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USA - Melissa Etheridge is once again on the road, this time promoting her newest album, 4th Street Feeling. The Academy Award and two-time Grammy Award winner kicked off her tour early October and will make her way through North America throughout the fall season.

While it has only been a few months since her last tour, the singer-songwriter is offering a different experience for her audience with a stripped, intimate tour that reflects the artful, organic feel of her 12th studio album.

Lighting designer David Hamilton worked with tour manager Steven Girmant to give the show the exposed, rehearsal vibe he and Etheridge sought to express. In his ninth year of working with Etheridge, Hamilton wanted to "turn the venues on their heads" and strip the stages of any

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UK - Windshield manufacturer Rycote has announced a new Windshield Kit product, designed specifically for stereo recording with a matched pair of microphones in an ORTF configuration.

ORTF stereo recording was pioneered by the engineers at the French state broadcaster in the 1960s, and is defined as using a stereo pair of microphones with the capsules spaced 17cm apart, and at an angle of 110 degrees to each other. Rycote's new ORTF Windshield kit is designed for matched pairs of Schoeps CCM or Sennheiser MKH 8000 mics, and consists of a Lyre suspension, a cable clamp, and a 145mm Stereo Windshield & Windjammer large enough to comfortably accommodate the microphones.

A specially designed Rycote mounting adapter bar keeps the microphones at the correct spacing and angle for ORTF recording, and the Lyre suspension and shared windshield combine to provide a solution that is extre

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Nigeria - Solution Media and InfoTech Ltd, a high-tech multimedia company specialising in sound, stages, laser multimedia, lighting, tent and digital print in Nigeria, recently staged an evening of live entertainment to demonstrate the power and versatility of the latest Robe technology along with other brands in their inventory.

Five hundred guests relaxed and enjoyed their favourite songs at the Memoirs and Wine, event including performances by two bands; Soda Pop from the Philippines and the Flame band from Kenya at the Federal Palace hotel in Lagos.

The event was co-ordinated by the CEO of Solution media, Prince Adeyanju Lipede and executive director, Prince Adeyeloye Lipede, together with the staff, plus Robe's Middle East sales manager, Elie Battah who comments, " It was really an excellent way of getting a good targeted audience in-front of the equipment and

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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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Storm Report - Hit Broadway shows The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark are among the New York productions which closed in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. All Broadway performances on Sunday and Monday night were scrapped. Several film events were cancelled too, including the New York premiere of Keira Knightley film Anna Karenina.

It is not known how long Broadway's lights will stay out. Broadway League executive director Charlotte St Martin added that "the safety and security of theatregoers and employees is everyone's primary concern." Meanwhile the music world has also been affected, with acts such as Mercury prize-winners The xx, Rita Ora and John Legend all cancelling US shows.

AIM Awards - Singer Edwyn Collins has been honoured for his contribution to the music industry, seven years after he a

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Denmark - Fredericia Theatre is using an extensive selection of DPA microphones to capture the audio for a very special musical production of the Disney classic Aladdin. All of the cast members are using DPA d:fine Headset Microphones, which were chosen for their discrete size, comfort and exceptional sound quality. DPA microphones also feature heavily in the orchestra pit, where a combination of DPA d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones, 2011C twin diaphragm cardioid microphones and 4015C wide cardioid microphones are handling the audio requirements.

The Fredericia Theatre's Aladdin production, which premiered on 4 October 2012, is a significant endorsement of the theatre's ability to produce exceptional musicals. After hearing glowing reviews from a number of US directors who had worked at the Fredericia, the Disney Group chose the theatre as its only European partner for

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USA - GLP's groundbreaking impression Spot One is among several of the German lighting manufacturer's LED fixtures that are presently dominating high profile touring productions in the US. However, while the impression series has extended its popularity with the arrival of the new X4head it has been the new fully featured automated Spot which is being seen as the holy grail by others.

