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  Mark Vassallo Retires, David Hilton Named ETC Vice President of Sales
After 28 years as vice president of sales for ETC, Mark Vassallo is retiring. He will continue in a consulting capacity, lending his experience to the ETC team and its industry relationships. ...
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In Memoriam: Larry Linkin
Larry R. "Link" Linkin, former president and CEO of NAMM, passed away on August 26 at his home at Westminster Village in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 87.
Linkin was born May 29, 1939, in Burlington, Iowa, where he began his ...
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Outline H-Series at PLASA 2026
Outline's H-Series will be at PLASA Show 2026, Olympia London, from September 6 to 8, presented by CUK Group, the company's exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland, on Stand A10.The H-Series addresses a familiar problem: making ...
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Rendez-vous 2026 Brings Canada's Live Performance Community Together in Ottawa
CITT/ICTS' 2026 Rendez-vous, held August 12 to 14 in Ottawa, Ontario, brought together emerging and established professionals from across Canada's live performance and events industry. The annual conference and trade show, which ...
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OSA International Debuts Elation Rebel Line 16 at X Games League Music Festival
As the inaugural MoonPay X Games League (XGL) launched its first summer season in Sacramento, California, with nightly concerts, OSA International showcased one of the industry's newest lighting tools, deploying newly acquired Elation
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ADJ and Eliminator Lighting Support Karaoke at New Mic Drop Venue in West Hollywood
When Mic Drop opened its doors in West Hollywood, California in April 2026, it introduced a new take on the karaoke experience, combining the glamor of an iconic recording-studio location with an immersive, technology-driven entertainment ...
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Robert Juliat Modernizes The Grand Old Lady of Leven Street in Edinburgh
Built in 1906, the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, fondly referred to as The Grand Old Lady of Leven Street, has just emerged from a four-year heritage redevelopment with major alterations to public and technical infrastructure. ...
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Robe for Tiziano Ferro Stadium Tour
Italian singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro is playing a sold-out Italian stadium tour -- Stadi 26 -- with a lighting design by Giovanni Pinna, including nearly 150 Robe moving lights and three Robe RoboSpot remote follow ...
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Fiction Factory Flows Freely at Distortion Festival with CHAUVET Professional
The Distortion Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark mashes techno, house, trance, hip-hop, and various other genres into a single experience. Over 100,000 people have attended every year since it started in 1998, as an "experimental mobile ...
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Bootshaus Upgrades to L-Acoustics DJ for its 22nd Anniversary
Since opening its doors in 2004, Bootshaus has built one of the most recognizable identities in electronic music. The Cologne club, consistently ranked among the top venues globally by DJ Mag and recognized as the world's fourth ...
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Claypaky Turns 50
Today, 50 years after its foundation, Claypaky celebrates its golden anniversary. It was on August 28, 1976, that Pasquale Quadri "Paky" -- a musician passionate about photography and optics -- founded the company in Bergamo, ...
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ROE Display Solutions Unveils Vanish Acoustics
ROE Display Solutions has introduced the Vanish Acoustics LED panel to the visitor attraction and theme park markets. Built to resolve the long-standing conflict between visual displays and spatial audio or sound localization, ...
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Meyer Sound Becomes Official Sound Partner of David Geffen Hall
Meyer Sound has installed a TIGRA line array system in David Geffen Hall and now serves as the venue's official sound partner. David Geffen Hall is the first concert hall in the world to order TIGRA. ...
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InfoComm America Latina 2026 Presents Six Immersive Experiences, Expands Training Program
InfoComm America Latina, running Wednesday, October 21 through Friday, October 23 at the Centro Internacional de Exposiciones y Convenciones World Trade Center in Mexico City, announces six audiovisual experiences, a growing list of ...
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DiGiCo Consoles for Alex Warren's World Tour
Singer-songwriter Alex Warren recently completed the North American leg of a six-month world tour, titled Finding Family on the Road, which previously took the Grammy-nominated artist and his band through Europe and has now ...
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Matt Guminski Takes ETC's Hog on Tour with Stephen Marley
On the road with Stephen Marley's most recent tour, lighting designer and programmer Matt Guminski needed a lighting system as nimble and free-flowing as the act on stage. While some songs follow a familiar, dependable structure, ...
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Julio "Jules" Moreno Supports Gloria Trevi With 162 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures
When Mexican singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi's Celebration Tour stopped at Arena Guadalajara, the second-largest arena in Mexico with a capacity of 20,000, the team at UpStage Creative Studio and lighting designer Julio ("Jules") ...
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Steve McCracken and Mac-Events Power Rainbow for K-Pop Forever! Tour with ChamSys
Working with the color picker feature of his ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M, designer and owner of Mac-Events, Steve McCracken conjured a rainbow for the two-part, 90-minute K-Pop Forever! Tour, featuring a variety of artists ...
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KV2 Audio Enhances Control and Intelligibility at Norway's Leangen Arena
Indoor ice hockey arena, Leangen Ishall (Arena) opened in 1977 and is home to Nidaros, one of Norway's Elite Hockey League teams. The 3,000-capacity venue hosts competition matches, training sessions, and public skating events throughout ...
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In Memoriam: Anna Louizos
Anna Louizos, the prolific scenic designer who, among many other things, was associated with two era-defining Broadway hits, died on August 24. She was 69.
A statement from her family reads: "It is with profound sadness that we ...
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