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USA - Mary Lou Figley is retiring from Stageco US at the end of this year. Mary Lou has successfully led Stageco US for over 31 years. During her 31+ years of service with the company, Mary Lou was instrumental in the success and establishment of Stageco US in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the satellite office in Manheim, Pennsylvania.
“It was essential for Mary Lou to find a replacement whom she felt could take over the reins and help grow the US marketplace,” says Stageco. “During that search, the leadership team and Mary Lou selected Micah Catterson.
Micah is an experienced executive leader focused on revenue growth, operational performance, and delivery excellence on a global scale. Micah will provide strategic leadership for Stageco US by working with the ex

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UK - Vivitek has announced the DU7000 series of large venue projectors. The series comprises the DU7099Z, DU7199Z and DU7299Z, each offering varying levels of brightness. The DU7000 Series is capable of maintenance-free operation for up to 30,000 hours with stable and constant brightness and has an IP6X sealed engine design. This makes the series suited to large venues - such as auditoriums, lecture halls and sports arenas - as well as the rental and staging markets.
Through the deployment of Vivitek’s latest laser technology, the DU7000 Series provides high brightness of up to 9,600lm, high 3,000,000:1 contrast ratio and features great colour uniformity with vivid colour technology. The new projectors also mark a shift away from manual lenses, with support for up to nine motorised lenses, including a new short throw lens 0.47-0.50 up to 5.3-8.20 for tight installation sp

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USA - Rock band Paramore are engaged in a world tour supporting their sixth studio album, This is Why, which was released in February. The live show features an eye-catching and interesting stage and lighting production design crafted by Sooner Routhier of Sooner Rae Creative and Trevor Ahlstrand of Ahlstrand Productions.
The lighting rig includes 67 Robe Esprite moving lights, three Robe BMFL FollowSpots and six BMFL FollowSpot LTs working on a three-way RoboSpot system, plus six iFortes.
Approached in the fall of 2022 by tour manager Andrew Weiss, it is Sooner’s first work with the band. Trevor and Sooner were keen to collaborate on a project for some time, and for this one, all the stars aligned for it to happen. They also worked closely with creative director and video content designer Mike Kluge of Cour Content.
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Greece - In the neighbourhood around the 11th century Byzantine church of Agioi Theodoroi in central Athens is a newly renovated Art Deco building well known by locals as once owned by the internationally acclaimed composer and musician Vangelis.
Inherited by the Chariots of Fire composer following the death of his father, the building was until recently occupied mainly by offices and law firms, with an arcade of shops on the ground floor. Now, following the passing of Vangelis, the building has been renovated by new owners, with the ground floor, arcade and basement leased to a group of mostly local musicians, DJs and club operators, all fans of Vangelis and eager to pay tribute to the spirit of the musician.
Named after a watchmaking shop that had occupied the building for many years, The Architects of Time is an all-day venue combining good food and drinks wi

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Germany - The second LEaT con Networking Convention in Hamburg impressed not only with its considerable growth, but also with its thematic depth and diversity - 5,200 participants and 170 exhibitors celebrated the second edition of the LEaT con.
With over 100 programme items spread across six stages, a masterclass area, two workshop spaces, eight side events and various specials, LEaT con 2023 was the place where industry experts met, networked and discussed the latest trends. A special highlight this year was the first-time integration of the Studioszene as a sub-event, which focused on audio producing and recording.
Beyond the pure numbers, LEaT con 2023 set clear accents in terms of content. The convention was dedicated to the industry's most pressing issues:
Sustainability was put in the spotlight through presentations such as Implementing, Testing, Cel

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UK - A spectacular eco and pet-friendly alternative to fireworks will set the skies ablaze above London’s Hammersmith and Fulham with a new show marking this Guy Fawkes season.
The 12 innovative Lights and Laser Spectacular shows at Ravenscourt and Bishops Parks are being staged over two nights during the Fawkes Festival, run in partnership with the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
Designed and produced by the team at GC Live and delivered by technical partners, 21CC Group, the festival promises an action-packed, environmentally, and animal-friendly evening.
Themed around A Night at the Movies, the shows feature an immersive light and laser display with sky trackers, flames and special effects all choreographed to a soundtrack of light and laser-themed film scores and classic movie music.
The displays have been created by award-winning light

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Singapore - Thousands of children of all ages are visiting Universal Studios’ Pantages Theatre in Singapore to see Trolls: Hug Time Jubilee which debuted on 15 September.
Inspired by the Trolls film series, the new live theatrical productions features Queen Poppy, Branch, Guy Diamond, Cloud Guy and all the other refreshingly original characters that have made Trolls movies a favourite of parents and children across the world.
Helping the Trolls cast of characters come to life at Pantages is a dynamic and richly texture colourful lighting design by Nick Ho that features 44 Chauvet Professional fixtures, including 32 Rogue R3X Washes.
Working with programmer Justin Poh, Ho deftly uses intense, focused light to enhance the vivid quality of the cast members (all of whom are dressed in character costumes), as well as the inflatable timecode-triggered flowers
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Sweden - The grand unveiling of the new Science Park Towers headquarters within the Jonkoping Science Park showcased an innovative lighting setup with Prolights fixtures.
The Science Park serves as a dynamic hub that brings together entrepreneurs, students, businesses, and individuals, fostering creativity and growth. To commemorate the opening of this new location, the project organisers turned to the expertise of FCP, specialists in lighting technology, who provided a cutting-edge lighting system featuring Prolights products.
For the inauguration event, an array of 112 Prolights projectors was deployed, including EclPar FC, EclFresnel VW, Astra Hybrid420, Jet Wash7. Additionally, a permanent installation of 94 Prolights projectors graced the new venue's event space, comprising 24 EclFresnel VW and 70 EclPar FC projectors. The latter also served as the primary room li

