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14 December 2016

Thirty Robe BMFL Spots and 20 x Pointes graced the lighting rig this year among other fixtures, all of which were rigged in the Vector Arena, Auckland.

The red carpet came alive with the great and the good of New Zealand's sporting community, 1,400 of whom rocked up for the occasion to see the All Blacks rugby team, cricketers Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum, golfer Lydia Ko, all Blacks coach Steve Hansen and many more collect their prizes and accolades during a fun and emotion filled evening.

The BMFL Spots were right at the heart of the lighting scheme which in tu

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The Wirtschaftstag is a business forum that takes place annually at the Frankfurter Jahrhunderthalle. It is considered the barometer of the German economy and this year's theme of Wealth - Freedom - Security: scenarios for a changing world brought together - once again - prestigious speakers such as Jean-Claude Juncker, Sahra Wagenknecht, Niki Lauda and others. The event was moderated by Sandra Maischberger and Udo van Kampen.

The moving Show Battens were used to illuminate the horizon of the highly original stage, designed by Contour for this event. Project manager Stefan Kevenh

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Its acronymous name stands for "Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain." The four words aptly describe the games that were up for D.I.C.E. Awards at this year's ceremonies. They also reflect the spirit of the lightshow created for the event by creative designer Chris Wu and lighting designer Chris Lose.

The two designers turned the D.I.C.E. Awards stage at Mandalay Bay into an all-embracing immersive environment that was evocative of a scene from the most transformative computer game. A collection of heavily pixel mapped ÉPIX Bar 2.0 LED fixtur

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Then came the serious business of restoring the lighting systems on the five stages that - while not directly damaged by the fire - suffered the secondary effects of smoke and water. DesignLab's CEO Larry Schoeneman reports, "We were already working on an architectural design for them, so we put a rush on bringing the stages up to code. After the shows closed each night, we would bring in new plugging strips."

"We needed to come up with dimmers in a hurry, and fortunately we now stock a lot of Unison packs, so we were able to come through quickly," says ETC Midwest regio

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Moore of Nitelites, who has worked with Frank and his backing band The Sleeping Souls since 2010, is using the high advanced beam and spot hybrid for large backlight gobo looks and dynamic aerial work.

"The Mythos was ideal for this tour as it's one fixture to do two jobs," he explains. "Its incredible zoom made it perfect for achieving the looks I wanted in varying sizes of venue."

The Mythos, supplied by Nitelites, are positioned on the mid and back truss and on the floor wrapped around the band. This set up provides Moore with three layers of beams to work with, adding great depth and perspective to his design.

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Co-owners Oleg Smirnov and Eugene Merkulov first crossed paths with SGM eight years ago working with small moving heads and consoles. Rediscovering SGM years later, they were positively surprised by the new SGM. "A modern, well-organized company with a fresh perspective and perfect quality products", said Oleg Smirnov and added that SGM soon became their first choice of manufacturer for upgrading their inventory.

"We loved the new design and form factor together with the technical specifications of the fixture, which demonstrated the result of the philosophy and vision for the renewed SGM brand.

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UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL invested in 50 x new Robe BMFL Spots just before the tour went out, 24 of which were used by Steve.

"I basically needed a bright, big, light that would cut thought everything - including video - and BMFL was it," says Steve.

Much of the show was about beam-work so the BMFL Spots were ideal for creating beam 'structures' and frameworks as well as for those all-encompassing gobo sweeps, for which they were fitted with custom gobos tailored to Steve's design.

"The saturated colours are amazing," commented Steve. "Saturated reds, greens and all those hues that are hard to get a properly brigh

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14 December 2016

The history of show laser lighting and the TARM brand are closely linked together: Not forgotten is the era of the famous TARM Centre in Bochum, Germany - a nightclub mainly equipped with laser show lighting effects - over 25 years back, at a time, when laser show technology was far more complex and resource demanding than modern systems.

