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  DTS Lighting: New Chief Executive Officer Appointed in the Pursuit of Business Continuity
Following the resignation of the former chairman Silvano Latteo, D.T.S. Illuminazione S.r.l. announces the appointment of Dante Latteo as chief executive officer.
D.T.S. Illuminazione S.r.l. announces that the board ...
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City Theatrical's Multiverse Wireless DMX Technology Now Available in Wildfire Lighting's VioStorm Series
City Theatrical's Multiverse Wireless DMX technology is now available with the VioStorm UV LED Lighting Series, Wildfire Lighting's flagship black light product line. Multiverse Modules, which are tiny radios that can be ...
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Smarty Hybrid Pods for Rascal Flatts Summer Playlist Tour
One of the top selling country music acts for well over a decade, Rascal Flatts is what lighting designer Travis Shirley calls a legacy act. With their 20th anniversary fast approaching and 17 Number One hits behind them, it's ...
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BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Relies on ProPlex
This year many thousands of fans descended on Middlesbrough to enjoy the annual BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend music festival. For three days, over 50 acts, both new and established, were showcased on three stages. This type of event requires ...
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Idlewild Baptist Church Turns to DiGiCo for Live Services, Broadcast, and Teaching Applications
Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida is the very definition of a mega church. Its 5,000-plus-seat sanctuary is big enough to accommodate a Boeing 747 airliner and still leave room for the church's 210-voice choir and 64-piece orchestra ...
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Robe is on Time for Ana Gabriel
Chart-topping, multi-award-winning, and massively popular Mexican singer Ana Gabriel hit the road on her Estamos A Tiempo (We Are On Time) World Tour last year at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, a campaign that ...
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Encompass Event Group Flies into L-Acoustics Ownership with Afterburners On
Denver-based Encompass Event Group, one of Colorado's fastest-growing full-line production rental providers, has now been certified as an L-Acoustics Rental Network Partner. Shortly after receiving that certification, the ...
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Martin Audio WPC Brings Pleasure to Brighton Pride Festival
For the fourth year running, The Pride Pleasure Gardens on Brighton's Old Steine recreated its own unique experience during Brighton and Hove Pride Festival Weekend. The Old Steine Gardens were transformed around two 1,000-capacity big ...
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Pliant Technologies CrewCom Hits a Home Run at MLB All-Star Game
CP Communications, a leading provider of live event production solutions, recently turned to Pliant Technologies' CrewCom wireless intercom system to provide proven wireless communication for the recent MLB All-Star Game and ...
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International Music Summit Stages Spectacular Grand Finale Show with Martin by HARMAN
The Shop Ibiza recently deployed a complete Martin by HARMAN lighting and video system at the island's Dalt Vila historical site for the International Music Summit's grand finale show, which featured lighting design by Nick ...
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Cadac CDC six on the Glade Stage
Cadac's CDC six mixing console was used front of house this year at the Glade Stage, partnering Funktion-One's Vero system making its Glastonbury debut. Sound rental company and long term Funktion-One partner Audio Plus ...
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Extended Alcons System Gives a Greater Voice to the Finnish National Theatre
Established in 1872 in Helsinki, the Finnish National Theatre is the oldest Finnish-speaking professional theatre in the country. It's current venue was built in 1902 and the combination of Alcons Audio Q series and L series pro ...
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University of Minnesota's Division I "Athlete's Village" Receives Big-League Treatment from ASI Architectural
ASI Architectural, dedicated to providing elegant solutions for the design and build industry, has supplied sophisticated, multipurpose acoustical treatments for the University of Minnesota's new state-of-the-art "Athlete's Village." ...
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Theatre in Review: Eureka Day (Colt Coeur/Walkerspace)
Bravely tackling a red-hot topic currently inflaming our social discourse, Eureka Day seemingly breaks one of the cardinal rules of playwrighting, adopting a different tone for virtually every scene. That it treads in such ...
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ETP Goes Global: Announces New European Division
Entertainment Technology Partners, the parent company to a collection of exceptional brands in the events and entertainment industry, announces the launch of its new European division. Based out of the United Kingdom, ETP ...
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Radio Active Designs Introduces SPX-1 Professional Headset
The new SPX-1 headset from Radio Active Designs (RAD) is ultra-lightweight for supreme comfort while featuring a rugged nylon body and heavy-duty construction ideal for busy professionals.
"This headset works great with our RAD ...
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TEA SATE - Seattle Looks at Experience Design in the Context of Diversity, September 26 - 27, 2019
"Best and brightest in the industry, amazing city, tons of networking, education, perspective and opportunities you can't get anywhere else. That's TEA SATE -- Seattle," summarizes Shannon Martin of Color Reflections Las Vegas
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QSC Promotes TJ Adams to Vice President, Systems Product Strategy and Development
QSC announces the promotion of TJ Adams to vice president, systems product strategy and development. In this new role, Adams will continue to oversee strategy development and execution of product development for its systems ...
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Sarah Lima Joins A.C. ProMedia as AV Brand Manager
A.C. ProMedia, distributor of state-of-the-art products and technologies aimed at the system integration and architainment markets welcomes Sarah Lima to the newly developed role of AV brand manager for the Luminex ...
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Chris Lisle Accents Angles at Lollapalooza Perry's Stage with Chauvet Professional
Festival lighting is often about making big things happen in tight spaces. For proof of this, one needs to look no further than at the work Chris Lisle and his CLLD, LLC team did on Perry's Stage at Chicago's Lollapalooza ...
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Christie Introduces Large-Format, TAA-Compliant 4K UHD LCD Panels for Secure Environments
Christie is expanding its line of large-format TAA-compliant, non-RF (radio frequency) LCD panels, designed specifically for secure-facility environments. Featuring 4K UHD resolution, these plug-and-play 75" and 86" panels are ...
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Astera Caught in Comedy of Errors at Basel Opera
Internationally acclaimed lighting designer Yaron Abulafia was asked by renowned director and choreographer Richard Wherlock to light his much hailed new ballet work, The Comedy of Error(z), staged at Basel Opera ...
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Jordan Media City Improves Capabilities and Slashes Costs with Strand LED Solutions
Television production facility Jordan Media City (JMC) has upgraded its studios with high performance LED lighting systems from Strand, a Signify entertainment lighting brand. Specified, supplied, and installed by Dubai ...
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More than 600 Claypaky Fixtures Light Up Singapore's Bicentennial National Day Celebrations
Singapore's 54th National Day Celebrations had an added significance this year, as the country also commemorated its bicentennial milestone. It was 200 years ago that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore, which in essence marked the ...
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Audio Veteran Relies on DPA for Live Sound and Recording Applications
As the co-founder of Diablo Digital, which provides turnkey live recording systems and services for concert, touring, festival, installation, and broadcast applications, Brad Madix has accumulated an impressive resume. He has ...
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e2i Design Selects LynTec RPC Series Panel for Beachcities Church
LynTec, a manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, announces that its award-winning RPC Series remote control circuit breaker panel was specified by ...
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Kyle Travis, Instrument Tech for Jam Band Twiddle, Gets Key Assist from Bose Professional
Jam bands are known for their integration of a wide range of influences, and Twiddle is no exception. Twiddle incorporates elements of rock, jazz, bluegrass, reggae, and funk. That style also extends to their touring personnel, including ...
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ADJ's New Starship Lighting Centerpiece is Out of This World!
The latest addition to ADJ's range of professional lighting equipment, the Starship, is a modern take on a classic centerpiece effect. Well-suited to installation in nightclubs, as well as for use as part of mobile lightshows, this ...
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Mohegan Sun Shines with Meyer Sound LYON Arena System
The flagship property in a growing portfolio of casino-resorts, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut is renowned as an East Coast destination for lively gaming and top-billed entertainment. Recently, Mohegan Sun management upped the ...
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Putting the Robe Art into Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi is one of Israel's most successful and popular male singers, and his most recent shows hit the road with an ongoing lighting design by Gadi Spivak who has worked for the artist for over 20 years. ...
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America Meditates with dBTechnologies
Longmont, Colorado-based Spot On Sound unleashed the power of its new VIO line array system from dBTechnologies this summer at America Meditates Denver, a festival of diverse proportions held July 24th at Denver City Park. ...
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All Proteus Moving Head Rig for Germany's Nature One
Lighting designer Thomas Gerdon has been working on Nature One for over 15 years and has designed the lighting for the festival's main Open Air Floor every year since its introduction in 2011. The designer stays on the cusp of ...
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Saskatchewan's Casino Regina Invests in Robert Juliat Oz Followspots for Show Lounge
When the Casino Regina Show Lounge wanted to replace some of its heavily-used followspots, Christie Lites Sales, a Saskatchewan dealer for Robert Juliat lighting fixtures, suggested Oz 600W LED followspots for the ...
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Little Hoglet, Big Control for China's Lake Installation
A High End Systems Hoglet 4 is providing big control for a new outdoor multimedia installation in China.
Two times each night, a lake in the park in Liaocheng, Shandong Province comes alive with lighting, lasers, mist, flames, ...
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PK Sound Delivers Loudspeaker Solutions at Second Annual BREAKOUT Festival
PK Sound, the Calgary-based loudspeaker manufacturing company, partnered with Timbre Concerts and CRESCENDO1 to present the second annual outdoor BREAKOUT Festival on June 15 -- 16 at the PNE Amphitheatre in Vancouver, ...