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Spain - Created back in 2011, the Coca-Cola Music Experience (CCME) set out to become the first Gen-Z focused music festival, creating a strong link between the brand and teens through their passion for music.
Twelve years later, it has fulfilled that aim, as the recent two-day festival, which was held at the Caja Mágica (Magic Box) in Madrid, proved. Taking place in front of 23,000 people, it was accompanied by a simultaneous live stream.
Situated in the Manzanares Linear Park, the multi-functional space was designed to embrace all the scenic, technical and artistic elements expected of a TV gala and a music festival. Entrusted with the lighting design was the in-demand, locally based LD and programmer, CaCo García, who has wide experience in lighting large-format one-off events such as this.
He selected a vast armoury of more than 300 GLP fixtures, which were

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Belgium - Popular trance festival Sunrise celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with more stages, artists, and production values at its waterside site of De Lilse Bergen near Lille. Upping the ante on lighting was a brief that lighting designers Kristof Blancquaert and Mattijs van Looy Kristof of design studio KB Lighting were happy to deliver - lighting all six stages with the help of some Robe moving lights.
As a freelance LD, Kristof has been involved with lighting Sunrise for some time. He designed a high impact rig for this year’s Main stage which included 14 x Robe MegaPointes, 18 x Spiider LED wash beams, six T1 Profiles, 20 x T2 Profiles, 10 x Tetra2 moving LED battens together with blinders, strobes, and deco lights.
Eye-catching décor was designed by Roxxi, and the main stage video elements were also integrated with the scenography.
Kristof’s o

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USA - Elation Professional has unveiled a new logo, the first update of its brand logo since the company’s founding in the early 1990’s. The redesigned logo brings it up to date with today's design and digital landscape and better aligns with the progressive, innovative company that Elation is today.
The updated logo design, the creation of Elation marketing manager Patrick Nadjarians, maintains the brand's rich Elation identity while evolving the background oval into an elegant curve with a smooth, flowing contour that represents light, movement and the company’s dynamic future. Inspired by the company’s vision of innovation and continuous advancement in the industry, the more streamlined design uses sleek, clean lines to express a forward-thinking company. Additionally, as it is clearly evident to the market that the company is 100% dedicated to the professional e

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USA - Rosco Laboratories has announced a strategic initiative aimed at renewed engagement with the live entertainment industry. As a first step in this initiative, Rosco has appointed Amé Yeager to the role of vice president, strategic initiatives for live entertainment and architecture. Most recently, Amé led Rosco’s architectural business.
"We are excited for Amé’s new position within the Rosco team. With her extensive industry knowledge and strategic mindset, she will be focused on gathering customer feedback, building community, and rolling out multi-level engagement programs with creative professionals. We believe Amé is the perfect fit to lead our initiatives in reengaging with the dynamic live entertainment industry," said Cristian Arroyo, president of sales at Rosco.
To further enhance its industry presence, Rosco is launching a comprehensive creatives

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Saudi Arabia - Powersoft has appointed aDawliah Universal Appliances as its newest distributors in the growing GCC market. The addition of a new local representative will help support the development of the Powersoft brand in the Middle East.
Based in Riyadh, aDawliah was established in 1979 with a mission to provide pro audio products and services to its customers who create original audio experiences for their clients.
The new distributor is already planning to provide the market with product demos and regular training, with a particular customer focus on presales, design and onsite support while further growing Powersoft’s brand awareness through seminars and exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.
“I have strong confidence in the potential of our market, considering the rapid development in the entertainment sector, which has a direct impact on the audio industry.

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USA - Following the announcement from earlier this month that it has joined forces with industry pioneer DiGiCo, Fourier Audio is releasing the transform.engine, previously known as codename Project Core.
Housed in a 2U touring-grade chassis with dual redundant power supplies, the new transform.engine is a Dante-connected server designed to run all VST3-native software plugins in a live environment, bringing premium studio software to live sound and broadcast applications. Fully compatible with any VST3 plugin that can run on Windows, the new device gives engineers and creatives access to the very best studio-grade processing on a robust platform that is specifically designed for the rigors and complexities of live productions.
Designed as a turnkey solution for plugin hosting, the transform.engine is easily controlled by a remote Windows or macOS client application,

