Mandylights lighting designers Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai's New Year's Eve celebrations. The 25- minute show took place around the centre of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa - ...
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Momentum is growing for Dynamic Events 2013 as global interest rises and delegates book the last remaining places for the conference. Dynamic Events takes place in Dubai on 10-11 March. Delegate numbers are rising and include ...
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Super Bowl XLVII was a memorable game, but the full Super Bowl experience started well before kickoff with a pair of live pre-game concerts broadcast on VH-1 and CMT where Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800s and grandMA2 light consoles played key ...
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Bloc Party are currently in the midst of their biggest, most ambitious tour to date. The Four tour completed 2012 in Mexico and, so far, 2013 has taken them across the USA then on to Europe, via Japan. The end of February will see the band ...
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HSL supplied lighting equipment to Rita Ora's first full production tour which blasted its way round the country, with lighting design by Andy Iliffe. The critically acclaimed chart topping singer-songwriter's show features an impressive ...
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Czech Republic - Showlight has always been highly regarded as one of the best networking events in the international lighting calendar, with plenty of time allowed for the social aspects of the event. This year's visit programme, featuring ...
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UAE - Just two weeks out from the second Dynamic Events Conference, the organisers have announced the addition of some more world-class speakers at the event including David Atkins, DAE Global, and Mik Auckland, Red Thread Solutions. ...
Paris, Bergamo and Madrid were the three cities lighting designer Luc Lafortune visited during his recent cycle of conferences. His Art and Poetry in Stage Lighting events were highly successful among professionals and amateurs alike. Luc ...
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UK - A troupe of Clay Paky Sharpys has added high-impact layers to pop princess Cheryl Cole's visuals-led tour. Lighting designer Peter Barnes - dubbed the UK's 'guru of pop lighting' - specified 14 Sharpys rigged on the back truss on ...
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South Africa - For nearly two decades, South Africa's longest gospel movement, Joyous Celebration, has spread the word through powerful musical worship. On 15 December 2012, the 17th Joyous Celebration DVD was recorded at Rhema Church in ...
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USA - Grammy award winning vocal group Little Big Town is on the road with Bandit Lites for The Tornado Tour. Comprised of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet, the country music group has been unstoppable, ...
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The SIEL, Professional Festival of Live Show and Events Techniques has closed its doors at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. With 125 exhibitors, 800 brands and an attendance of 9732 visitors, SIEL confirms its position as a leading ...
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USA - Bandit Lites is on the road with two of hard rock's top bands as Shinedown and Three Days Grace hit the road for a dual headlining February tour. The tour kicked off 1 February in Moline, Illinois at the iWireless Center. Shinedown ...
UK - Lighting designer Jonny Gaskell has harnessed the laser-like beam of Clay Paky's Sharpy fixtures to deliver a high impact, three-dimensional lighting environment for electronic dance music duo Orbital on their UK tour, which culminated ...
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Lighting designer Pim Elberse of PimmerPacK specified 100 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s to deliver bright beam flexibility for the 15th anniversary show of Dutch rock band Within Temptation. Elberse, who worked along set designer Ignace ...
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