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Southard Audio Successfully Deploys Martin Audio WPL at Sprint Pavilion
Southard Audio of Mount Crawford, Virginia, one of the first two live event production companies worldwide, along with Soundworks of Richmond, Virginia, to acquire the Martin Audio WPL (Wavefront Precision Longbow) ...
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"A Sound Designer's Dream Problem Solver" -- CODA Audio Brings N-APS to PLASA
CODA Audio will be exhibiting at this year's PLASA Show, London Olympia (Sept 15 -- 17). Visitors to stand S61 will be able to discuss their requirements with the team and learn about the full capabilities of Coda's exceptional ...
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VL6000 Beams deliver stadium-scale spectacle for Rammstein
German heavy rock superstars Rammstein have embarked on their European Stadium Tour, with lighting designers Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Design utilizing over 100 VL6000 Beam ...
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Nagashima Spa Land Delivers Amplified Guest Experiences with JBL Professional by HARMAN
Hibino Corporation recently outfitted Nagashima Spa Land with a state-of-the-art HARMAN Professional audio solution to provide premium live entertainment experiences for guests.
With more than 50 rides and attractions, ...
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Future Sounds: Jupiter Disco Boasts Crystal Clear Grooves with Powersoft M-Series Amplifiers
Brooklyn's Jupiter Disco is a New York City club with a twist: instead of mimicking the look and feel of a dive bar from the city's storied past like so many others, owners Maks Pazuniak and Al Sotack built a room that looks ...
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Just Days Left for Free Registration as PLASA Show Adds More Content
PLASA Show, the international event for live entertainment technology, is ready to present a professional program of talks and training when it returns to Olympia London September 15 - 17. Those yet to register are encouraged to ...
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PRG Corporate Events Makes Strategic Hires to Support Association Business
Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), among the world's leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, announces it has hired Danton (Danny) Hardman and Murray Ryan as directors of business ...
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Green Hippo Delivers as 7 Days Live Visits Queenstown
When TV comedy show 7 Days Live visited the Queenstown Winter Festival in New Zealand, the festival's production supplier, TomTom Productions, was on hand with their Hippotizer Karst media servers from Green Hippo. ...
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Rocking the Castle with Robe
Lighting designer Jiri Roucek is enjoying a busy summer as the LD for leading Czech pop-rock band Krystof and has also created the production design for the main stage of the 2019 Ceske Hrady Festival tour, a two-day event with ...
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Ordway Music Theater's New DiGiCo SD7T Quantum Console Brings Futuristic Performances and More
St. Paul, Minnesota's renowned Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has installed a new DiGiCo SD7T Quantum console in its main Ordway Music Theater, continuing its strategic reliance on Digico SD-Range technology that began when ...
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Peter Spadaro III and Chauvet Professional in the Moment for Citizen Cope
A light rain was falling intermittently on the July evening when Citizen Cope took the stage at the Stony Creek Brewery, an outdoor music venue just off the Long Island Sound. The weather didn't affect the large crowd that turned out to ...
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Claypaky Axcor 300 Fixtures Light Up Cerebro Nightclub in Bariloche, Argentina
The Alliance Group, which brings together four of the most important nightclubs in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, has invested in Claypaky Axcor 300 moving heads for its Cerebro Nightclub. Macaio Argentina is the ...
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4Wall Provides Video for Broadway Musical Be More Chill
Broadway's musical sensation Be More Chill ended its marvelous run this month after playing 30 previews and 177 regular shows at The Irene Diamond Stage and the Lyceum Theatre. The Stephen Brackett directed musical, called for an ...
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MSI Drives VUE Line Array Through a 27-Show Victory at the San Diego Fair
When Meeting Services, Inc. (MSI) won the bid to provide full production services for the San Diego County Fair, production account manager, Birch Caffee, immediately spotted an opportunity to take the VUE audiotechnik ...
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ULA Group New Elation Distributor in Australia and New Zealand
Elation Professional announces that ULA Group has been named the new exclusive distributor for Elation Professional products in Australia and New Zealand. Established in 1991, ULA Group provides leading entertainment, ...
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Bandit Lites Returns to Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza returned to Grant's Park for its annual four-day music festival complete with performances from artists across a wide swath of genres, including rock, pop, alternative, blues, country, hip hop, and EDM. Bandit Lites ...
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AED Display Continues to Invest in ROE Visual Products
AED Display has recently enlarged its, already impressive, stock of ROE Visual LED products with another robust investment. Investing in a series of new products released by ROE Visual will ensure AED's rental fleet is ...
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20,000+ Industry Professionals Tune In to A4i.tv
After launching the world's first online trussing and rigging video portal in 2018, A4i.tv now has more than 20,000 industry professionals from across the globe are tuning in to discover its ever-increasing informative and ...
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Electro-Voice Loudspeakers Solve Audio Challenges at Leicester City Football Club
Just as Leicester City Football Club's historic 2015 - 2016 Premier League win transformed the 111-year old club's fortunes, the quality of presentations at the King Power Stadium has been similarly revolutionized by a new Electro ...
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City Theatrical Expands Line of Moving Light Beam Control Accessories
City Theatrical has expanded its line of Moving Light Accessories with four new beam control products, including Top Hats designed to fit Chauvet Professional, ETC and High End Systems lighting fixtures, and ...
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Inc. Magazine Adds Westview to the 2019 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine placed Westview Productions on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Furthermore, Westview ranks in the top third, with a ...
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Brian Macauto Named Director of Business Development at AV Design Services (AVDS)
AV Design Services, LLC (AVDS), an international provider of broadcast and professional AV systems design and integration services, announces that Brian Macauto has come on board as director of business development. ...
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Shure Unveils New VPH Long Microphone Handle
Shure has launched VPH, an innovative, long microphone handle engineered for on-camera interviews and live reporting. The VPH features a Shure RPW interchangeable cartridge interface and convenient XLR connectivity to broadcast ...
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Chauvet Professional Maverick MK3 Profile and Never Fear Shadows are Winners in European Election Debate
Televised debates have been pivotal events in presidential politics since the 1960s. Images conveyed before the unblinking and unforgiving eye of the TV camera can make or break a candidate's chances. Casting each would-be chief ...
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Minneapolis Convention Center Adds Ayrton BORA-S Fixtures to Main Auditorium
The Minneapolis Convention Center has completed another phase in its continuing technology upgrade adding Ayrton BORA-S wash luminaires to the main auditorium. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton ...
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ROE Visual Selected by Creative Technology to Supply NPP LED Platform
Creative Technology has selected the ROE Visual Sapphire platform to expand its rental inventories with a NPP LED system. After a thorough selection process, the Sapphire platform was chosen as the best performing product. ...
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Tomcat Participates in Muny Theatre's 100th Anniversary Renovations
The St. Louis Muny Theatre is the country's oldest and largest outdoor musical theater, and recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. As part of this celebration, a large capital campaign was held to raise funds for a complete theatre ...
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AES Headphone Technology Conference to Dig Deep into Emerging Audio Technologies and Applications
The AES is set to hold its second International Headphone Technology Conference, August 27 - 29 at the Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco, California. The Conference offers three days of presentations, sessions, ...
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Lightfair International 2020 Conference Speaker Application Now Open
Lightfair International (LFI) invites experts in the lighting, technology, and design industries to apply to speak at Lightfair International 2020, the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show ...
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Changwon NC Park Pumps Up the Crowd with a World-Class JBL Professional Audio System
To deliver powerful, arena-filling sound as efficiently as possible, TechData Co., Ltd. recently installed an end-to-end JBL Professional networked audio system at the Changwon NC Park baseball stadium in South Korea. ...
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Danley Sound Labs Loudspeakers, Subwoofers, and AMP/DSPS Excite the Crowds at the Winnemucca Event Center
Sitting near the bustling crossroads of I-80 and US-95, the Winnemucca Events Center in north-central Nevada is the area's most popular setting for car shows, wrestling matches, archery challenges, rodeos, high school graduations, and ...
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A Quarter Century of Integrity -- Clockaudio Ltd. Celebrates 25 Years
Clockaudio Ltd., a global provider of pro AV microphone technologies based in the UK and with offices in North America and Asia, is celebrating 25 years of sound quality, technical advancement, and product excellence. ...
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Extreme Output Smarty MAX an Inspiring (and Efficient) Hybrid Design Tool
Elation Professional offers a new luminaire in the Smarty series, the Smarty MAX, an extreme-output version of the three-in-one Smarty Hybrid with the same "smart" lamp technology but nearly twice as bright and loaded with even more ...
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Multiple Awards Ceremonies Hosted at LDI2019
The LDI Conference and Tradeshow is set to celebrate the best in creativity and technology this November as the Debuting Products Awards, Booth Awards, and the Knight of Illumination Awards USA (KOI-USA) return. ...
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Martin Audio Celebrates Double-Digit Growth Following Management Buyout
LDC-backed Martin Audio, the designer and manufacturer of premium high-performance loudspeaker systems, has recorded double-digit sales growth following a series of product launches and overseas expansion. ...
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d&b is Solution for NYC's Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Series in Central Park
Central Park's days and nights have been filled with concerts and dance performances for this year's Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage series that began the first of June and ends in early October with ElsieFest, an annual ...
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Building Bridges in Madison County and The Netherlands
The Bridges of Madison County is a musical based on Robert James Waller's 1992 novel produced by OpusOne that is mid-way through an extensive Netherlands tour with stylish lighting designed by Benno Barends who is ...
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L-ISA Brings New Creative Freedoms for Mark Knopfler Tour
Mark Knopfler is on the road once again, supporting the release of his new Down the Road Wherever album with an epic show presented in L-ISA Hyperreal Sound technology by L-Acoustics. Having hit venues ...