Richard Krumhus, CEO of TARM Laser Technologies, comments, "Joining the Laserworld Group, the largest manufacturer and distribution company of show laser light systems worldwide, offers us completely new possibilities in terms of synergies in product development, logistics, marketing and sales. Several development projects have already been initiated."

With TARM becoming a Laserworld company,

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14 December 2016

Following its successful launch at the show last year, FLX8 now joins the FLX family of lighting consoles as the latest eight universe version of the PLASA Innovation Award winning FLX product line.

FLX and FLX8 will be shown with demonstrators highlighting the latest software release - ZerOS 7.9 - and the online universe upgrade program for FLX.

This continues the planned FLX programme of feature and capability enhancements - all continuing to making FLX an even more powerful, durable, portable and extendable lighting control console package.

ZerOS 7.9 also brings significant advancements to the whole ZerOS console line-up, as we combine the software's feature set across consoles.

Sitting alongside the FLX will be the new

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Scenic and lighting production design firm Innovative Show Design (ISD) was contacted about the need for a new lighting scheme by a Kim Komando team that had clearly put some thought into lighting concept ideas, even coming to the table with its own lighting renderings. ISD subsequently designed, installed and programmed a new all-LED lighting system, working closely with lighting vendor CYM Lighting Services. ISD also des

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Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the production which featured performances of Show Me the Way, Baby I Love Your Way and Lines on My Face. Lighting designer Victor Fable divulged he brought the show to Bandit with less than 48 hours' notice, but Bandit's team rose to the challenge and delivered the desired results.

"We had a very short schedule, load in at 7am and shoot the show at 1pm," said Fable. "I got a huge amount of help from Mark Carver, my lighting director, and Bandit's vice president Mike Golden to dial in a package."

The performance took place in the Peter Nappi Shoes shop, a massive brick space (and former meat packing warehouse) filled with s

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This transformation of the 130-year-old baths originally opened in 1878 on land reclaimed from the sea right underneath Hastings' Victorian promenade was the brainchild of Rich and Marc Moore, owners of The Source BMX a highly successful BMX online and e-commerce operation.

The resulting £1.25m subterranean project is one of the largest skate parks in Europe, 600 ft. long and kitted out with a variety of state-of-the-art ramps and obstacles for skaters and BMX enthusiasts of all abilities and levels of experience.

Funded by The Source in conjunction with the local borough and county councils and the Regional Growth Fund, it's been an instant success with th

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Like the revellers themselves, the Shamrock festival's musical performances represented a diverse mix. Irish music dominated the festivities with groups like Dropkick Murphys and the Fighting Jameso

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Honouring the best in popular culture for 2015, the People's Choice Awards were held 6 January, 2016 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS. Emmy-winner Allen Branton was the show's lighting designer; Felix Peralta, Kevin Lawson and Darren Langer were the lighting directors.

A.C.T Lighting gave the team the opportunity to demo Scenius fixtures prior to the show, and they felt the new lights would work well with Derulo's medley of Get Ugly and Want to Want Me performed with a complement of backup dancers. The deployment marked one of the

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The theme for Europe's largest indoor hard style event this year was Deception (nothing is what it seems) - and an ingenious show design ensured that the guest experience met the brief in all dimensions.

A spectacular lighting, set and visuals design was imagineered by Kristof van Mensel, Patrick Bellens and others from Belgian visual design practice, TCF. Playing on the theme - which offered some serious latitude for invention - their starting point for both lighting and video designs was having lots of unpredictable visual tricks up their sleeves .... which could be revealed as the night unfolded.

The lighti

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Songs In The Key Of Life features hits like I Wish, Pastime Paradise and As, and won a Grammy for album of the year. Wonder has been playing it to rave reviews in America since 2014. Rolling Stone called it "free-spirited, triumphant and huge," while The New York Times described the three-hour show as "a journey of jubilation". Wonder's 30-piece touring band features his first daughter Aisha, who inspired the opening track of the album's second disc, Isn't She Lovely.

