Janet Jackson’s ‘Together Again’ tour is her 10th outing. For the ‘five act’ retrospective of her 50-year career, Eric Wade, Principal of Crossfade Design served as Production Designer as well as Tour Director. Troy Eckerman was Associate Lighting Designer/Lead Lighting Programmer. Both speak with PLSN about the production solutions supporting this dynamic artist’s tour.
Production Designer Tamlyn Wright along with Lighting Designers Matt Firestone and Jon Kusner talk about designing two different television specials celebrating two legendary entertainment icons—Singer, Joni Mitchell and Comedian and Actor, Carol Burnett.
Lighting & Video Company
Deep South Productions
Venue
Mulberry Mountain
Ozark, AR
This month’s Featured Listings include the PICCOLA from hazebase and Tenore and Soprano from DTS, along with photos and info about new products from ADJ, CHAUVET, Elation, ETC, and SGM Light.
Lighting/Staging/Scenic Company
Deep South Productions
Venue
Beaumont Event Centre/Great Lawn
Beaumont TX
Compare the most recent LDI show’s offerings with luminaires featured a decade ago, and it’s clear that IP-rated fixtures have taken the industry by storm. Here’s a look at what’s now available, along with an explanation of what the IP rating numbers mean.
“Billboard” magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. The Showtime section within PLSN’s January 2023 issue focuses on the lighting, staging and video production teams and equipment supporting these tours.
The Swedish rock band Ghost recently wrapped up the third, North American leg of its Imperatour tour for which Brazil-based Lighting Designer, Erich Bertti was once again back designing along with the band’s lead singer Tobias Forge. Also returning to support the Ghost tour and Bertti was Senior Account Manager, Steven “Creech” Anderson and Madison, TN-based Premier Global Production, providing lighting, rigging, truss and crew. Bertti and Anderson fill PLSN in on the design and their working relationship for Ghost’s tour.
The LDI Show returned to Las Vegas after a busy year of live event productions across North America. The aisles were busy with production pros seeking to gear up for another busy year ahead, with exhibitors unveiling as many new products as steadily improving supply chain conditions would permit.
Lighting Company
4Wall
Venue
Park Avenue Armory
New York, NY
America watched as country music’s biggest stars graced the stage of CMA Fest 2022, which aired on August 3 on ABC. The festival’s live event was filmed in June at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium and featured some of the genre’s biggest artists including Carrie Underwood, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Wynonna Judd, Darius Rucker, Kelsea Ballerini, and more, with Elle King and Dierks Bentley hosting.Read More »PRG Provides Support for CMA Fest 2022
MANCESTER, U.K. – HSL recently expanded its rental inventory with more than $3 million in new lighting equipment to help service its busy summer season. The purchases included more than 500 moving lights, 400 additional LED products and control technologies made by Robe, SGM, Martin by Harman, Ayrton, GLP and Philips. Pictured here is HSL MD Simon Stuart.