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UK - When Mariah Carey kicked off her Sweet Sweet Fantasy world tour at the SSE Arena in Glasgow, Colin Luke, senior project manager at Load Cell Rental was requested by the tour's production manager Ian Kinnersley to complete a full weight report of the rig. In order to do this effectively, Colin relied on BroadWeigh.

"We were in contact with the Mariah production team from an early stage. In order to prove due diligence in terms of ascertaining actual weights as opposed to relying on calculations, Ian brought Load Cell Rental on board to weigh the entire rig", said Colin. "To do this we used 52 BroadWeigh wireless cells - a cell for each point. From this we were then able to complete a certificate for each individual truss which detailed the equipment used, the recorded weight from the cell and a detailed description of the load."

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The Netherlands - In the wake of the recent announcement that CUK has taken on UK distribution for Liviau, Apex has announced the appointment of Audio Integrate as the exclusive distribution partner in the Netherlands for the Liviau control platform.

Based in Neede on the eastern border of the Netherlands, Audio Integrate is a distributor of AV equipment aimed at all sectors of the AV market ranging from education, worship and retail to corporate, sports and entertainment environments. The company also offers professional advice and services for tenders and projects, accompanying the client from start to finish.

Richard Grevelink, director of Audio Integrate, comments, "Audio Integrate is a distributor for pro audio, video and digital signage solutions," he explained. "Our customers are mainly AV system integrators. We are always looking for reliable products to complete o

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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USA - Award-winning performance art company Blue Man Group has recently started incorporating Robe moving lights into their show at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Blue Man Group is a heady mega-mix of music, technology, art and excitement which immerses and delights audiences by wrapping them in its infectious beats and vibes. Lighting plays a crucial role with a dynamic and energetic maelstrom of colour, movement and emotion.

When Blue Man Group's Las Vegas show moved back to the Luxor at the end of 2015, it was an ideal opportunity to upgrade and change certain aspects of the lighting rig to optimize the more intimate venue.

The space ideally lent itself to more compact fixtures to fulfil Tony award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams' visual concept, which had been developed in 2013 when the Blue Men had moved a new show into the Monte Carlo Hotel.

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Open Up! - The Theatres Trust has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sharing Heritage grant for its Open up! Cataloguing our Regional Theatres Architectural Archive project. The HLF grant of £5,200 will allow the Trust to run a summer internship to catalogue its collection of architectural drawings of regional theatres. Over 5,000 drawings covering 280 different theatres will be available to search by the end of the project.

Tim Eyles, Theatres Trust Chair, says, "With our renewed strategy for protecting theatres in our 40th anniversary year, we're delighted that our HLF Sharing Heritage grant award will help more people discover our country's fantastically rich built theatrical heritage. The project also offers an excellent paid opportunity for those seeking a career in archive and heritage work to gain valuable skills and contribute to the development of the

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USA - Elation Professional has announced the launch of the EVHD Series of LED video displays, a new family of professional, high-definition LED panels designed with creativity and ease-of-use in mind for more artistic video layouts.

Available in three different pixel pitches (2.8, 3.9 & 5.9 mm), the black-face EVHD video panels feature a lightweight, fanless and bezel-free design with durable die-cast aluminium frame for years of reliable service. A modular front maintenance construction means the EVHD panels can be mounted just inches off a wall for use in tight spaces and accessibility from both back and front makes for easier installation and more convenient service.

Lockable curve adjustments make smooth, more creative convex or concave designs possible for a greater variety of design possibilities. Designers can create seamless curved video displays, even full circle

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USA - Community has announced three I Series Compact models designed to match the performance, appearance and voicing of the larger I Series Point Source and Subwoofer models. I SeriesCompact loudspeakers complement Community's larger I Series 800-Level and 600-Level models for distributed applications, front-fill or side-fill or as the main loudspeakers in smaller spaces.

All Compact I Series have best-in-class LF extension, sensitivity and maximum output, ensuring quality sound reproduction. The 6.5-inch IC6-1062 features unprecedented LF extension for its cabinet size and a very wide dispersion 100 x 100 degree fabric dome HF on a shallow waveguide, providing a smooth response while retaining high sensitivity.