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Jason Bullock Simplifies Complexity with ChamSys on Wiz Khalifa Summer Tour
With its 40 universes, massive video panels that rise more than 20' over the stage, 350 lighting fixtures including moving wave lasers, and 200 pages of cues, the visual panorama supporting Wiz Khalifa on his summer tour is anything ...
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PixelFLEX Pairs Creativity with Performance at Jargon Entertainment
Through a focus on bringing together the right team with the right technology, Los Angeles-based Jargon Entertainment has been setting the highest standards for a dynamic on-camera experience for over 20 years. Having worked on many ...
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Audix Microphones Key to Yamaha AFC Upgrade at Sacramento's Historic C.K. McClatchy High School
The C.K. McClatchy High School is the oldest high school in the City of Sacramento and serves 2,000 students. Recently, it launched the C.K. McClatchy Theater Project, a $23 million initiative designed to attract students interested in ...
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Clair Brothers Provides Unconventional Sound System Upgrade at South Korea's Sokcho Art Center
Located in the far northeast of South Korea, Sokcho City (population: 84,000) is part of the Gangwon-do Province, which lies north of the 38th parallel only an hour south from the DMZ. In fact, until 1945 and the end of the Korean War, the ...
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QSC Earns an A+ at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music has been known for decades as the premiere educational institution for students who are serious about developing careers in the contemporary music industry. Their diverse offering of both traditional instrumental ...
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On the Stage, the Streets, and the Recording Studio, Mexico City Artists Choose Bose S1 Pro
From the experienced musician and producer Iñaki, to the newcomer Ingrid Löw and the globetrotting duo Mariella Venero, there is an increasing number of artists who take advantage of the versatility and portability of ...
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Theatre in Review: Contact High (Theatre 511)
It is high time for musical theatre to graduate from high school; the creators of such shows have developed an unhealthy obsession with social pressures, sexual identity, popularity (or the lack of it), and all the other challenges facing ...
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2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced
The 2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards for the 2018-2019 season were announced August 21. The ceremony will be held October 7 in New York.
The 2019 Henry Hewes Design Awards Nominees (honorees in bold): ...
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Ground-Breaking Installation Blackout to Run at PLASA Show 2019
Mig Burgess' ground-breaking mental health installation will be at the PLASA Show from September 15 - 17 at Olympia London.
After an acclaimed initial run at Guildford School of Acting (University of Surrey) earlier this ...
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Shure Announces Executive Roles for Dave Cerra, Tom Kundmann, and Erik Vaveris
Shure Incorporated has promoted three key associates to the position of vice president.
Dave Cerra has been named vice president of conferencing in the product development division. Cerra joined Shure as an audio ...
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ADJ Group Expands Sales Team with the Appointment of New Vertical Market Manager
The ADJ Group of Companies announces the appointment of Robert "Bob" Mentele in the new position of vertical market manager with a particular focus on the worship, theatre, TV/broadcast, and education markets. With a strong ...
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New Headquarters for ChamSys
The spacious facility on Brooklands Courtyard that ChamSys Ltd. now occupies represents more than a new headquarters for the growing lighting console manufacturer. The company says the building also epitomizes a commitment on the ...
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New DPA 2028 Vocal Mic Aims to Change the Live Performance Landscape
DPA Microphones presents a new addition to its microphone lineup, the 2028 Vocal Microphone. The 2028 delivers DPA's renowned natural sound, which allows all types of vocals to shine. Perfect for everyone from indie artists to ...
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ARRI Unveils New External Radio Modules for the Stabilized Remote Head SRH-3
Greater reliability at a greater distance, ARRI announces a new line of External Radio Modules (ERM) for remote operation of the brand's SRH-3 stabilized remote head. Available in two frequencies, the ERM-900 and ERM-2400 are ...
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Blizzard Launched Six New Products at DJ Expo
LED innovator Blizzard Lighting returned to DJ Expo, the largest gathering of pro DJs, and showcased six new products. Attendees that stopped by booth 711 last week, were able to scope out three new lasers, sweet rainbow effects, ...
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d&b A-Series and B8 Subwoofer Make their PLASA London Debut
The d&b audiotechnik A-Series is set to make its UK debut at this year's PLASA Show in London from September 15 - 17. Visitors to the show at London Olympia will have the opportunity to see the brand new d&b series at the ...
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Busy Artiste Picasso at Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre is a popular five-week summer festival in Logan, Utah, that presents four fully staged works in repertory at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Lighting designer Chris Wood, who just wrapped up his ...
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ROE Visual to Showcase New LED Applications for Broadcast at IBC
Bringing its latest product innovations to the IBC exhibition, ROE Visual will showcase new products and product solutions tailored for broadcast applications. In addition, ROE Visual has selected the IBC exhibition as ...
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Bridge Ministry Rocks Child Hunger with Allen & Heath
The yearly "Rock Child Hunger" concert, hosted by Nashville's Bridge Ministry raises funds to feed children suffering from hunger in Nashville, Tennessee. This year's concert, held at Lipscomb University's Shamblin Theatre, included well ...
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Bandit Lites Brings More Chauvet Professional Luminaires to Touring Inventory
Bandit Lites, the world's leader in entertainment lighting, has added a large amount of new Chauvet Professional fixtures to its touring inventory, specifically the Chauvet Pyxis and the Chauvet Rogue R3 Wash. ...
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Lady Gaga Doubles Down in Las Vegas Residencies with L-ISA Technology
With nine GRAMMY Awards and three Brit Awards to her name, plus both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for "Shallow" from 2018's A Star is Born, Lady Gaga is a multi-faceted superstar entertainer. Few contemporary ...
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ETCP Launches Handbook Cover Contest
The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will be celebrating its 15th year in 2020, and to celebrate, we would like to launch a new cover for each handbook. We are asking ETCP certified technicians to show us how ...
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Almost 800 ADJ AV2X Video Panels Create Backdrop for Performance by Mexican Superstars Emmanuel and Mijares
Emmanuel and Mijares are both big stars in Latin-America, having each sustained illustrious recording careers over the past 30+ years. In late 2013, they decided to combine their talents when performing live to create the T ...
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Speaking Rock Entertainment Center Upgrades to Martin Audio
SRB Consulting and Design recently installed a Martin Audio system consisting of WPC line arrays, SXH218 and SX118 subs, and CDD12s as part of a comprehensive upgrade at the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center in El Paso, ...
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California-based MC Productions Invests in grandMA3 light CRV for Expanding Rental Inventory
MC Productions, LLC in Tracy, California has taken delivery of grandMA3 light CRV for its growing equipment rental inventory and for use in its own projects. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting ...
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Meyer Sound Marks a Dozen Years at Outside Lands' Main Stage
Widely heralded as one of America's premier music and arts festivals, Outside Lands has been staged every August since 2008 in San Francisco's expansive Golden Gate Park. Since the event's inception, audio for the "Lands End" main stage ...
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Beams and Bass for the Dancing Crowd -- Cameo OPUS SP5 and AZOR B1 at Nature One
With Time Warp, SonneMondSterne, or the Love Family Park, EDM fans in Germany have a wide selection of open air festivals -- yet Nature One reigns over all of them. EDM history is still being made here to this day. On its 25th birthday, it ...
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FragmentNine and Chauvet Professional Help Connect Fitz and the Tantrums to Fans on Tour
Officially, Fitz and the Tantrums are a six-piece band. But to the talented artists who make up this SoCal indie soul ensemble, that's not entirely accurate. In interview after interview, they go out of their way to point to the ...
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Propaganda Group Employs Bose Professional ShowMatch System for 50th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
The 50th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, held from April 26 through May 5, 2019, drew an audience of 475,000 people to enjoy a diverse range of artists performing on more than a dozen different stages. This year's festival ...
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Band of Horses Takes Bandit Lites on the Road
American rock group Band of Horses recently wrapped a summer tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Dara Guiney built upon the previous design by Ben Marx and added more ...
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Coda ViRAY Passes Latin Test
The Milan Latin Festival is a ten week celebration of the best Latin American artists on the planet. They converge on the external area of the Assago Forum in Milan for 66 days of celebration from mid-June to mid-August, to deliver a rich ...
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Maestra Bahrain is Launched with New Ritz-Carlton Arena Partnership
Award-winning event design, technical, and scenic production specialist Maestra Group opens a base in Bahrain and announces a new partnership with the eminent five-star Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain for the debut of the luxury resort's ...
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dBTechnologies VIO System New at Active Blue in Bremen
Active Blue, a German-based service provider for lighting, sound, and event technology, recently acquired several components of the VIO system, dBTechnologies' most powerful PA system. Buying the system, the Bremen-based ...
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New VL800 Series Brings Vari-Lite Power to Cost-Effective Event Fixtures
Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head lighting fixture and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announces the VL800 Series of fixed and moving head LED fixtures. These cost-effective event luminaires bring ...
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Radio Active Designs UV-1G Intercom Receives EU Certification
Radio Active Designs UV-1G wireless analog intercom system has passed the EU's Low Voltage, RoHS, Radio Equipment, and EMC directives. As such, the six-channel intercom system that operates primarily in VHF, is now available ...
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Point Source Audio Launches Mic Finder for Sound Teams to Navigate a New World of Body-Worn Mics
Point Source Audio (PSA), manufacturer of specialty sub-miniature body-worn style microphones, has launched Mic Finder, an interactive web-based tool designed to help sound teams -- from TV to theatre -- pinpoint specific mic ...
