3G Productions is a dynamic full service technical production company headquartered in Las Vegas, NV active in helping deliver some of the most ambitious and innovative live shows, concerts and festivals plus broadcast, corporate and industrial events. Over the last 18 months the company has invested heavily in Kinesys automation equipment.
The first series of dates on ADJ’s Step Into The Light road tour, which took place over the summer, were a resounding success. Each event attracted an engaged group of local lighting professionals who enjoyed the opportunity to learn, network and check out the latest ADJ fixtures. ADJ is pleased to now be able to announce the next phase of tour dates.
Sphere Entertainment Co. announced that Carolyn Blackwood, a respected leader with more than 25 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry, has joined the Company as Head of Sphere Studios – the immersive content studio dedicated to developing multi-sensory entertainment experiences exclusively for Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium that opened its first venue in Las Vegas in September 2023.Read More »Sphere Entertainment Names Carolyn Blackwood Head of Sphere Studios
With the goal of offering “the most elegant and intimate nightlife and superstar artist experiences in Las Vegas,” Voltaire at the Venetian’s ambitions went beyond captivating audiences with impressive scenic design on just the stage itself. Instead, a relatively basic Vegas showroom was transformed into a venue like no other.
Look for PLSN’s full in-depth coverage of the production solutions for the LVIII Super Bowl in our March issue. For today, here are some team and gear lists for The Apple Music LVIII Super Bowl Halftime Show, featuring Usher with special guests Alicia Keys, H.E.R, Ludacris, Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am, and Lil Jon. The Production Design team from Tribe, Inc. returned once again as did Lighting Designer Al Gurdon. The stage was built by All Access Staging and Productions, the lighting was provided by PRG, and PixMob handled the crowd immersive solutions.
Here is a look inside The Sphere in Las Vegas from this past weekend when U2 took to the stage with the opening of their highly-anticipated ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere’ shows at the launch of the cutting-edge venue. The 25-date run of shows celebrates the band’s acclaimed album ‘Achtung Baby’, as well as its accompanying industry-defining ‘ZOO TV’ Tour which broke the mold. U2 provided fans a fully immersive experience, utilizing every part of Sphere’s LED screen – the world’s largest and highest-resolution – into a gallery that showcased bespoke art while performing on a turntable stage.
U2 surprised Las Vegas Fremont Street visitors on Saturday night with a pop-up concert performance including their new song “Atomic City”. According to Rolling Stone, the performance served as a music video shoot as well. This isn’t the first time U2 used Fremont Street for a video backdrop, back in 1987 they filmed “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” on the famous street. For this weekend’s impromptu concert, in front of the Plaza Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, the band performed on a flatbed truck stage which was provided by AG Productions Services with the audio handled by LMG Touring. U2 starts their residency, ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’, at the brand new Sphere on Sept. 29.
Production Designer and President of San Francisco-based Stage II Productions, Chris McGregor died of a heart attack on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 61. McGregor is widely known for his creative work for Phish and The Residents as well as lighting and production design for numerous events. His passing was initially confirmed by The Residents, who he had worked with since 1989. McGregor earned a BFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts in 1984.Read More »In Memoriam: Chris McGregor, Production Designer & Creative Visionary, 61
Bandit Lites, a world leader in entertainment lighting, is proud to announce the promotion of John Cameron Carter to Integration Solution Sales. Carter first joined the Integration team seven years ago and has since grown as a technician, project manager and sales member.
PLSN spoke with Silent House Studios LD Cory FitzGerald and STUFISH Senior Partner Ric Lipson on their design for Weekends with Adele at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. “One of the big challenges was finding a fabric that we could project onto that would be bright and clear but that would also be dark enough when you didn’t want it to be lit with projectors,” noted Lipson. “We worked with a company called Carbon Black. They have a fabric that is a very dark gray. It’s essentially covered in a coating that reflects the laser projection in a much brighter way than a traditional projection surface. That became the silver bullet for making the projection look great on the sliding panels.”
The Las Vegas–based, Show and Design Group (SDG) announces the addition of Melissa Skipworth as an Account Executive. Skipworth brings over 20 years of experience in trade show and experiential marketing management experience. Skipworth is praised for her design sensibility, especially lighting, and is well known for being adaptive and always respecting the clients’ needs. Skipworth will serve as the primary point of contact for her clients and SDG.Read More »Melissa Skipworth Joins Show and Design Group
OSA International, a full-service production company with offices in Nashville, Las Vegas, and Chicago, is supplying the lighting gear and product support for Peter Frampton’s comeback tour, Never Say Never. To visually bring his shows to life in concert, Frampton turned to Lighting Designer and Emmy-award winner Gregg Maltby and a full complement of OSA lighting. Although he had never worked with Frampton before, Maltby was hired to direct the Never Say Never tour and take the lead on the tour’s production design.Read More »OSA Lights Up Peter Frampton’s ‘Never Say Never’ Tour