USA: HES SolaHyBeams Provide Three-in-One Lights for G3 World Tour

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by Thomas Richard - May 18, 2018

The G3 2018 world tour needed three different designs for its three distinctive guitarists. Production designer/lighting designer Alastair Watson – who is also the production manager – had a tight budget and a one-truck space constraint. One rig had to do it all. So he specified 16 High End Systems

MEX: PR Lighting Illuminates Mexico’s 8th International Jazz Festival

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

As is the tradition each year, Musbi AC (Music in the Bicentennial A.C), combined with the Ministry of Culture of the Mexican Federal Government, Hermes Music Foundation, Performers of Mexico and the Single Union of Music Workers, to stage the International Jazz Festival. Now in its 8th edition, it took

ZAF: grandMA2 performs at Annual South African Film & Television Awards

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

Celebrating quality, excellence and talent, the 12th Annual South African Film & Television Awards was hosted at Sun City’s Superbowl on 24th March with a further 2.3 million viewers tuning in to watch the live SABC televised production. EPH Productions were appointed by ATTV to supply the full technical and

GLOBAL: Chorus Line, Cuepix on Old Dominion “Happy Endings” Tour

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

Old Dominion has emerged as one of the hottest bands in country music, a fact recently confirmed by a 2018 Academy of Country Music Award as Vocal Group of the Year. When the band’s second album, “Happy Endings,” debuted at Number One on Billboard's Country Album Chart last summer, it

GBR: Snow Time for Robe

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

Irish hip hop artist, rapper and music producer Rejjie Snow burst on the scene in 2013 and has just released his much awaited debut album ‘Dear Annie’ to a buzz of excitement and critical acclaim. He has also just completed a 34 date UK and European tour, which was exceptionally

USA: Savannah Music Festival Moves Up and Outside with Meyer Sound LEO Family

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

The 17-day Savannah Music Festival is moving up in the world of cross-genre musical celebrations, easily ranking as the largest music-oriented arts event in Georgia and drawing audiences from all 50 states and many European countries. The 2018 edition wrapped up in mid-April, and for the fourth consecutive year all

FRA: Elation Lighting Rig for Shaka Ponk 2018 “MonkAdelic” Tour

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

French band Shaka Ponk is one of the most eclectic you’ll ever run across. Adored by a growing fan base captivated by the group’s artistry and wildly energetic mix of rock/funk, the band is touring through 2018 with a rig that includes flexible lighting pods full of Elation Rayzor 360Z

ITA: K-array Celebrates National Holiday at All-Day Music Festival

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

The Primo Maggio Concert is all-day music festival organized annually on the first of May to celebrate Italy's Labor Day. Set in Piazza San Giovanni in Rome and broadcast live on public television, this popular national event is also referred to as the Concertone or “Big Concert” due to the duration

USA: The Yost Makes Events Extraordinary with Help of Elation Lighting

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

Legendary venue The Yost in Santa Ana, California, is enjoying new life as a modern live event space thanks to entertainment production company N-EFFECT Productions and an entertainment technology package that includes Elation Professional lighting. First opened in 1913 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the space

USA: HES HEX Gives Bright Flexibility to Carly Rae Jepsen’s Rig

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by Thomas Richard - May 16, 2018

Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen counted on 14 High End Systems HEX fixtures to provide a literal “eyeful” of stage lighting looks for her supporting act on Katy Perry’s recent Witness: The Tour in North America. LD Charles Ford’s challenge was creating a design in the space, or “iris” of