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Crossfade Design Adds Kota Earnhardt as Associate Designer
Crossfade Design, LLC has expanded its ability to service clients in several areas by adding associate designer Kota Earnhardt to its design team. Earnhardt attended the University of Louisville, pursuing a degree in ...
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LEA Professional Promotes Brian Pickowitz to Vice President of Marketing
LEA Professional announces the promotion of charter team member, Brian Pickowitz, from senior director of sales and marketing to vice president of marketing. According to Blake Augsburger, founder and CEO of LEA ...
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PRG Adds New Absen Aries Series to Rental Inventory
Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), a worldwide provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, has added 100sqm of the recently launched Absen Aries Series -- AX 1.5 -- to its global rental inventory. Absen AX 1 ...
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Elation for Latest Tour by Renowned Mexican Singers Emmanuel & Mijares
Two of the greatest figures in Latin pop history, Emmanuel and Mijares, are again delighting audiences across Mexico, Central America, and the US, performing their popular ballads and pop songs beneath a large rig of Elation ...
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MDG Partners with Arcadia Spectacular for Pangea at Glastonbury
MDG partnered with Arcadia Spectacular for this year's Glastonbury Festival by supplying two of its fog-producing behemoths, Me8, for Arcadia's fantastic new creation, Pangea.
Named after the massive 300-million-year-old ...
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Howard Jones Is Transformed with Robe
UK singer-songwriter and musician Howard Jones is back on the road celebrating 35 years since his massive Human Lib hit album, complete with a striking lighting design by Yenz Nyholm from New Illumination Lighting ...
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SimCo Invests in Cameo OPUS S5 Moving Heads -- Multi-Application Lighting Design for Live Productions
Located in the town of Erfringen-Kirchen in Baden Württemberg, Germany, near the Swiss-border city of Basel, the full-service event technology provider, SimCo Event Technology, has featured 28 of the compact and extremely powerful ...
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ALD Rebranded "Awards for Excellence" Launch Today
As the ALD today launches its annual award scheme, previously the Michael Northen awards, aimed at all students and recent graduates studying in the UK, it also unveils its streamlined rebranding with a new name, The ALD Awards ...
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Elite Multimedia Productions Enjoys Fun in the Sun at Student Life Beach Camps
Since 1993, Student Life has supported student ministries across the United States through Gospel-centered experiences that include inter-denominational Christian summer camps. As part of their summer Beach Camp series, they combine ...
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Dante and Focusrite RedNet: A Case of Endless Possibilities for Belmont University
The physical infrastructure of Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business has grown since its start in the 1970s to encompass an impressive collection of performance spaces and audio/video production ...
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Adamson Partners with Hermes Music for Mexican Distribution
Adamson Systems Engineering has appointed Pro Audio Comercializadora, a division of Hermes Music, as its exclusive distributor for the Mexican market. The partnership leverages Pro Audio Comercializadora's decades of ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduces Maverick MK3 Spot
Debuting on the Acoustic Sage at Glastonbury, the Maverick MK3 Spot from Chauvet Professional created such a powerful impression on at least one visiting LD that he thought it was a 1700W arc lamp fixture when he first saw it. ...
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AES Educational Foundation Announces Scholarships for 2019
The AES Educational Foundation of the Audio Engineering Society announces the recipients of the 2019 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies in Audio Engineering. The announcement was made by Don Puluse, ...
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Elation's Dynamic DARTZ for The Raconteurs Tour
Matthieu Larivée with Lüz Studio in Montréal serves as production and lighting designer on the current tour of American rock band The Raconteurs and uses Upstaging-supplied Elation Prifessional DARTZ 360 LED ...
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A Glastonbury First -- Avolites' Synergy Makes Its Festival Debut
The Temple is a haven for late-night ravers at Glastonbury with a range of big-name performers and DJs gracing its stage. But it's not just the music and the eclectic atmosphere that makes the Temple so special; since its launch in 2017, ...
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Waves Audio to Hold SoundGrid 201 Certification Training in Franklin, Tennessee, August 26
On Monday, August 26, Waves Audio will be hosting a SoundGrid 201 Certification Training in Franklin, Tennessee (1538 Lewisburg Pike, Franklin, Tennessee 37064), just south of Nashville. We invite audio engineers to a SoundGrid ...
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Ayrton Mistral and Diablo-S Fixtures Enjoy Broadway and Off-Broadway Runs with Lighting Designer Ken Posner
Tony Award-winning lighting designer Ken Posner selected Ayrton Mistral and Diablo-S fixtures for the Broadway musical, Beetlejuice, and the Off-Broadway one-act play, Long Lost. Beetlejuice opened in ...
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Creative Technology and ROE Visual Official LED Supplier for the Solheim Cup 2019
Creative Technology and ROE Visual have been selected as the official LED screen supplier for the prestigious Solheim Cup, which is held at Gleneagles from September 9 - 15, 2019. Combining their strengths, ROE Visual and ...
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Protec Dubai Invests in Robe
The Protec Group's Dubai branch, the largest and most prolific full production company in the Middle East and among the largest globally ... has started investing in Robe moving lights in the last two years, a move that's ...
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Prolyte's Verto Truss Recognized as Best New Rental/Staging Accessory at InfoComm 2019
Prolyte Group is honored to be recognized as one of the best of Infocomm 2019 in the Best New Rental/Staging Accessory category for Verto truss.
The Verto truss tool-free system is one of the most innovative truss ...
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QSC Brings Big-Time Sound to Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk
With five floors and four stages, Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk and Rock 'n' Roll Steakhouse is the largest and most advanced entertainment venue on Nashville's always-crowded Broadway. Thanks to a comprehensive audio installation from
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Danley OS Outdoor Speakers and Subs Handle Passaic County Technical Institute Football Stadium
Passaic County Technical Institute is a large vocational, public high school that serves over 3,300 students in northern New Jersey. Its sizable campus is well-appointed, and its programs are well-supported. Two full-time professional ...
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Symetrix Prism Provides Ease of Use and Expandability at St. Thomas High School
More than a century old, St. Thomas High School enjoys a gorgeous campus on prime Houston, Texas real estate. The Catholic institution's current building dates to 2002 and includes a gymnasium with a surprising history: The gym ...
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New ADC T-Lift 2.0 Automated Curtain Rigging System Drastically Reduces Load-in Time from Days to Just Hours
The newly redesigned ADC T-Lift 2.0 is the fastest, easiest, automated curtain rigging system on the market, the company says. Just ask Hootie and the Blowfish. They're using the patent pending system on their 44-city US tour. T ...
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Crain's New York Business Names McLaren Engineering Group a Top New York City Area Engineering Firm
McLaren Engineering Group, a full-service engineering firm serving ten markets, announced that it has ranked No. 15 on Crain's New York Business 2019 list of Largest Engineering Firms.
"This recognition is a testament to the ...
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Pat MacKay Scholarships for Diversity in Design Announced
To encourage diversity in the live event design community, LDI (ldishow.com), in partnership with TSDCA (tsdca.org) and USITT (www.usitt.org), ...
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Beer -- and L-Acoustics -- Never Broke Luke Combs' Heart
In the two short years since he released his debut album, This One's for You, Luke Combs has absolutely soared in popularity, distinguishing himself as the only artist to ever have his first six singles hit Number One on ...
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REMA 1000 Colors Up with Robe
No-frills Norwegian-owned supermarket chain Rema 1000 celebrated its 25th anniversary of trading in Denmark with a massive conference and party for nearly 9,000 staff, staged at the Jyske Bank Boxen arena in Herning. ...
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Montgomery Performing Arts Centre Upgrades with Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 and CL5 Mixing Consoles
The Montgomery Performing Arts Centre (MPAC) now has an audio mixing workflow worthy of the theater's sonic characteristics, with the recent additions of Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 and CL5 digital consoles. ...
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Lenny Sasso Goes Rogue for Circa Survive on Rockstar Disrupt Festival Tour
It's altogether fitting that Circa Survive drew inspiration for their breakthrough debut album Juturna from the novel House of Leaves. Like the powerful Mark Z. Danielewski story, which breaks down literary barriers with its ...
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Built to Withstand Sand and Heat, Audio Logic Installs Weather Resistant d&b Y-Series for Tahoe Festival
With a stunning view of Lake Tahoe as its backdrop, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is nestled in a dune at Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. This year the Festival transformed their sound system with the help of Audio Logic ...
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Astera is a Match for the Titans
Titan Fitness is an independently owned fitness studio in Coogee, a coastal suburb of New South Wales, Australia, that prides itself on being a unique experience with a dedicated team of instructors and experts plus state-of-the-art ...
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Sennheiser Launches Pro Talk Homepage
Ever wanted a one-to-one chat with a leading light in the world of professional audio? For the next best thing, Sennheiser's award-winning Pro Talk Series features audio professionals sharing their insider tips and describing their ...
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Luces y Sistemas New Obsidian Control Systems Distributor in Costa Rica
Obsidian Control Systems announces that Luces y Sistemas has been named the exclusive distributor of Obsidian Control Systems products in Costa Rica. Under terms of the agreement, Luces y Sistemas will provide full support ...
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Univision's Premios Juventud Delivers with Professional Wireless Systems
For the 15th year in a row, Univision's youth awards show Premios Juventud tapped Orlando-based Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) to provide a custom RF equipment package along with wireless frequency coordination for the ...
