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Beautiful to look at and brilliant in what it can do, MagicPanel™-FX is an exciting new multi-function, multi-use luminaire with 25 new squared lenses which marks another step in the evolution of the MagicPanel family. It can be seen in action in this 52 units demo designed by Thomas Dechandon.

With 138 shows scheduled over a 15-month run across five continents, Justin Bieber’s marathon “Purpose World Tour” is on track to rank among the five top grossing tours of 2016. The tour’s success relies heavily on an intimate connection between artist and audience, a feat accomplished physically with aggressive out-in-the-house staging and sonically supported by a Meyer Sound LEO™ Family reinforcement system from VER Tour Sound.

After playing France’s small/medium concert venues and festivals, French rock band LES INSUS, made up of former members of Telephone – Jean-Louis Aubert, Louis Bertignac et Richard Kolinka – completed their 2016 tour on the arena circuit. Their stage design featured ten Ayrton WildSun™K25 LED washlights, the large-scale white-light fixtures that were developed by the French manufacturer for creating a full daylight effect in stadiums and large venues, as an automated alternative to conventional HMI Fresnels.

The first tour in Italy to use NEXO’s STM Series modular line array has enjoyed great success, with over 200,000 tickets sold. ‘Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo’ are three well-known Italian comic performers, currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of their comedy career. To service the extensive tour, the company invested in NEXO’s STM Series modular line array, purchasing the new omnipurpose STM M28 cabinet to use as the main module alongside B112 bass and S118 sub modules.

Robert Juliat’s award-winning Dalis 860 cyclorama washlights were chosen by lighting designer Scott Zielinski, to light the backdrops for the inspired theatre production of Richard Sandaime, a co-production between the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and the Singapore International Festival of Arts, which premiered at the Shizuoka Arts Theatre in Japan as part of its World Theatre Festival 2016.

ArcLight Cinemas has selected Meyer Sound cinema audio systems for three screens at new upscale multiplex theaters in Chicago, Illinois; Bethesda, Maryland; and Santa Monica, California. A fourth Meyer Sound system was installed earlier at ArcLight Cinemas’ La Jolla, California location.

Controlling your ETC Unison Paradigm® system just got easier. The Unison Paradigm Mobile Button Station App turns your handheld device into an eight-button station, giving you more control from more places.

L-Group, holding company of L-Acoustics, announces the acquisition of Camco, the manufacturer of high-end amplified controllers, DSP and audio network solutions for the professional audio industry. A world leader in electronics for the professional sound industry, Camco has over twenty-five years of experience developing amplified controller technology and holds several patents in the trade.

Held in the aptly-named Belgian town of Boom, Tomorrowland is one of the biggest electronic music festivals on the planet. The 2016 event attracted 60,000 people on each of three days in July, with almost 600 cabinets of L-Acoustics loudspeakers specified for no less than eight areas, including the huge Main Stage.

Lighting designer Durham Marenghi chose Robert Juliat followspots for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, employing 10 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HMI followspots and 4 Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500W HMI followspots for the spectacular Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Lighting Designer Stéphane Migné combines 40 Ayrton MagicBurst™ in a new amazing video demonstration of the industry’s first high-power graphic LED strobe to offer continuous, unlimited rotation on its pan and tilt axes.

Beyoncé’s “Formation” world tour is one of the highest profile and most talked about of the year so far, with everyone wowed by the massive ‘Monolith’, a 4-sided LED / video sculpture that moves and rotates and is right at the heart of a spectacularly elegant production fusing expressionist art and innovative stage technology.

Renaissance style Stora Teatern is one of the most popular buildings in Gothenburg due to its truly multi-purpose entertainment. Head of lighting, Joel Karlberg has installed a LumenRadio wireless DMX system which enables data signals between the lights and the control desk to be re-routed quickly and easily.

In September, Novelty Group joined the Ghost™ Pilot program and received its first ones units to supply his numerous autumn shows. Novelty is thus the third company with Melpomen and On-Off Audio ti sign this agreement to provide technical support and Ghost™ products range sales.

This spring saw Jeff Lynne’s ELO return to the stage, performing a series of flawless shows in arenas around the UK, including four nights at London’s The O2. Fittingly - for the band has drawn musician’s from Gary Barlow’s band to complement Lynne and long-time ELO pianist Richard Tandy - Gary Bradshaw and Steve Lutely, who have both worked extensively with Barlow and Take That, sit at the Front of House and monitor positions respectively. Each of them is working with their console of choice, a DiGiCo SD7.