told area news.Read More »Warren Haynes Annual Xmas Jam Electrifies with Preston Hoffman and Bandit Lites

Halestorm is ‘Back From the Dead’ with Bandit Lites

Halestorm is back on the road and “Back from the Dead,” which is both the name and title track of their latest album released in May. Bandit Lites supplied a rig for LD Craig Richter’s retro-inspired concert lighting looks with fixtures from Martin, Claypaky, Vari-Lite, Elation, and Chauvet Professional.

Maroon 5 tour rig includes Clay Paky Sharpy, grandMA2

Maroon 5 “Overexposed” Tour Rig Includes Clay Paky Sharpys, grandMA2

LOS ANGELES – Maroon 5’s Overexposed tour of North America includes Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, which are used as a wall of light upstage of the LED screens; when the screens rotate, 144 Sharpys are revealed. Production designer/artistic director Demfis Fyssicopulos credited the grandMA2 console used for the tour, not just to control the Sharpys, but also “a plethora of media servers and custom Control Freak Systems solutions.”

Barry Manilow

Manilow Returns to Broadway with grandMA2

NEW YORK – Production designer Seth Jackson is using grandMA2 consoles on Barry Manilow’s return to Broadway. Bandit Lites supplied the consoles to the St. James Theatre for the entertainer’s limited-run Broadway engagement featuring a huge catalog of his hits.