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Theatre in Review: Make Believe (Second Stage Theater/Tony Kiser Theater)
Make Believe is populated with children who play some very adult games; the playwright, Bess Wohl, is a pretty audacious game-player herself. Only someone with nerves of steel would put a quartet of young characters, played ...
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Westview Expands Sales Team in Southeast
Westview announces the addition of Allison Mutton as account executive and Lori Endriss as customer service representative, both joining a diverse team of technicians, marketing, and IT professionals already ...
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Luminair 3 Adds Support for LumenRadio's Moonlite and TimoTwo
LumenRadio and Synthe FX announce the immediate availability of a new update to Synthe FX's Luminair 3 app that adds support for outputting DMX over Bluetooth to LumenRadio's MoonLite and TimoTwo platform. ...
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Eiki International Appoints Don Parker as Regional Sales Manager
Eiki International, Inc. a provider of projection technology for over 40 years, announces the appointment of Don Parker to the position of south central regional sales manager. In his new capacity, Parker will be ...
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Masque Sound Helps Comedian/Actress Rita Rudner Charm Audiences for Two's a Crowd
When the curtain rose on comedian Rita Rudner's highly-anticipated off-Broadway hit Two's a Crowd at the 59E59 Theaters, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement and installation company, was backstage to provide a ...
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Environmental Lights Named to Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies List Seven Years in a Row
For the seventh year in a row, Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America.
The Inc. 5000 list is an in-depth ...
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Robe Enjoys Life at Luxor Live
Luxor Live is a funky music and performance venue in central Arnhem, the Netherlands with a colorful history that started in 1915 when it was opened as a film theatre. Architect Willem Diehl was responsible for its spectacular art deco ...
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Christie Spyder X80 Managing Visuals on 350' LED Wall at One Times Square
One Times Square, owned by Jamestown and the venue for the glittering New Year's Eve ball drop and one of the world's most valuable advertising locations, has launched its 350'-high unified north wall featuring Prismview outdoor ...
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Ed Sheeran Sets New All-Time Touring Record with Support from Meyer Sound LEO Family
Ed Sheeran's epic ÷ ("Divide") tour has been elevated to Pollstar's highest ranking tour of all time, handily outdistancing the old marks for both tour gross receipts and attendance totals. As has been the case since the globe ...
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Rascal Flatts Takes Bandit on the Summer Playlist Tour
Rascal Flatts, one of the nation's hottest-selling touring acts, is out headlining the Summer Playlist tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites.
With more than seventeen No. 1 hits over their career, Rascal ...
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IMS Technology Services Supplies Martin Audio for Temple University Commencement
The recent Temple University commencement with six ceremonies over four days and more than 9,000 graduates at the university's Liacouras Center was successfully reinforced by IMS Technology Services deploying Martin Audio ...
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Sammy Hagar and The Circle Tour with Telefunken
Sammy Hagar and The Circle is touring heavily this year with a selection of Telefunken microphones. Hagar, known as The Red Rocker, is celebrated as the former lead singer of the groups Montrose and Van Halen. His band The Circle ...
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Shure Reflects on the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock, Celebrates Legacy of Its Historic Audio Accomplishments
Fifty years after the world's most iconic music festival, the sights and sounds of Woodstock still ring true for subsequent generations of music lovers, thanks to groundbreaking concert sound support and technology. ...
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Theatre in Review: Sea Wall/A Life (Hudson Theatre)
As delicate as Meissen china yet hard as bedrock are these two solo pieces, each of which offers vexing truths about the fragility of existence, the caprices of fortune, and the sheer mystery of why we are alive. They also showcase two ...
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Apollo Design Technology Announces the SpotFX
Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the SpotFX is now available. View the SpotFX at: http://www.apollodesign.net/spotfx.
The SpotFX fixture utilizes LED technology in ...
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KOI 2019 Television Shortlist Announced
The Television judging panel for The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, a celebration of video and lighting design, reveals the 2019 shortlist for the Television category.
KOI's Television judging panel is made up of ...
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Mega Systems Inc Circa Scoop LED for Scot Gianelli and Capitol Congress
The Mega-Lite Circa Scoop LED is a unique fixture designed with four different elements and a variety of technological components that can be used to create authentic looks and eye-candy effects. This unit has been seen and used in ...
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Gentian Events Director Eric Stuart to Lead Crowd Safety Symposium at the 2019 Event Safety Summit
Underscoring the importance of considering crowd safety when developing comprehensive event plans, Take1 Insurance and the Event Safety Alliance announced that Gentian events director Eric Stuart will lead a two-day ...
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Elation Lighting for New Humbolt School Auditorium, Costa Rica
Colegio Humboldt is an international school in San José, Costa Rica, that serves preschool through secondary students. Unique in the country in that the school was founded in 1912 by Germans and emphasizes a German-based education, ...
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Brompton Technology Provides the Punch for Latest Rod Stewart Tour
This May saw the launch of Rod Stewart's new world tour in support of Blood Red Rose, the artist's 30th solo album and his first release in three years. Itself a product of life on the road, the new album features a string of ...
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SSL Makes Live Jamming Sessions a Breeze on Pedro Abrunhosa Portuguese Tour
Popular Portuguese singer, musician, and songwriter, Pedro Abrunhosa, who is as well known for his great music and refined songwriting as he is for his fondness for wearing sunglasses in public, is currently on tour across the ...
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Chroma-Q Color Force II LEDs are in Full Effect for Rammstein European Stadium Tour 2019
Lighting designers Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Design specified over 100 Chroma-Q Color Force II LED battens to provide spectacular effects lighting for Rammstein's European ...
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Sunrise Reggae and Ska Festival -- Pure Relaxation with VIO System from dBTechnologies
Sunrise Reggae and Ska Festival in Burtenbach (Germany) is a real success story. The idea to organize a party or a concert arose from two friends' need to enjoy good reggae music and to share it with others, which became the Sunrise Reggae ...
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Chris Lisle Adds New Twist to Raised on Country Tour With Chauvet Professional Maverick
Chris Young respects country music's past. This is plain to hear on the Tennessee-born singer's hit single "Raised on Country," which pays tribute to legends like George Strait and Merle Haggard. But on his current tour, the Grammy ...
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Playback Engineer Taylor Wright Relies on RME Digiface Dante for Upcoming Tour with Tyler the Creator
Following a string of chart-topping solo albums, including his Grammy-nominated 2017 LP Flower Boy, Tyler the Creator's latest album Igor debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this past May. In preparation for ...
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Chuck Ainlay and Peter Frampton Pick Sommer Guitar Cable
Peter Frampton recently released his new covers album, All Blues, co-produced and engineered by multiple Grammy-winner Chuck Ainlay, who is also a co-founder of the METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technical ...
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Theatre in Review: The Exes (Theatre Row)
Lenore Skomal's new play is dedicated to the idea that divorce makes a family, and multiple divorces only further strengthen the ties that bind. Chief among the exes in The Exes are Dick and Richard, men of a certain age ...
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PLASA Show 2019 Seminar Program Launch
PLASA has announced its line-up of seminar sessions in the run up to the PLASA Show 2019, September 15 - 17, at London Olympia. In collaboration with top industry figures and influential brands, this year's program presents ...
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Delicate Productions Adds Ayrton Khamsins to Its Inventory
Delicate Productions in Camarillo, California, an award-winning provider of professional audio, lighting, and video services for the concert, festival, touring, live, and corporate event industries, has taken delivery of Ayrton< ...
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Martin Audio WPM Deployed by AVMetro at Washington DC Corporate Event
AVMetro of Raleigh, North Carolina recently supported a corporate event at the Washington DC Hilton hotel with a comprehensive Martin Audio system consisting of WPM arrays, CDD-LIVE 12s, CDD-LIVE 8s, and SX218 subs. ...
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Avraham Tal Plays Robe on Tour
Avraham Tal is one of the best known and most successful contemporary Israeli singer / songwriter and multi-instrumentalists -- known for the amazing power and distinctive texture and color of his voice -- as well as for constantly ...
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Chicago Flyhouse and Rose Brand Create the Perfect Environment for the $30M Fortnite Tournament
Esports has become big business. Witness the Fortnite World Cup Tournament, a three-day spectator competition where professional video gamers competed for $30 million in prize money. The USTA Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York ...
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Avolites Helps Puts the Showtime Sizzle into MLB's 90th Annual All-Star Game
Aspiring baseball players call the major leagues "the show," but in recent years all sports have incorporated more entertainment elements as games, and even former backroom transactions like player drafts, have been transformed into full ...
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Mobiltechlifts ML2 Delivers Compact Lifting Strength
Discover heavy lifting capacity in a small footprint with the ML2 6520 from Mobiltechlifts. The ML2 impresses with a loading capacity of up to 441 lb and reaches a maximum height of 21.5'. Its heavy-duty construction and compact ...
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KLANG:vier Quartet Performs at Christian Life Assembly
Christian Life Assembly (CLA) in Langley City, 25 miles from downtown Vancouver, BC, has grown in leaps and bounds since its humble beginning in 1937 as a sidewalk Sunday School, first moving into a tiny hall, then a succession of larger ...
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Christie Spyder and Christie Terra Process More than 25 Million Pixels at Barcelona Beach Festival
The Christie Spyder X80 multi-screen windowing processor in combination with Christie Terra SDVoE technology brought the gigantic 50m x 9m (164' x 30') LED screen at Barcelona Beach Festival 2019 (BBF) to life. One of ...
