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The band formed in 1980, and their long term New Order lighting designer Andy Liddle has also been a collaborator in the New Order live experience almost since then, joining in 1981!

This tour, he has used 16 x Robe BMFLs as the backbone of the lighting rig, together with other lights, controlled via an Avolites Arena console.

Andy chose BMFL Spots for their "amazing brightness, speed and optics" and positioned four of the lights on each one of four over-stage trusses, along with other lighting and GLUX video panels, trimmed at 7, 6, 6.5 and 1.5 metres, and positioned at 3, 6, 9m upstage, respectively.

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Since its launch in 2015 AiRAY has performed strongly in the global market, offering as it does an extremely compact and lightweight, yet phenomenally powerful output.

RégieTeK now possesses a full complement of CODA's line-array products and its purchase of AiRAY underlines the esteem in which this fast-growing German brand is held. It was in fact, RégieTeK who had distributed CODA products in France until it was agreed that the brand required a stronger and more streamlined commercial structure through which to access the French market. RégieTeK's continued faith in CODA, speaks volumes.

The inception of CODA Audio France came about as a result of a conflue

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Collins and his wife founded the Little Dreams Foundation in 2000 to provide mentoring and financial support for children who aspire to be musicians, artists and athletes. The Benefit Gala, which took place at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre on 11 March to raise money for the aspiring artists, closed with a special acoustic performance by Phil Collins with additional performances by Diego Torres, DJ Irie and Lou Gramm.

Lighting design for the event, which was produced by ACT Productions, was by John Hollingshead with The Design Oasis providing lighting and projection gear, their second time being involved with the project.

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Showtech Event Group from Denmark increased its NEXT-proaudio inventory two months ago, having recently purchased a large quantity of NEXT LA212x and Las418 cabinets from the Portuguese manufacturer.

Sound reinforcement for the Club Awards comprised models from the manufacturer's LA Series, with a total of 16 LA212x, 16 LAs418 as FOH, 28 LA122 as out-fill and delay system, eight LA122W, two Las218 as front-fill and DJ Monitoring, eight Lam112x as stage monitors were used on this edition of Club Awards which was staged at Ballerup Super Arena in front of more than 8000 people. The event was broadcast on MTV the following week.

"This show is the biggest of its kind in Denmark. ShowT

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"Rock Lititz is on the leading edge of reducing cardiac deaths in touring professionals. Rock Lititz gets it," said Dr. Damian Brezinski, president of Keep The Beat Alive.

The training was held on site at Rock Lititz Studio where some of the world's largest tours come to prep before hitting the road. With companies such as ATOMIC, Beame, Clair Global, PEDG and Rock-It Cargo all based in Lititz, it was the perfect match for Keep The Beat Alive.

"Our ultimate goal at Rock Lititz is for every tour to hit the road with a crew that is fully prepared for their tour, which includes being certified in CPR and AED devices. In fact, Keep The Beat

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The annual YesLive show helps inspire 15 - 17 year olds to get involved in once-in-a-lifetime activities via the National Citizen Service (NCS) initiative. Bryan worked alongside CC Labs who commissioned MIRRAD to produce the show design and co-ordinate the visual production including lighting, set and video.

He and Jamie started with a series of four 3 x 2m 'scenic' screens curving around the back of the stage mimicking the curvature of the venue's famous architecture. A downstage centre video screen 6m wide by 3.5m high came in and out on a Kinesys system shielding the stage for changeovers.

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"We first started looking at the flares when we saw them on a couple of specs," says Tony Davies, owner of Chameleon, "and a lot of the lighting designers we regularly work with were also expressing interest." Chameleon were impressed with the Flare's specs and unique capabilities, and invested heavily; a move that has more than paid off, as the company are poised to expand their Flare inventory further.

"They're working hard," reports Tony. "They're go

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It also provided a platform to showcase the company's range of products from major brands including Shure, Allen & Heath and Sennheiser. PLASA Leeds delivered two days of constant activity, high quality visitors and high interest in The Warehouse's products.