Jackson Browne's lighting director/production designer for four years, Steve Comer, is one who admits, "I had been looking for an LED hard edge light for a long time, and when the Spot One came along it was just the fixture I'd been waiting for."

This latest tour expanded organically from its origins as a solo acoustic tour to an ensemble, with more and more musician friends set to join him onstage. And this called for a more theatrically lit show where stage positions and musicians cou

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UK - A major lecture theatre on the Glenside Campus of UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol) has been upgraded with the installation of a large, 150" Da-Lite rear projection media display.

Da-Lite distributors Paradigm AV supported contracted suppliers GV Multimedia - who have a long-standing relationship with the University - and provided a single-mirror rear projection rig and technical drawings to ensure optimum utilisation of the space.

At the same time GV Multimedia project manager, Dan Victory, carried out his own computer predictions and visualisations to ensure the optimisation of off-axis viewing in the 240-capacity theatre and correct balance of brightness and contrast.

He opted for a Da-Lite Da-Snap (fixed snap-frame) solution, using Da-Tex rear pro screen material set flush against the high arched wall. The visible area now measures 19

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UK - Haydn Cruickshank of London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) has worked on some choice gigs in his time, however designing and supplying lighting for a showcase celebrating the birthday of iconic Tennessee whiskey Jack Daniels took him to the previously uncharted territory of ..... the Devil's Arse in the Peak District, UK.

The Peak Cavern earned its memorable epithet from the loud, expressive flatulent sounding emissions made by draining floodwater - of which there has been plenty lately! It is one of four 'show' caves in Castleton Derbyshire.

This atmospheric location was chosen by brand experience agency Red Lodge to stage a special show for Jack Daniels Birthday competition winners and amassed press - the line-up featured The Vaccines, Mystery Jets and Tribes.

One of numerous challenges facing the production team was the 600m p

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Finland - The 47th Pori Jazz Festival took place recently in the Finnish west coast city. The annual event was held over nine days, during which there were 126 concerts - 89 of which were free - taking place in a total of 14 venues. The atmosphere and attendance were again excellent, with Pori Jazz selling 48,000 tickets, while in total around 140,000 people attended.

One of the venues used for experimental and modern music was the 150-capacity Ultra Music Nights @Theatre. Here Noretron Communications, RCF's Finnish distributor, equipped the small stage with a potent but discreet TT+ Theatre & Touring active column speaker array system for a series of sold-out shows.

By deploying six TTL11-AH/AB assemblies and TTS26-A subwoofer (in Left/Right configurations), managed by the dedicated RDNet control interface, a superior audio performance was ensured, with excellent coverage and

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UK - Wednesday 24 October saw the launch of the Poppy Appeal in Trafalgar Square go off with a bang and for the third year, Capital Sound provided full production.

A fanfaire of trumpets from 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards opened the show, which was hosted by Ben Shephard. Amongst the performers were Alesha Dixon and The Military Wives Choir, with James Fox singing the Poppy Appeal Launch single, Landlocked and Pixie Lott headlining.

"As a full production job for Capital, you literally have to supply everything from the ground up," says Capital's Charles Ellery. "We supplied staging, lighting and sound, with the video element arranged by the Royal British Legion's own in-house video production supplier, Raw. We also arranged for all the dressing room cabins, temporary loos, catering, first aid, special FX and so on."

Everything came together o

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USA - ELC Lighting received the Rock our World 2012 award for their innovative intercom system at the recent LDI 2012 show in Las Vegas.

For The Netherlands based ELC Lighting team that developed the Green-GO intercom system range of products, moving into full production in January following successful launches at PLASA and LDI in 2011, the Las Vegas win was an exciting climax to a busy 12 months.

ELC Lighting's 'Green-GO' digital show communications system designer Joost van Eenbergen and sales manager Silvio Cibien said that they were overwhelmed with the compliments from such an eminent group of judges that included Mike Wood who stated, "In all the years of the Rock our World Awards the Green-GO received the quickest agreement as an award winner that I can remember. The judges were universally enthusiastic in their praise."