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Rosalia Goes on the Road with Her First World Tour and Claypaky Lighting Fixtures
Catalan singer/songwriter Rosalia is setting festivals worldwide on fire with her signature flamenco-urban fusion style and sold-out shows in which lighting by Claypaky, represented in Spain by Stonex, shine. ...
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ENTEC Chooses CODA Audio AiRAY for Desert Valley Stage at Parookaville
Parookaville is one of the largest electronic music festivals in the world and this year attracted around 200,000 visitors over three days. Sited at Weeze airport, a former military base in the Lower Rhine region of Germany, this fifth ...
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The Show Goes On with Allen & Heath
This summer in Bardstown, Kentucky, the sounds of composer Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" and "My Old Kentucky Home" are alive again at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre thanks in part to a new audio blueprint featuring an Allen & Heath< ...
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TechLED and 4Wall Prepare ASDA Head Office for Leeds Pride Weekend
To demonstrate its support for Leeds Pride, ASDA's head office in Leeds city center came out once again in the movement's traditional bright rainbow colors, with the help of TechLED and 4Wall. The parade aims to encourage ...
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Theatre in Review: OSCAR at The Crown (3 Dollar Bill)
What is it with playwrights and the apocalyptic future? Isn't the apocalyptic present difficult enough? Whatever the reason, the world and his brother seem intent on dragging us into some terrible day after tomorrow when the economy is ...
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PixelFLEX Introduces Unparalleled Potential for the Live Production Industry with FLEXUltra XT LED Video
Combining extreme performance and durability into a single LED video panel designed for any rental staging production design, PixelFLEX introduces the new FLEXUltra XT. Fresh off its debut at InfoComm 2019, FLEXUltra XT ...
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ETC Finalizes Acquisition of GDS Products
ETC has formally acquired the ArcSystem, BlueSystem, and CueSystem product lines from UK lighting manufacturer GDS.
Effective August 1, the company assumes the global manufacturing and distribution responsibilities for ...
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Neutrik USA Promotes Moscardini to Distribution Manage
Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces the promotion of Amy Moscardini to the position of distribution manager. In her new position, ...
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TiMax Unleashes New Advances at PLASA London 2019
PLASA Show at London Olympia 2019 sees major evolutions of Out Board's unrivalled TiMax immersive audio and show control systems in stand X64 -- released during 2019 and currently in use on many major productions worldwide.< ...
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Flares, FloppyFlex, ProPower -- TMB Gear Supports Lights, Lasers, and Visuals on Muse World Tour
This summer Muse continued its Simulation Theory world tour through the UK and Europe. The extremely successful North American leg of the visually rich stadium tour put crew and equipment to the test in 23 cities. ...
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Martin Audio Deployed in New York City's Gran Tivoli Restaurant
Located in downtown New York City's Nolita neighborhood, the Gran Tivoli restaurant and Peppi's Cellar bar downstairs have become a popular fixture for dining and entertainment with a simple but exceptional Italian menu, comfortable ...
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The New Era of Product Development: The AES New York 2019 Product Development Track
Each year the product development track presents four days of themed workshops during the AES Convention. Building on last year's theme "Make Audio Matter," the 2019 product development track is built on the theme "The New Era of ...
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Absen Supplies Perimeter LED to Trophée des Champions 2019
The Trophée des Champions returned to Shenzhen, China on August 3rd, for its 24th edition, which saw Paris Saint-Germain go head-to-head with Stade Rennais. This is the second year that the French Super Cup has been held at the Shenzhen ...
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Elation Professional's Artiste Monet and Rayzor 760 to the Test on Halsey
Halsey hit the road in May for a short run of shows in support of a new single release, "Nightmare," and lighting designer Jose Antunes chose Elation Professional's Artiste Monet and Rayzor 760 to light the special ...
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Double Maverick! Landon Bloss Pumps Up Show for The Mavericks with Maverick MK3 Fixtures
When the genre-hoping Grammy Award-winning band, The Mavericks stopped at the Glastonbury Festival during their 30th Anniversary World Tour, their lighting designer Landon Bloss did what he always does on fly dates: He ...
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Country Star Craig Morgan Goes All Allen & Heath
With a career spanning 19 years, 12 songs that have made Billboard's country charts, and word of a new major label record deal in the offing, country artist Craig Morgan is on the road this summer, touring with new gear in the form ...
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Renkus-Heinz Appoints NFS Communications as Northeast Representative
Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, announces that NFS Communications, Inc., of Suffern, New York, is now representing Renkus-Heinz products in New England and New York. Founded in 2004 by president N ...
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Theatre in Review: Midsummer: A Banquet (Food of Love Productions/Third Rail Projects)
If, like me, you grew up thinking of dinner theatre as rattletrap revivals of Any Wednesday paired with steamship round of beef, you may be pleasantly surprised by the activities at Café Fae, a former clothing store located a block ...
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New Elation Fuze Luminaires the Perfect Fusion of Performance, Features and Value
Elation Professional expands its popular Fuze series of LED wash luminaires with new profile and spot versions. Available now is the Fuze Spot and Fuze Profile with framing, both housing full-color-spectrum RGBMA color mixing ...
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KOI 2019 Concert Touring and Events Shortlist Announced
The Concert Touring and Events judging panel for The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, a celebration of video and lighting design, reveals the 2019 shortlist for the Concert Touring and Events category. ...
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Avante Audio Imperio Chosen for the Official Unveiling of the New Corvette C8 at Petersen Automotive Museum
Over the last weekend in July, the West Coast public debut of the eighth generation of Chevrolet's iconic Corvette sports car series took place at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. The highly-anticipated C8, which ...
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Robe Jazzes it Up in Ghent
Mainstage artists at the 2019 Ghent Jazz Festival were illuminated by 86 Robe moving lights - including 35 brand-new T1s - in a slick production lighting design created by Bart Weyts of L&L Stage Services, the company ...
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WSDG Honored by Two 2020 NAMM TEC Award Studio Design Nominations
WSDG Walters-Storyk Design Group partner/director of business development, Sergio Molho, reports that two recently completed projects have been nominated for the 2020 NAMM TEC Awards Outstanding Creative Achievement Award in ...
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SAS Gives Godiva Festival Debut to Martin Audio MLA
Coventry's Godiva Festival, which takes place in the City's War Memorial Park, began life as a free festival back in 1997 (and was described as the UK's biggest free family festival). For much of the event's life, Chris 'Stan' Saunders
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Atmosphere, Inc and Chauvet Professional Capture Moments in Apollo 50 Go for the Moon
A new full moon rose in the sky on the evening of July 16. Glowing brightly over the US capital, it served as a good omen for the start of "Apollo 50 Go for the Moon," a spectacular four-day celebration at The National Mall that marked the ...
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National Mascot Hall of Fame Opens with AV Support from Electrosonic
One of the country's most exciting museums has opened in Whiting, Indiana to the delight of children and sports fans of all ages. Just 30 minutes from Chicago, The National Mascot Hall of Fame (MHOF) is an interactive children's museum ...
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Wrightwood 659 Gallery Covers All the Options with ETC
Wrightwood 659 is a new art gallery in Chicago exhibiting architecture and socially engaged art. As befits a gallery focused on great architecture, Wrightwood 659 has an impressive pedigree of its own. Originally built in the 1920s, this ...
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Kinesys Helps Westlife 20 Tour Fly
Popular Irish singing group/boyband Westlife reformed and hit the road again this summer in what one of the most popular and successful reformation campaigns. The first UK arena leg of the 20 Tour culminated in two phenomenal ...
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Violinist Nigel Kennedy with Alcons at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
On July 12, 2019, star violinist Nigel Kennedy played an engaging concert as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Around 3,500 spectators would not miss this event in the Holstenhalle 1 in Neumünster. The exceptional ...
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Meyer Sound LEO Family a Main Stage Attraction on China's Festival Circuit
China's burgeoning music festival scene is in full swing this summer, with many exuberant and eclectic gatherings across the vast nation relying on new Meyer Sound LEO Family systems provided by Stage Arts Groups (S.A.G.), a ...
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Theatre in Review: Bat Out of Hell (City Center)
Bat Out of Hell once again raises the most vexing question about jukebox musicals: Why do they exist? I'm not talking about the biographical shows, like Jersey Boys, Beautiful, and Ain't Too Proud, which often have ...
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Sponsors Announced for 2020 New World Rigging Symposium - Only One Sponsorship Still Available
ESTA and USITT announce the sponsors for the 2020 New World Rigging Symposium taking place March 31 - April 1st in Houston, Texas in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo. Just one sponsorship ...
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Sound Reinforcement Takes Center Stage at AES New York 2019
Whether perfecting the sound for a one-off event or setting the stage for an international touring act, the Sound Reinforcement Track sessions at the AES New York 147th Audio Engineering Society International Pro Audio Convention ...
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Additional Training Opportunities Added to Event Safety Summit Pre-Event Program
Event Safety Alliance announces two additional paid learning opportunities to be held prior to the 2019 Event Safety Summit. The Entertainment Electrics and Entertainment Rigging Workshops will take place November 18 - 19, ...
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Barbizon Lighting Company Promotions and Additions: Kelsey Renfro, Bob Whittaker, Joshua Fisher
The Barbizon Lighting Company announces these employee promotions and additions.
In Orlando, Florida, Kelsey Renfro has been promoted to outside sales representative. Since joining in 2015, Renfro has been an essential ...
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Bandit Lites Promotes Andy Reese and Erich Hudgens
With summer heating up and a multitude of projects rolling out of the Nashville, Tennessee location, Bandit Lites, the world's premier concert lighting company, is pleased to share the recent promotions of two valued staff members ...