PLASA was also a platform to announce the opening of The Warehouse's new office in Chorley, Lancashire.

Derek Blair, director of The Warehouse comments, "It's an exciting time for The Warehouse! Not only have we just opened our third office in the North West of England, we have also secured new major brand partnerships with Adamson a

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As the congregation has now outgrown their current facility, they have temporarily relocated to the school's gymnasium in order to hold their worship services. With a desire to bring LED video into the new facility as well, Calvary Chapel then took this opportunity to incorporate the technology into the gymnasium environment and they did so using FLEXLite 3.99mm LED from PixelFLEX.

"When we began our capital building campaign, we knew we wanted LED video in our new worship facility, but we also needed it to help create a more ideal environment in the gymnasium during our relocation," began Tony Monto, Worship and Young Adults Pastor.

"When looking at which

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"It was vital that the message of the 5 May vote for Mayor was communicated through social media, mainstream media and by passers-by seeing the message," says project director Tim Curwen.

"Working with the client we decided that a projection and lighting installation onto the iconic London city hall would be ideal," He reports. "This constituted a powerful colour wash and HD projection of the key message. The response on the night was fantastic with many photographers and interview teams from major news networks coming to see the installation."

The installation required both high-impact lighting and some easily-readable text images. In order to achieve both in a way that could compete with high levels of amb

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For lighting control the tour is using 2 x grandMA2 full-size, one grandMA2 light and five MA NPU (Network Processing Unit). Neg Earth supplied the lighting equipment for Europe, while Upstaging covered the US.

Woodroffe described his lighting design: "The stage design consists of a series of gauzes and projection surfaces that are constantly changing in position and purpose throughout the show. Sometimes Adele's face is seen on a rear screen, sometimes it appears in a much more abstract way on the front gauze and sometimes she is simply glimpsed through a video or lighting effect.

"The lighting supports this concept, not just in the way that it sets the mood and the f

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Located in the city of Salatiga in Semarang, Indonesia, the large capacity Church needed a system to manage FOH and monitors in the main sanctuary, which hosts several different traditional, modern and youth services each day, as well as broadcast feeds for its radio station.

"The church had the opportunity to update its AV equipment, and after much research, dLive came out on top," explains member of Bethany's technical staff, Samuel Aderiel Susanto. "Our church has been using a GL3300 every day for the past 13 years without any problems, so we know A&H is reliable. With the demands of a growing church community, dLive's digital features ensure w

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In a continuing commitment to update its inventory with the latest rigging, lighting, and video technology, PRG XL Video has chosen the EXE Rise range of chain hoists to update its rental offering.

During the development of the Rise hoists, PRG XL Video worked with Area Four Industries UK to give feedback on the design and specifications. The selection of the EXE Rise units followed extensive evaluation of different hoists by a team of PRG XL Video's rigging experts including Chris Walker, account director, Q Willis, head of rigging services, and Richard Gorrod, head of event services.

The units are the new 8:1 EXE Rise Chain Hoists, which are both CE and LOLER (Lifting Operations Lifting E

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Los Angeles-based Dean Egnater is lighting designer and tour manager and has been working for Valli for 15 years since originally being hired for a three-week period in 2001. Their touring schedule includes a variety of venues encompassing theatres and arenas which are always sold-out, and for which the largest version of their lighting plot includes around 46-48 moving luminaires - Ideally an equal split between profiles and washes.

Dean has been using Robe fixtures for at least 10 ye

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The stage of the 2016 edition has been described as "rock 'n roll meets Eurovision". Through its highly-defined scenography with straight lines, strong perspectives and a background in different geometrical patterns, the set-up enabled dramatic effects and optical illusions, and gave each performance a different look.