ELC has built an enviable reputation

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UK - PR Lighting has launched new white and RGB versions of the XRLED 300 Spot.

The XRLED 300 Spot-W is equipped with 300W Butterfly white LED module, with a 13°-34° wide zoom, and its ultra quiet operation makes it an exceptional member of the product portfolio.

The fixture is also fully featured, boasting seven dichroic colour filters (plus white), seven indexable rotating gobos plus seven fixed gobos; a beam angle of 13°-34° (linearly adjustable); linearly adjustable focus, iris and dimmer (0-100%); electronic strobe (0.3-20fps); 1 x 3-facet prism (bi-directional, rotatable, indexable) and 540° (pan) and 270° (tit), with auto position correction, speed adjustable and lock mechanism. The product weighs 19kg.

The XRLED 300 Spot-RGB is equipped with high-power 300W Butterfly RGB LED module, with a 13°-34° wide zoom.

Also fully featured, this

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Austria - Out Board has appointed ATEC GmbH of Sommerein as the new exclusive distributor for Austria of the TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker audio processing, playback and showcontrol automation products.

ATEC director Manfred Prochazka comments, "We are very happy to be a member of the TiMax family, as it fits perfect to our other high quality brands. We are delighted to have our first TiMax project with a complete TiMax SoundHub and TiMax Tracker installation in the Raimund Theater."

Out Board director Dave Haydon observes, "The ATEC guys clearly demonstrate the passion and expertise needed to fully commercialise and support unique products like TiMax SoundHub and TiMax Tracker. We very much value their commitment and support as we continue to grow diverse new European market sectors for TiMax."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Roker, a seaside resort area in North East England, just installed new energy efficient and dynamic lighting along its famed Marine Walk as part of an ongoing regeneration project by the City of Sunderland.

The project received the 2012 LGN Street Design Awards in the Public Lighting category. The Awards - in its 25th year and sponsored by Local Government Magazine - recognise high quality, best practices, and innovation in public design projects across the UK.

LumenRadio's UK partner LITE Ltd. and Philips, in close cooperation with Balfour Beatty Living Places, designed and commissioned a system to revitalize the Roker Beach area with functional, efficient, and vibrant lighting.

The system is a combination of Philips CosmoPolis pole mounted dimmable DALI fixtures and high-performance Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast and ColorBurst LED fixtures to generate rich,

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UK - West London-based rental company Entec Sound & Light's Audio division has invested in the latest d&b V-Series line array system, adding to their already substantial hire stock of the leading German brand.

Entec's audio sales manager Peter Codron explains that the V-Series is ideal to service a wide range of Entec's medium to large shows, and it can also be used as out-shooter arrays in conjunction with the larger J-Series, due to the fabulous tonal compatibility between the two systems.

Entec's V-Series' purchase includes both V8 and V12 loudspeakers (featuring 80 and 120 degree dispersion respectively) and V-SUBs.

Two of the three-way V-Series passive cabinets can be run from a single amplifier channel, so four can be powered per D12 amp, making it an extremely cost-effective choice.

The V-sub features a cardioid arrangement, with a front facing 18 inch driver and a

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UK - The ITV show Surprise Surprise is returing to the small screen, hosted by Holly Willoughby.

Nigel Catmur designed the lighting show which is provided by Richard Martin Lighting (RML). The vast rig encompasses a huge variety of different types of lights and styles, meaning that they integrate into the set beautifully.

These lights include Alpha Wash 575, Alpha Spot 700, Mac Aura, Nova Flower, Robin 600, VL1000TS, VL2000 Wash, Chroma Batten 50 kit, Mac TW1 and still proving as popular as ever - Sharpys. With 42 units on the show, the striking beam is now so recognisable.