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Countryman Associates Expands Engineering Department
Countryman Associates, manufacturer of miniature microphones and direct boxes, announces the recent design engineer appointments of Brian Hillenbrand and Benjamin Lacasse. These new hires reflect the company's ...
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Shure Recognized by Good Design Awards
Reinforcing its rich history of product design excellence, the Shure MOTIV MV88 iOS Digital Stereo Condenser Microphone has been honored as a Good Design Award recipient. Hosted by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and ...
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Prolyte Continues Global Expansion into China
Building on the significant presence throughout Europe and the success of the business in Asia, Prolyte Group, an entertainment solutions provider, expands globally with the opening of a new office in Guangzhou, China. ...
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Vision: Gray Matter Visual's Solution for Cangemi Design's Telemundo Upfront Event
Brooklyn, New York-based lighting and production design firm Gray Matter Visual Inc. (GMV) recently used the latest release of Vision 2019 software as a previsualization solution for lighting designer Rob Cangemi of Cang ...
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CODA Audio AiRAY Gives Hart to Canadian Arenas
Corey Hart is a Canadian music legend. A singer-songwriter, whose '80s heyday yielded major global hits, Hart has sold more than 16 million records worldwide and earlier this year was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Corey ...
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QSC Consolidates Distribution in Australia with TAG
QSC announces that TAG will distribute its live sound and systems solutions in Australia, effective August 7, 2019. As a full-line supplier of professional audio equipment, TAG will stand as the single, strategic ...
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White Light Goes on Tour with Amélie
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for the UK premiere of the Broadway musical Amélie, which recently embarked on a UK tour.
Originally performed on Broadway, Amélie is based on the 2001 romantic comedy film ...
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Theatre in Review: Love Noël: The Songs and Letters of Noël Coward (Irish Repertory Theatre)
For a cool, refreshing sip of gin and tonic on a hot summer night, I commend to you this tribute to one of the twentieth century's greatest entertainers. Noël Coward did a great many things well; this piece, somewhat unusually, celebrates ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduce Maverick MK3 Profile
Powerful enough to handle the demands of large concert venues, the new Maverick MK3 Profile from Chauvet Professional also has the versatility needed to excel in a wide range of other applications, from high-profile events and ...
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disguise r16 is Now Live: With More Features, Better Workflows and Hundreds of Improvements
disguise has announced the release of r16, the next major update of its award-winning software. r16 features a host of new features and enhancements that will further improve workflows for projection and AR projects as well as ...
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Maxell Provides Visual Excellence with a New Series of 3LCD High Brightness Projectors
Maxell, Ltd. announced an expansion to its Professional Projector line with the new MP-WU8701 and MP-WU8801 3LCD laser projectors. The new projectors heighten the visual experience by delivering vibrant and crisp graphics, with the ...
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Hydro Beam X1: ADJ's Compact Yet Powerful IP65-Rated Moving Head Beam Fixture Now Shipping
ADJ announces the immediate availability of its new Hydro Beam X1 moving head beam luminaire. The second model to join the company's Hydro Series of IP65-rated movers, the X1 is a compact and punchy beam fixture designed to generate ...
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"Pop Up" Recruiting at LDI
URTA announces a new stop on its annual MFA interview tour. A "Pop Up" recruiting event will be held at LDI Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, November 24th.
The one day event will follow the "URTAs" model: Candidates present a ...
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Musson Theatrical Helps Revive the Frost
Musson Theatrical, an entertainment technology supplier based in California's Silicon Valley, announces the completion of the Frost Amphitheatre at Stanford University in California.
Frost Amphitheatre, situated right next to ...
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TiMax Spatializes Spitfire Sisters at The Space
The latest production from Space Productions, the in-house company at off West End performance venue The Space, tells a story never really told, against a dynamic and eye-opening immersive sound design by the company's Keri ...
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Daniel Weltlinger Upgrades with CORE by DPA Amplifier Technology
Australian violinist, composer, and producer Daniel Weltlinger has long been a fan of DPA's d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones, but when one of the two he owns was recently damaged during a live show, he decided it was time ...
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Tim Routledge Gives the Spice Girls the Glamour Treatment with Robert Juliat Dalis
Flamboyant '90s pop icons the Spice Girls' 13-date summer stadium tour, Spice World -- 2019 Tour, kicked off at Croke Park Dublin in May to culminate in June at Wembley Stadium (where else!), transforming 1990s nostalgia into 21st ...
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Adam Hall Experience Center Receives Iconic Award: Innovative Architecture 2019 in Architecture Category
The Design Council has presented the Adam Hall Group's Experience Center with an Iconic Award: Innovative Architecture 2019 in the category "architecture." The internationally renowned Design and Architecture competition annually ...
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Danley Engineers System Design for Calvary Chapel in Vero Beach
After years of steady increase, Calvary Chapel in Vero Beach, Florida had the welcome problem of outgrowing its 350-seat sanctuary. The church came up with a plan to demolish two older buildings and erect a new 600-seat sanctuary. They ...
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Clair Brothers Brings Acoustical Balance to Every Seat at Hard Rock Café Hollywood, Florida
When you have a destination as impressive as the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood located inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, it only makes sense that the sound system delivering music to your ears would be the best available with Cl ...
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Theatre in Review: Rinse, Repeat (Pershing Square Signature Center)
A difficult subject, of the sort that requires the most sensitive handling, gets surprisingly lively dramatic treatment by a first-time playwright in Rinse, Repeat. In real life, Domenica Feraud has shared some of the ...
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Record Audio Support for PLASA Show 2019
PLASA Show has announced huge support from the audio industry with L-Acoustics, Coda Audio, d&b audiotechnik, and Void Acoustics among the brands supporting the show at London Olympia September 15 - 17, 2019. ...
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New Rigging Programs Added to ETCP Recognized Training for Renewal Credits
American Crane & Safety, LLC and Reliable Design Services were approved this month to become ETCP Recognized Training Programs. The courses that participate in ETCP's recognized training program present a great ...
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LEDucation 2020 Call for Speakers
LEDucation 2020, trade show and conference organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), is accepting submissions for presentation proposals to be given during the 2020 conference taking place March 17 - ...
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Theatre Shortlist Announced for KOI 2019
The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, the awards dedicated to celebrating British and international lighting and video designers for their work in the UK, announces the 2019 shortlist of nominees for the Theatre category. ...
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Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas Latest Luxury Cruise Ship to Sail with Elation Lighting
Elation Professional has been providing reliable, energy efficient and low maintenance lighting solutions for Royal Caribbean International cruise ships since the first Oasis class ship launched in 2009. That trend continues with ...
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Robe in a World of Its Own with Westlife
Westlife -- arguably the most enduringly popular and successful boy band on the planet -- is back with a massive bang after a seven-and-a-half-year hiatus, with a brand-new production for The 20 Tour ahead of their much ...
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Ayrton MagicDot-R Is a Dream for Billie Eilish World Tour
Dreams and nightmares are the main themes of the Billie Eilish When We Fall Asleep world tour -- the first major tour for this young internet sensation whose career is experiencing a meteoric rise. Helping this seventeen-year-old ...
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A Summer Story Festival Goes Spectacular with Claypaky Fixtures
"A Summer Story" has become one of the epicenters of electronic music in Spain. This year's festival, the fifth annual, featured performances by more than 70 artists and was produced by Disorder Events. It showcased gigantic ...
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Toyota Buzz Elevates Its Showroom Experience with Harman Professional Solutions Networked AV System
Mahajak Development Co., Ltd. recently outfitted the Toyota Buzz Co., Ltd. headquarters with a Harman Professional Solutions networked AV system to deliver world-class audio and video quality in nine locations. ...
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Bandit Lites Continues to Provide Tour Lighting Package for Jason Aldean Working Together More than a Decade
Bandit Lites has once again provided a lighting package for multi-platinum entertainer Jason Aldean as he continues to take his 2019 Ride All Night tour to stadiums and amphitheaters across the country. Continuing to ...
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Community E Series Chosen for Sound Quality and Aesthetics by St. Mary of the Assumption
Professional audiovisual systems integrator Sound Designs LLC has completed the design of a new sound system for St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Hockessin, Delaware. With roots that can be traced back to the 1700s, ...
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Adlib Gets into Touch on Daryl Hall and John Oates Tour
Adlib supplied full production -- sound, lighting, video, and rigging -- plus crew for the recent UK tour by maverick US duo Daryl Hall and John Oates, whose impressive string of top 40 hits stretch back to the 1970s. ...
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Theatre in Review: Coriolanus (Delacorte Theatre)/Measure for Measure (The Duke on 42nd Street)
This week sees major productions of two of William Shakespeare's problem plays; in each case, the director tackles the work's imperfections head-on, with differing degrees of success. For New York Shakespeare Festival, Daniel ...
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Avolites Brings a Double Rainbow to Life for Dead & Company
Dead & Company represents a fascinating melding of old and new. Since its formation in 2015 when Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir joined forces along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti, the band has completed ...
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Circa Survive Add an Extra Circa from Mega-Lite
Circa Survive is an American rock band that has progressively made a name for itself in the indie music scene. During a course of six weeks, they were among several other bands that were featured in the Rockstar Disrupt Festival tour. ...
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LSM Calls on 36 Chauvet Professional Maverick MK3 Profiles for La Tournée des Idoles
Time seemed to stand still at the Centre Vidéotron, on May 25th, as French-Canadian stars from the 1960s and 70s performed at La Tournée des Idoles. The artists were supported by a light show designed by Andre Langevin, ...
