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Woodroffe Basset Accents Massive AC/DC Power Up Tour Production with CHAUVET Professional
LONDON – (For Immediate Release) – On September 20, 2016, AC/DC wrapped up the final show of their iconic Rock or Bust tour at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. The band never appeared on the concert stage again… that is until they kicked off their Power Up tour on May 17th in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. For fans […]
Jason Patsel Transforms Pops Farm for Rooster Walk With CHAUVET Professional
AXTON, VA – With its 150 acres of pastoral meadows dotted by tranquil ponds surround by tall pines and flowering trees, Pops Farm is alive with color throughout the year. At no time though is this celebration of hues as bold and exciting as it is in the early summer, when the farm is home […]
COLORado PXL Curve 12 Does Vegas With The Killers
On December 30, 1959 travelers heading up Las Vegas Boulevard to visit one of the burgeoning city’s new resorts like The Stardust, The Dunes, or The Sands were greeted by a towering 25-foot pole sign that read “Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas.” Although those once glitzy establishments are long gone, replaced by new generations of […]
I’m With The Band Ignacio (“Iggy”) Rosenberg and Il Divo
There is very little that is “typical” about Il Divo, the multi-national quartet that was created and promoted by Simon Cowell of American Idol fame. First there’s the music! Although the three tenors and a baritone perform many familiar pop and rock songs, they do so in a soaring classical-crossover style that sets them apart. […]
On The Road – Jeff Maker With I Prevail
It was a busy summer for I Prevail. The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band headlined ten European shows in May, followed by festival appearances at the UK, including Slam Dunk. The to top it off, they then went on a 22 city coheadline shed and arena tour with Halestorm. Jeff Maker was with them all the way. […]
I’m With The Band: Peter Therrien and Violent Femmes
Any LD would consider it lucky to hook up long-term with an iconic touring band. But to hitch your wagon on two-such bands? Well… Peter Therrien considers himself doubly blessed. The talented, easy-going LD with JDI Productions was touring with the legendary Irish punk rockers Flogging Molly for years, when the band shared the stage […]
Anatomy of a Rig: Moshe Baskin, Shaindy Plotzker Concert
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is one of the largest and most well-appointed performing arts centers in the USA. But earlier this year, it became something more, for the Shaindy Plotzker concert, as audiences were swept up in a kaleidoscopic swirl of engaging images. At times, the massive stage (18-feet deep and 13.5-feet trim) […]
310 Color STRIKE M Fixtures Light Karol G
The Devil Is In The Details… or so the old saying goes. But in the final four shows of superstar Karol G’s 62-date Mañana Será Bonito Tour, it was the “details,” even the most painstaking ones, that gave rise to some awe-inspiring (you might say heavenly!) looks that enthralled the sold out crowds at Madrid’s […]
CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M Super Charges I Prevail, Halestorm Co-Headline Tour
NOBLESVILLE, IN – Electricity was in the air (quite literally) on July 11, as fans made their way to Ruoff Music Center to attend the second show in the I Prevail-Halestorm co-headline 24-city summer tour. The awe-inspiring display of light overhead matched the mood. All this was the result of a violent storm blowing across […]
Steph Viallon Creates Enchantment Under a Concorde Jet at Cercle Festival with CHAUVET Professional
PARIS – On November 21, 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d’Arlandes made history when they became the first humans ever to leave the earth and take flight in a hot air balloon. As the two men soared, as if by magic, over the hills of Butte-aux-Cailles, they ushered in a new chapter […]
Ignacio “Iggy” Rosenberg Animates Travis Shirley Set Design for Karol G with Color STRIKE M
Working with a stunning production design by Travis Shirley, lighting designer Ignacio “Iggy” Rosenberg of Lightswitch, artfully mapped every pixel across more than 300 pieces of Color STRIKE M motorized strobe/wash fixtures in the massive set for Karol G’s show at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium for the superstar’s Madrid stop on her 62-date Mañana Será Bonito […]
Backstage Production Group Adds Glow to SIBIU Theatre Festival With Over 250 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures
SIBIU, ROMANIA – Some years ago, the prestigious publication, American Theatre hailed the Sibiu International Theatre Festival as “Romania’s Miracle.” Having just celebrated its 31st year, the festival, which is put on by The National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, is indeed a miraculous achievement. How can it be described as anything else, given the color […]