Another unit selected by Nigel for the show, which has become very popular recently is the Sunstrip. The latest piece of equipment to be added to RML's inventory, Sunstrip Active is "fully active and has a built-in dimmerpack. In order to make the unit most versatile for many applications you

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Cambodia - PR Lighting's broad portfolio of fixtures are being specified increasingly on television shows around the world - from Algeria to Cambodia - in view of their rich feature-set, discreet form factor and quiet operation.

Cambodia is the latest, where a number of automated heads and architectural LED colour-mix FX are being used in a high standard production on Dream Palace, a programme which features leading singers and musicians from around the country.

The show is screened by Hang Meas HDTV - the first High Definition TV station in the country - and takes place in front of a live theatre audience every Saturday night.

Complementing the regal backdrop, with performers entering the stage down the palatial stairs, are 24 of PR Lighting's versatile, compact and fully featured XL300 moving heads, 12 x XL700 Spots and 16 of the newly-launched Arc LED 3108 fixtures

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Spain - Prolific jazz singer, composer and guitarist George Benson packs the house wherever he plays, be it in New York, Paris, or most recently Valencia, where the artist performed this summer as part of his 2012 Spanish tour. The concert, held at the city's Jardín de Víveros to celebrate the city's Feria de Julio (July Fair), Valencia's 28-day festival packed with activities, special events and concerts, was brought to life with professional D.A.S. sound systems.

The sound at the event was handled by local sound reinforcement company Acústica, who teamed up with Joel Damiano, D.A.S. Audio event engineer, appointed D.A.S. Audio's head tech for the concert. The sound team knew that the powerful D.A.S. Aero Series 2 line array systems would emphasize both Benson's voice and legendary guitar playing and rolled out 20 high-performance D.A.S. Aero 50 line arrays for the event. Th

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USA - Train is just wrapping up their sold-out California 37 tour on the heels of their sixth studio album of the same name that has already produced the certified platinum single Drive By and 50 Ways to Say Goodbye.

Based in San Francisco, Train consists of a core trio comprising Pat Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (guitar) and Scott Underwood (drums). Over the years, the band has produced successful albums such as their eponymous debut Train.

The California 37 tour started in Canada and has ranged throughout North America in a variety of venues including amphitheatres, arenas and theatres. Delicate Productions of Camarillo and San Francisco, who has already successfully deployed Martin Audio's award-winning MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array) system with Selena Gomez, relied on a system for the tour that consisted of 11 MLA and one MLD

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UK - Audio manufacturer Flare Audio ensured pure sound quality for the launch weekend of Gibb Street Warehouse this October. The launch was celebrated with two very special nights headlined by Marco Carola and John Digweed; Marco flew in from completing a hugely successful summer residence in Ibiza for his newly launched 'Music On' nights, whilst John Digweed headed up internationally renowned club brand Renaissance's 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Renaissance promoter and Gibb Street venue owner Geoff Oakes called on Sheffield-based production company Mustt Audio to configure and install an audio system that would best deliver outstanding sound to this 1,200 capacity warehouse/club space, located beside Birmingham's international arts complex, The Custard Factory.

"Gibb Street Warehouse has reflective brick and metal surfaces so it's an echoic space," says Mustt pro

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Italy - Clay Paky was once again present - as it has been for many years - at Miss Italia 2012, the number one Italian beauty contest.

Lighting director Fausto Carboni used a very diverse mix of 150 Clay Paky lights, including Alpha Spot HPE 700s, Alpha Wash 700s, Alpha Profile 1500s and Alpha Profile 1200s, in addition to the now omnipresent Sharpys.

"The scenery featured a very large structure, with massive video screens that completely surrounded the stage. There was also a framework inside the video screens consisting of tiles and building materials chosen specifically to give the set a particularly elegant look," said Fausto Carboni.

"With a set like this," Carboni continued, "it was absolutely essential to use the most compact rig possible, so my choice fell on the Clay Paky 700 watt spotlights and washlights. They are compact and lightweight,

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