Spaced Out - Veteran French co

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"What began with the VDO Sceptron 10 has quickly developed into a suite of products with tremendous versatility," said Wouter Verlinden, international product manager for LED Video at Harman Professional Solutions. "All addressing is done by the P3 System c

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Showtime, who already had Platinum Beam 5R Extreme's in its rental inventory, now stock only Elation moving heads. They chose to upgrade their inventory of Platinum Beam 5R Extreme's with additional fixtures and acquired the Platinum Spot 5R's as replacement fixtures for aging 250W fixtures.

"The Elation fixtures' easy handling, workmanship and compatibility to our current stock were all factors in choosing them," stated Showtime managing director Guido Nallinger. "Their light output is also excellent. We also value the support we receive from Elation and the price fit within our budget."

Nallinger Showtime

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Since its release, the album has topped of the US Jazz Albums charts. The recent Crush Tour delivers the big sound associated with its namesake album. It's a sound made all the more powerful on stage by an appropriately potent lightshow by production designer Gabe Fraboni and lighting designer Wiley Cutler, using a collection of Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional, provided by 4Wall Entertainment.

"We were using another big name moving head, but the people at 4Wall showed us the Rogue Series," said Fraboni. "The Rogues impressed us with their compact, size, brightness and optics. The fixtures fit our touring needs perfectly."

Fraboni and Cutler

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"This was a stripped back version of the bigger shows we've got planned for later in the year, designed to suit the iconic Roundhouse and create the right feel," says Campbell. "I'm using a lot of tungsten in the show, and a video wall of Ereimul Elidy 'S' matrix fixtures and Clay Paky Stormy CCs, which curves around the band in a 'C' shape."

Campbell's consoles are loaded with Titan v9 for the tour, and he's utilising an array of the new and powerful features available in the software.

"The show is packed full of Key Frame Shapes-powered looks, which allow me to get a wide variety of textures and feels," Campbell continues. "Key Frame Shapes is an extremely powerful featu

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14 December 2016

Gilbert, the country rock singer and songwriter, kicked off the US and Canada leg of the Black Out World Tour playing to capacity crowds in Saginaw, Michigan. After the tour wraps this spring Gilbert will take a breather before launching the Take It Outside summer tour. The current lighting rig will be reprised for the summer tour.

Howard Jones, is president of DCR (Digital Console Rental, Inc.) in Nashville, which provides the sound, lighting and video for the Black Out World Tour. He also designed Gilbert's previous two tours: Hell on Wheels in 2011 and Let It Ride in 2013-14.

"I've been with Brantley since early in his career,

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"Nightclubs used to be about one thing only - music," said Drummond. "But today, nightclubs are driven to provide audiences with unique and memorable experiences. Every night, they must create a visual and auditory masterpiece. Not only does the audio quality have to be su

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Just as in 2015, all students are able to take part by downloading Hog 4 PC and the special Light Converse show file by registering at the link above and there is no charge to take part.

Following Phase 1 of the competition (closes on June 30th 2016) three teams will be whisked away to the Live Finals. These will be held on Friday, 21 October at 5pm on the High End Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas, where they will compete to win a $20,000 scholarship and Hog 4 for their Universi

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Designed for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications, the TVL CYC RGBW features a powerful 150W RGBW LED engine for floods of uniform light in virtually any colour while linear variable white colour temperature presets (7200K - 3200K) make it a convenient white light luminaire.

Light output is measured at 884 LUX @ 6.6' yet the luminaire consumes only 170W of max power. Featuring smooth colour mixing and 16-bit dimming, the TVL CYC RGBW's Chip on Board (COB) LEDs provide not only a greater output than surface mounted LEDs, they provide a more even light distribution with better colour homogenization.

A 90° x 113° elliptical beam angl