Barco provided a total of 13 HDQ-2K40 projectors - complete with XLD 2.8-5.5 lenses - through its rental partner Mediatec. Ten of the HDQ-2K40 projectors - four flown on an FOH truss and six sta

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The deal sees Alphatec Audio Video Pvt Ltd, located in Kolkata, become the primary contact for all eight brands in the country and now offers exclusive access to LAB GRUPPEN and LAKE amplification and processing products along with TANNOY's high performance professional loudspeakers.

Mr Mayank Gaurav, director of sales (installed) for Alphatec Audio Vide, commented: "Tannoy and Lab Gruppen are amongst the most recognised brands in the Indian pro audio industry. They have diverse applications in both the install and tour markets. We are very glad to be given this opportunity to represent such globally recognised

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Founded in 1980 to provide sales, hire and operation of pro sound equipment in Scotland, the company has extended its reach from Edinburgh and Glasgow to a new Manchester location, bringing its blue-chip brand portfolio and specialist expertise into the north of England.

Company directors Derek Blair and Janet Murray joined Gareth Collyer, sales manager of Nexo UK, for a symbolic contract signing at the PLS Show in Frankfurt last month, swiftly following up with an opening order for classic Nexo PS Series cabinets and a quantity of the new super-compact ID Series multi-application loudspeakers. The popular compact GEO M6 line array is also scheduled for delivery.

"I am delighted to secure a partnership with the most respected sales and distribution company in Scotla

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The technical production, steered once again by Technical Director Ola Melzig (this being his 12th Eurovision production) featured many of the same design and technical team who worked together on Eurovision when it was held in Malm

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The Stages Tour took in Johannesburg (Ticketpro Dome), Durban (ICC Durban Arena) and i Cape Town (Grand Arena, GrandWest) with the full technical supplied by Gearhouse South Africa.

"The main reason we have chosen DiGiCo consoles for the Josh Groban Stages tour was its scalability with a cohesive UI throughout the model range. There is no typical Josh Groban configuration. A show may be just Josh with piano or a trio which adds a guitar," said Beck "There have been shows where Josh has sung with an orchestra or orchestra and full electric band. We needed a console line that would allow us to move our work u

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Lighting designer, Mike Swinford, of UpLate Design Inc, was intent on bringing a fresh new look to the country singer's headline tour, using modern technology and new lighting tools to achieve an inspirational design that would be very different from what Aldean was accustomed to. Included in his design are a plethora of lighting fixtures from Ayrton that include MagicDot-R, MagicRing-R9, IntelliPix-R and the award-winning MagicBlade-R.

"We wanted a departure from the very large 'rock' lighting look that we had last year," explains Swinford. "We started the current tour with a new set based upon many diamond shapes, with diamond-sh

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The respected engineer and record producer, working in the folk genre, was already familiar with the topology of Soundcraft's earlier Vi6, and with his work doubling between that of a live and studio engineer, he knew the benefits of having a full suite of plug-in options at his disposal - and although he considered other options, he was aware that Soundcraft's dedicated Realtime Rack engine runs Universal Audio plug-ins.

This would give him the versatility for keeping the rollicking sound from a theatrical 11-piece traditional band, playing a mix of traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with their acoustic instrumentation fresh.

The inventory was provided by BCS Audi

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Heralded as "a powerful coming together of Eastern and Western musical traditions", Junun comprises compositions performed by Ben Tzur and the nine-piece Rajasthan Express band, with Greenwood adding electronic elements.

"Having used iLive for many years, this was my first opportunity to use A&H's new dLive system," explains McComb. "The Junun act is a big sound with Indian drums, brass, guitars, harmonium, percussion and lots of vocals. For this gig there were 11 musicians on stage with a lot of open mics.

"There was a fantastic range of instrumentation to manage but these guys ca

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While younger audiences will know Zimmer for his many super hero movie scores, most recently Batman V Superman, he has never-the-less inhabited our ears since the early eighties. First gaining attention, in the UK at least, for his work on My beautiful Laundrette, Zimmer has never neglected the human condition: Rainman, Thelma and Louise and more recently Twelve Years a Slave all pay testament to his sensitivity and diversity. To make possible a live rendition of such variet