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Environmental Lights Named as One of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in San Diego
Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, announces it has once again been named by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the 100 fastest-growing private companies in the San Diego, California region. ...
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GDS Appoints UK's DTS Product Manager
Following the announcement of its partnership with DTS earlier this year, GDS is delighted to announce the addition of Hallam Smith to the team. Joining the company as a product manager, Smith will be working ...
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Astera at the Heart of Mark Ronson Festival Look
Festival season is here, and with it the fine art of performers touring their own distinctive-but-practical visual "specials" packages, carefully imagined to ensure that their show has the edge!
Mark Ronson's stunning "broken heart" ...
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Ligabue Start Tour 2019 with RCF
The Italian rocker, Luciano Ligabue, has just finished his Start Tour 2019 which began on June 14th with an impressive stage set up in nine Italian stadiums with his five-piece band. With a 29-year career at the top of the charts ...
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Renkus-Heinz System Sounds Magical at Western University's Conron Hall
Since opening in 1925, Western University's University College building has served the school's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, anchored by the 178-seat Conron Hall. Conron Hall underwent architectural restoration, with some ...
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Twelve Foot Ninja Go Surface-Free fir Festival Slots with dLive
Melbourne's alt-metal titans, Twelve Foot Ninja (TFN), has recently completed a European run of festival appearances and sold-out headline shows, with a super compact Allen & Heath dLive Wings digital mixing system. ...
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ADJ Lighting Brings Altitude Trampoline Park's New "Super Park" Concept to Life
It's hard to miss the trampoline park craze that has been sweeping the world over the past few years. Offering a unique experience that combines physical exercise, socializing, and lots of fun, they have become immensely popular, ...
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PR Lighting Out in Force at Zarate "Friendship" Party
PR Lighting fixtures were out in force when a group of associates (and event planners) known as the Burkina took over the Zarate Yacht Club on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in Argentina to celebrate the country's annual "Friendshi ...
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Protec Shines at Jeddah World Fest
Jeddah World Fest was a record-breaking historic end to the Jeddah Summer Season. Held on July 18th, the inaugural edition of the music festival took place in the grounds of King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, and attracted a sell-out ...
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Theatre in Review: Moulin Rouge! (Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
It was a strange experience to see Moulin Rouge! on the day of Hal Prince's passing. As the world knows, Prince and his collaborators turned the Broadway musical upside down, teaching it to investigate morals, manners, ...
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Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts Series B (Throughline Artists/59E59)
The conclusion of war brings neither happiness nor peace in Lucky, Sharr White's tense and mysterious two-hander, which kicks off Series B of this festival of one-acts on a strong, satisfying note. World War II is ...
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Robe iPointes Beat the Elements
Robe's new IP65 rated iPointe moving lights were prominent among lighting fixtures on the main stage at this year's Elements Festival, a two day showcase of great vibes and fabulous house music -- techno and tech house to future ...
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Max Baldwin Goes Rogue to Create Big Show in Small Package for Australia's Ocean Alley
It's been quite a run for Ocean Alley lately. Formed for fun-jamming on the northern beaches of Sydney, the six-piece band has been sweeping over Australia like a warm sea breeze; their facile blend of reggae and surf rock, earning them ...
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Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Kesler Sounds Brings Focused Low End to Western Events with Powersoft's M-Force
Kesler Sound has become the go-to sound production provider for Western events in Alberta, Canada and the neighboring territories across the border in the US. Part of what has made Kesler Sound so successful has been their embrace ...
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Mapping the Future: Green Hippo Super Users Assemble
Green Hippo, specialist in the design and manufacture of hardware and software for real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, welcomed 18 of its most advanced Hippotizer practitioners to its latest UK "Super User" event ...
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White Light Supplies Captain Corelli's Mandolin
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for the recent West End transfer of Captain Corelli's Mandolin following its critically-acclaimed UK tour.
Based on Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel, Captain Corelli' ...
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Bandit Supports Weird Al's Strings Attached Tour
"Weird Al" Yankovic's "most elaborate and extravagant" production to date is out with a lighting and video package provided by Bandit Lites. Each performance features the works: costumes, props, and a full orchestra ...
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Backstreet's Back with an Epic Amount of Lasers and SFX
With the biggest arena tour in 18 years, Backstreet Boys are back with their DNA World Tour and they're partnered with ER Productions to deliver an exciting visual experience for the fans.
Backstreet Boys formed in 1993, ...
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China's Cellosound Invests in Alcons LR28 Pro Ribbon Touring System
Since it was founded 21 years ago, Cellosound has grown to become the premier audio production company in Guangzhou, the city at the heart of the most-populous metropolitan area in mainland China. An Alcons Audio LR28 system is the ...
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Medimex International Festival and Music Conference Uses ShowMatch System from Bose Professional
International Sound s.r.l. of Bari, Italy, was founded in 1989. The audio services provider offers support for concerts, large events, TV and radio broadcast, theatrical performances, fashion shows, fairs, conventions, and event ...
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FOH Engineer Drew Thornton Chooses Waves Plugins and SoundGrid Servers for the 2019 Billie Eilish Tour
Front-of-house engineer Drew Thornton (Maggie Rogers, Amy Shark, A Great Big World) chooses Waves plugins and Waves SoundGrid Extreme servers for American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish's sold-out 2019 world tour. ...
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RCF at Electro Festival in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Thanks to the building association of the same name, the name "Schwäbisch Hall" has reserved a permanent place in the collective memory in Germany. That there is also a self-proclaimed "up-and-coming cultural" city behind it is ...
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New Bradford Venue Nightrain Chooses HK Audio Sound Systems
Driven by a vision to deliver a top class venue to cater for the loyal music fans of their home city, Bradford's Chris Dove, Andy Kettle, and Keith Tempest embarked on a mission to find suitable premises. ...
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Theatre in Review: Little Gem (Irish Repertory Theatre)
The gift of gab reigns supreme in this beguiling triptych of contemporary Irish womanhood dealing with the sheer bloody business of living. In a series of intertwined monologues, Kay, Lorraine, and Amber -- residents of Dublin and each ...
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PLASA Show's Stage to Studio: Recording a Live Band
Stage to Studio is this year's exciting new feature at PLASA Show, where a live band will be recorded in front of an audience by a renowned sound engineer.
Staged jointly with Sound On Sound and Headliner Magazine ...
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Harold Prince, Master of the Broadway Musical, Dies at 91
Harold Prince, who arguably did more than anyone to shape the direction of the modern Broadway musical, died July 31, after a brief illness. He passed away in Reykjavík, Iceland, en route from his residence in Switzerland. ...
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Bandit Lites Promotes World Headquarters Staff
Bandit Lites announces the promotions of multiple team members at its world headquarters including Giff Swart, Brad Hylton, and Alex Becker.
Swart has been named as client representative and production manager. ...
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Grant Geiselman New Elation Professional Sales Rep Product Specialist
RL Wilson & Associates and JLH Marketing, both independent sales representative firms based in Southern California, announce the hiring of Grant Geiselman as a product specialist to assist both companies with ...
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Williams AV Adds New Consultant Liaison
Williams AV announces the addition of Nancy Blanchard to run the company's new consulting liaison program.
Blanchard will be instrumental in developing the new consulting liaison program and working with the consulting ...
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Christie Supports Continuous Learning at Phoenix Training Center with Courses on Next-Generation Technology
Christie customers that are eager to learn more about the company's content management and image processing solutions can register for training courses at its Phoenix, Arizona location, now through to September. Courses being ...
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Audinate Releases New Version of Dante Controller with Dante Updater Feature
Audinate, developer of the Dante AV networking technology, has announced the availability Dante Controller 4.2.3 with Dante Updater.
Dante Updater is a new feature that makes it easy to update firmware in Dante devices. ...
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Brilliant COB LED Color Mixing on the Move
ADJ announces the immediate availability of the latest new model to join its PAR Z range. The PAR Z Move RGBW is a COB LED color mixing moving head par fixture that is ideal for fixed installation in theatres, churches, concert ...
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Penn Elcom Launches New Double-Hinged Wall Mount Rack Enclosure
The Penn Elcom design team has produced another ingenious racking solution for space challenged and awkward to access scenarios in commercial, industrial, and residential environments -- the R6400-RHF Double-Hinged Wall Mount ...
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The Lost Colony Doubles Down on Point Source Audio; Mics Shine through Tough Weather
Through wind and rain, stage fights, environmental acoustics, and more, Point Source Audio mics have weathered all the challenges in The Lost Colony, the outdoor theatre production located on the Outer Banks of North ...
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Meyer Sound JM-1P Comes Right to the Point for Mississippi's Elegant Riley Center
Originally built in 1889, the elegant theatre at the heart of Mississippi State University's Riley Center in Meridian was painstakingly renovated before reopening as a performing arts venue in 2006. In both its 19th and 21st century ...
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Denny Arndt Adds Glitter to Berlin's Botanische Nacht with Chauvet Professional
The Great Tropical House lives up to its name. Completed in 1907 it remains one of the largest and most impressive self-supporting greenhouses in the world, housing more than 1,400 exotic plant species. On Friday, July 19, the ...
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pixl evolution and audio evolution Supply TRO for Mini and BMW at Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place in the grounds of Goodwood house in Sussex and brings together every aspect of the past, present, and future of the automotive industry. As the name suggests, the event gives around 150,000 ...
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