The single 8-inch IC6-1082 and symmetrical dual 8-inch IC6-2082 are available with two rotatable horn patterns (120 x 60 degrees, 90 x 60 degrees) paired with low

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Canada - Montreal's 22nd Bal en Blanc, Canada's oldest electronic music festival and one of the first EDM festivals in the world, featured an exclusive attraction by 45DEGREES, Cirque du Soleil's events and special projects company. Five Cirque acts performing during the Sultan+Shepard set were lit by an array of Clay Paky fixtures provided by 4U2C.

Held on Easter weekend at the Palais du congres, the Bal en Blanc was produced by Produkt with One Drop as its official cause partner. One Drop is a Montreal-based non-profit, created by Cirque founder Guy Laliberte, whose mission is to provide safe water to communities worldwide. 45DEGREES staged its One Drop Moment to showcase this collaboration and provide a taste of what's to come as the partnership continues with Bal en Blanc 2017.

"The challenge was to create a unique Cirque moment during a big EDM show with a live

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Sweden - Chroma-Q Inspire and Inspire Mini colour-mixing LED house lights are helping to provide an immersive show dining experience during performances of the hugely popular Mamma Mia! The Party at Tyrol restaurant in Stockholm.

Together with director Roine S

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UK - A.C. Special Projects Ltd. (ACSP) has supplied and installed a bespoke hexagonal-shaped Traxon RGB LED lighting and control system, to provide decorative effects for the newly refurbished Buckingham Arcade in central London.

The lighting installation was the last part of a refurbishment programme by Land Securities to enhance the arcade, which runs from The Strand to Buckingham Street near Charing Cross Station.

In line with the client brief, ACSP proposed that Traxon 40PXL & 20PXL colour-changing, diffused LED Media Tubes were the best solution, given their IP66 / IP67 rating and robust design. It makes them ideal for withstanding the outdoor elements, particularly in a public environment.

"The designers wanted to implement a fluid movement of light through the arcade, in a hexagonal arrangement to create a sense of interest and interactivity. Traxon's Media Tube

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UK - Clay Paky's advanced hybrid Mythos fixtures have beamed a variety of effects for the Sunday for Sammy 'entertainment extravaganza' in Newcastle, England, which featured some of Britain's best-loved performers.

Celebrated lighting and set designer Eugene O'Connor, who has worked with a number of high profile artists including Metallica, Usher and Katy Perry, specified 30 Mythos fixtures for the show, which was performed to a live audience as well as being filmed for DVD.

Held in memory of the late actor Sammy Johnson, Sunday for Sammy features a galaxy of stars from the worlds of TV, theatre and music. The shows sell out in minutes, raising funds for creative, talented and enthusiastic young performing artists from the North East of England.

"As set designer I decided to rig three circular screens at the back of the staging: a main six metre screen in the centre a

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Singapore / UK - The following global locations all have something in common and when the list is considered it is safe to say it's not the weather. The Esplanade, Singapore and The Everyman Theatre in Liverpool both offer their fair share of cultural enrichment but those in attendance in south-east Asia are unlikely to have battled their way through anything like a cold, damp Merseyside night before taking their seat. York's Theatre Royal and Salford University are white and red rose rivals respectively and certainly would recognise thick fog and drizzle but Istanbul's Zorlu Centre is used to an altogether different climate. The world famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London might enjoy a mad-dog English summer or two but that doesn't compare to the heat at The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts...

Rather than a climatic connection, what is common to every one of thes

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Czech Republic - With its eclectic mix of gothic, art nouveau, cubist and communist architecture, Prague is a city full of contrast. This contrast is perhaps most evident at Prague's five-story Karlovy L

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UK - Front of House engineer Chris Pollard has been touring with Mumford & Sons since their first album and is currently in the midst of the Band's epic An Arrow Through The Heartland tour, which started back in May 2015. Pollard's console of choice for the tour is the SSL L500 live console. "First and foremost," says Pollard, "This console sounds great. The sound quality is amazing."

The FOH path count for Mumford & Sons is large - it starts with around 76 inputs, but Pollard adds to that with extensive use of the L500's Stem bus type - a grouping bus with discrete send levels and full processing that can be picked from any one of six points on the contributing path, and routed anywhere, including to other stems.

