PLSN provides details on two Featured Listing items – DTS’ Synergy 7 Profile framing spot luminaire and Harlequin’s Liberty Switch multi-use floor system, which changes from rigid to sprung at the push of a button. Regular listings include details on Cameo’s S Series IP65 LED Soft Panel, the hazebase ultimate IP64 fog machine, Utratec’s EZ Kleen preventative maintenance fluid, and Vari-Lite’s X15 X-Series console.
We hear all about the massive circular structure rig on Swedish House Mafia’s Paradise Again world tour from Ben Dalgleish and the Human Person design team, the architects of this rave arena experience. We also talk to All Access about the build and with ER Productions about the laser design by Derek Abbott.
PRG proudly contributed lighting, rigging, and LED video panels for first edition of UniVisionarios, which aired live on Thursday, September 22, 2022 on Univision. The lighting design by Rene Garcia featured more than 280 fixtures including Chroma Q Color Forces, Robe 600s and 1200s, and Vari-Lite VL2600s. The set design by Univision Production Designer Jorge Dominguez centered around a 40’W x 29’H LED wall comprised of 325 tiles, weighing in at nearly 10,000 lbs.Read More »PRG Provides 360° Solutions for ‘UniVisionarios’ 2022
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society returned to Knoxville to celebrate and pay tribute to the great sacrifices made by Americans around the world in defense of our country. Bandit Lites was honored to donate a lighting system for the gala, where more than 30 Recipients of the Medal of Honor gathered to “reconnect with each other, solemnly commemorate those Recipients who have passed, conduct Society business, and engage the local community.”Read More »Bandit Lites Illuminates Medal of Honor Convention
Lighting Company
Clearwing Productions
Venue
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, CO
Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG), a leading provider of production solutions for entertainment and live events producers, announced that it is making a significant investment in the new VL3600 PROFILE IP automated luminaire from Vari-Lite.Read More »PRG First to Purchase New VL3600 PROFILE IP Lights for Entertainment Industry
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
LOS ANGELES — Filmed one day after this year’s Grammy Awards, and broadcast on CBS on Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, The Beatles: The Night That Changed America used Vari-Lite lighting fixtures to help Grammy organizers mark 50 years since the band first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. LD Matt Firestone chose the fixtures for the production, which was filmed at the Los Angeles Convention Center and presented by the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS.
RIGA, Latvia — LD Normunds Blasans specified Philips Vari-Lite’s VL3015LT Spots, VL3500 and VL3000 Washes for an open-air event featuring music from 20,000 performers celebrating Latvian culture here recently. NA Stage & Light supplied 20 VL3015LT Spot luminaires, 16 VL3000 Washes, and 24 VL3500 Wash fixtures for the 25th Latvian Song and Dance Festival, which drew an audience of more than 40,000.
DALLAS – Mumford & Sons have risen from playing small bars and clubs across America to now headlining a sold-out world tour. With the band since the beginning, LD Edward Warren was creating their largest tour rig to date. Working with authorized Vari-Lite dealer Solotech, he chose to fill it with 33 VL3015 Spot and 21 VL3500 Wash FX luminaires.
ORLANDO – After the Hard Rock Live Orlando was originally built in 2001, the production team operated over the next 11 years without a lighting system upgrade. So to update the venue, Production Manager Brian Mandigo and Lighting Director Mark Tringali received approval for a full system upgrade consisting of Philips Vari-Lite VL880 Spot and VLX Wash luminaires supplied by Zenith Lighting.
LONDON – LD Tim Routledge used Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash and Spot luminaires to deliver a backdrop for the World War Z action film premiere after-show concert by Muse, held at London’s Horse Guards Parade. Epic and apocalyptic, Routledge’s lighting design not only took care of the stage but the buildings and park surrounding the area to create an eerie, experiential evening of atmospheric entertainment for the 15,000 Muse fans attending.