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More than 100 Claypaky Scenius Profile luminaires accompanied German hard-rock legends Bad Uncles on a winter tour of their homeland in support of their first new album in ten years ‘Memento’, with longstanding production designer Jerry Appelt selecting the innovative fixtures to create spectacular, multi-layered lighting looks.

Chauvet & Sons LLC has announced that it completed the acquisition of ChamSys Ltd., the Southampton, UK-based designer and manufacturer of lighting controllers. ChamSys provides Chauvet a strong presence in the controller market that complements its CHAUVET Professional lighting fixtures and LED video panels.

With the opening of the Yu Bar in Shunde, near Guangzhou, the entertainment scene in China sees a return of the mega club after many years. It features the debut installation in China of a NEXO STM Series modular line array system, chosen to position the Yu Bar at the top of the market.

The show was a collaboration from co-production designers LeRoy Bennett, Bruce Rodgers and Bob Barnhart. Ayrton was, once again, proud to be part of this show with 81 new MagicDot™-XT fixtures, 40 new MagicPanel™-FX fixtures and a solitary CosmoPix™-R chosen to adorn the major scenic elements of Barnhart’s lighting design

Samsung Electronics today announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Harman International Industries, Incorporated. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Harman stockholders will receive $112.00 per share in cash.

When Jazz legend Al Di Meola played a sell-out gig at Darmstadt’s 1000-capacity Straatstheatre, Tonwerk’s Jan Weimann deployed a Uniline FOH system from APG, to meet the grade.

The launch of NEXO’s new GEO M10 sound reinforcement package has been enthusiastically received by audio rental companies in Europe, with Satis & Fy narrowly winning a good-natured race to become the first rental house customer in Germany to stock the new mid-size line array.

Two of the very latest MDG haze generators, the ATMe, recently joined up-and-coming British rock band, Catfish and the Bottlemen, playing medium to large arenas during a three-week tour of the UK in support of the band’s second studio album, The Ride.

ETC and Barco announced that they are in the midst of serious discussions wherein ETC would acquire High End Systems. While the timeline for the completion of this acquisition is still unknown, both parties are committed to moving forward with a successful transaction.

The Ayrton team has just announced the terrible news – brutal and irrevocable – that Valère has died. Silence... incredulity... an icy chill spread through our veins. First the questions – unanswered – then the memories flow, a stream of images. His voice, his smile... those will be forever with us. Valère was a deep well of kindness and intelligence.

Le 15 février, Justin Bieber lançait la deuxième année de sa tournée avec un concert à guichets fermés, à l’aréna Estadio BBVA Bancomer à Monterrey, au Mexique. Valorisant le jeu de la star, le kit lumière de Corey Fitzgerald accueillait 88 Wash Maverick MK2 Chauvet Professional, fournis par la Société Serpro Producciones de Monterrey.

Kicking off with twenty dates in America at the start their Sorceress world tour, Swedish band Opeth brought their show to Europe. Magnus Boyd’s lighting and visual design featured 40 Ayrton DreamPanel-Twin fixtures rented from French company, S-Group.

Amadeus, based in France, one of the premiere manufacturers of high-end sound reinforcement systems and custom studio speakers, has announced the install of a massive speaker system, featuring the newly-released PMX 12 D self-powered active speakers, within a new multi-disciplinary institution, the Arts & Creative Technology Center (ACT), in Gwangju, South Korea.

An established manufacturer of AOIP solutions for the broadcast market is seeking, through the recruitment agency Interfacio, an experienced channel sales person with a good knowledge of broadcast systems to manage and develop their international distribution channel sales.

Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James has played one of the biggest shows of his young life, at the 3 Arena in Dublin. It was also one of the biggest indoor shows of the year for Irish rental company SOUND DESIGN, using its new NEXO STM Series modular line array systems for the first time on an arena-sized live music event.