By inserting an FX into a stem and routing channels to that stem, Pollard creates a fully processed auxiliary bus without requiring a separate return path

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Australia - Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus Live returned to Australia to launch its all new, 10th anniversary, party of the decade tour. Aussie fans were treated to a newly designed, multi-million dollar set for this live action-sports show.

George Gorga has been the audio director for Nitro Circus since the original MTV show first took to road six years ago. His biggest challenge is looking after himself during the rehearsals and main events.

"It's probably the most dangerous operating position I've ever worked in as normally we are out on the track," he remarked. "The likelihood of having a bike or skateboard land on you or getting blown up by a pyro is quite high. You really have to have your wits around especially during practice as the whole arena floor is the stage. It's like walking on a highway, you have to keep looking all around you."

Other than a pyro accide

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UK - Blackout supplied truss structures, to host competing artists at London's Wallace Collection, for this year's Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year competition, 11-18 May.

For the fourth year running, Sky Arts in collaboration with Storyvault Films and Papilo Production Management entrusted Blackout project manager Tomas Burcik and his four-strong crew to install a cost-effective ground support circular truss system suitable for both broadcast and live audiences.

Tomas Burcik comments, "Working to the production brief we designed a structure which incorporated an inner 7m truss circle and a 10m diameter central truss circle split into thirds. Each third played host to a competing artist, challenged with painting a celebrity guest. The outer truss circle included cross sections to hang broadcast lighting, and seven supporting legs to ensure clear sightlines of the celeb

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USA - Automation control systems manufacturer Kinesys is opening their doors and welcoming guests to its dedicated training facility in Atlanta, Georgia, for an event that will run from 22-23 June 2016.

This event has been designed to cover the basic operation and implementation of Kinesys equipment and will showcase a broad range of products that will appeal to individuals and companies involved in the increasingly popular discipline of automation / motion control.

The invitation is open to lighting and show designers, automation operators, rental suppliers and rigging service providers - anyone with an interest in this dynamic element of modern show production.

Key products include variable speed chain hoist systems, programmable fixed speed motor control and load cell monitoring systems. The format will serve as in-depth introduction to products like the iconic Elev

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Switzerland - Ampetronic has announced its partnership with Showsupply. The partnership will expand Showsupply's portfolio to include assistive listening technologies and the provision of comprehensive solutions and educational training to customers across Switzerland.

The addition of induction loop technology compliments Showsupply's already established offering of leading audio brands and invites the opportunity to expand into a new market.

Over the past 25 years hearing loops, also known as induction loops, have become the default assistive listening solution in Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia and the USA. This is primarily as a result of technological advances by Ampetronic and the efforts of people with hearing loss, who are demanding the benefits that this technology can bring to them.

A hearing loop system transmits an audio signal directly into a Telecoil hear

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Kenya - An Allen & Heath Qu-32 compact digital mixer has been installed in the Karura Community Chapel in Nairobi. Established in 1996, the Chapel has grown to an average audience size of approximately 1600 over its 20-year history, and needed to upgrade from the existing analogue mixer to digital.

Installed by Paxt's Kenyan distributor, Sound Creations, the Qu-32 was selected for its sound quality, good FX engine, ability to have 32 channels on a single layer, simplicity, cost effectiveness, and plenty of mixing and output options. Sound Creations Ltd. also installed dB Technologies T4s alongside the mixer.

Mr.Kaka, Karura's sound technician, was very satisfied with the mixer: "I think the new sound system has awakened Karura Community Chapel. People who used to come late to worship now run so that they don't miss it."

"The system sounds great. Most of my installation

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Korea - In Seoul, Nexo STM line arrays were deployed for a record-breaking event for SWDF. Now one of the biggest outdoor music festivals in Asia, this was also the tenth show anniversary for sound rental provider Way Audio, which has built a strong relationship between NEXO and this spectacular EDM party.

The Seoul World DJ Festival (SWDF), which kicks off Korea's music event calendar, has been growing in strength every year, since its first edition in 2007. Today, it attracts some of the best EDM DJs in the world, and transforms the town of Chuncheon and its Song-Am Sports Complex. This year's bill included Blasterjaxx, Tomswon, Julian Jordan and KSHMR.

In 2016, an important liaison was made with influential EDM producers Q Dance from Holland (Qlimax, Defqon, Tomorrowland) who collaborated on this year's festival. Q Dance brought its hallmarks of dynamic staging, pyro an

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