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USA - Eventide Audio is introducing immersive audio versions of two distinctly Eventide plug-ins: Blackhole Immersive and Micropitch Immersive. Debuted during the AES NY 2023 Convention this week, the two plug-ins are designed from the ground up for surround and immersive workflows, including Dolby Atmos.
Blackhole Immersive expands the signature sound of the stereo version of Eventide’s reverb across an entire immersive mix. Eventide’s MicroPitch panned pitch and delay effect is relied upon by legions of engineers for the creation of beautiful and wide stereo soundfields. Now, with MicroPitch Immersive, the proven power of strategically decorrelated sound is pushed into three dimensions.
The clean and intuitive interface of the Eventide Immersive plug-ins seamlessly fits into production, whether the project is mixing music, post-production for film, or sound desi

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China - ROE Visual has introduced the Vanish ST Series, an outdoor LED panel designed to excel in high-utilisation scenarios, to the European and UK markets.
The Vanish ST Series is designed to provide ‘exceptional value for touring, festival and outdoor live events’ needs’.
The VST Series is available in a solid panel, measuring 1000x1000mm, and comes in pixel pitches of 4mm (V4ST) and 6mm (V6ST), providing the brightness necessary for outdoor use, ensuring visuals capture attention in any environment. The Vanish ST has built-in curving blocks, allowing the frame to curve 10 degrees in a convex or concave configuration.
The Vanish ST will be showcased at the JTSE exhibition, held in Paris on 29-30 November.

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Europe - The dnp Supernova range of ALR (ambient light rejecting) screens will now transition to Visual Displays Ltd (VDL), ensuring the brand continues its legacy as VDL Supernova ALR.
Originating in Denmark, the Supernova screens have been manufactured by dnp denmark A/S for many years, under the umbrella of Dai Nippon Printing of Japan. However, with the recent surge in the electric vehicle market, strategies are shifting. As a result, dnp announced that the Supernova range would cease shipment by the end of June 2024.
VDL and its founder, Greg Jeffreys, have long-standing ties with dnp, tracing back to the 1990s. Jeffreys initially offered consultancy to dnp as they forayed into the proAV rear projection screen market. This partnership later evolved, with Jeffreys' company, Paradigm, becoming dnp's exclusive UK distributor, before ultimately transitioning into VDL

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UK - TeamSport is the largest indoor karting company in the UK. Currently operating 35 racing circuits, the company has plans for continued growth across the UK and Europe with the intention of making the fun of indoor karting accessible to as many people as possible. Its first track opened in Guildford more than 30 years ago with a desire to create the best possible karting experience and set new standards in the industry.
With an eye and ear on every detail, TeamSport recognises the importance of high-quality audio provision across its reception areas, briefing rooms, hospitality facilities and spectator areas. Audio upgrades to TeamSport’s sites are carried out by Pro Audio Systems (PAS) of Bradford, who have been the company’s chosen supplier and installer since 2016. A recent example was the upgrading of audio in the reception areas of 12 TeamSport sites.
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UK - Following a successful stint in North America, the Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS) tribute band has returned to the UK for its #DarkSide50 Tour 2023. This celebrates 50 years since Pink Floyd’s original Dark Side Of The Moon tour.
Significantly, the tour will also marry Martin Audio’s latest Wavefront Precision line array technology, as fielded by 22live - who handle all audio production for TAPFS -and the original rig conceived by Martin Audio founder, Dave Martin and Bill Kelsey for that 1973 tour.
The idea of recreating this for the cover band came from Chris Hewitt (of CH Vintage) who floated the idea back in April.
Hewitt is known for having salvaged and curated much of the equipment that toured concert halls and festivals in the 1960s and 70s, and selected items from his emporium can frequently be seen on show, lovingly restored, a

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USA - In the heart of Tampa, Florida, stands the Yuengling Centre, a versatile arena known for hosting everything from sports events to music concerts. However, despite its rich history and impressive infrastructure, the management felt that the venue lacked a certain spark that could elevate its events to a new level. In response, production and integration company Thunder City Production Solutions teamed with Elation lighting to bring a transformative lighting experience to the arena.
When Thunder City Pro took on the challenge of revamping the centre’s lighting, they strategically selected Elation Fuze SFX LED Spot FX luminaires and Rayzor 760 wash effect moving heads to take centre stage.
Justin Stancil, president of Thunder City, highlighted the upgrade: “Previously, two spotlight operators would come in and do some ballyhoos for team intros and that was abou

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USA - Eagle AV Rental, a one-stop resource for AV equipment rentals on America’s East Coast, has invested in Ayrton Perseo S Profile and versatile IntelliPix XT fixtures for its inventory. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.
Eagle AV Rental offers a full range of audio, video and lighting equipment, pre-rigged truss, motors, power and signage. Rental customers are supported with an in-house visualisation studio, 25,000sq.ft of prep space for shows and a fleet of delivery vehicles covering the entire East Coast. Its parent company is Eagle Production Company, providing turnkey solutions for the corporate event industry and trade shows.
In an effort to continually improve the customer experience, Eagle AV Rental has added a large inventory of Ayrton fixtures, the first Ayrton purchases by the company. “We have been want
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