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The final in-the-round performance of his 2013 trek took place at San Antonio’s Alamodome in front of a record-breaking sold-out crowd of more than 73,000 fans. Onstage Systems furnished for touring sound reinforcement, its full inventory of K1 enclosures augmented with additional cabinets from fellow Rental Network provider Clearwing Audio for an impressive total of 120 K1.

Traveling through France for a two-month tour, singer, songwriter, musician and producer Benjamin Biolay entertains thousands of fans every night, lit up with the help of nearly 2,000 HARMAN Martin VC-Dot LED’s for a stunning backdrop.

Robert Juliat are happy to announce that DWR Distribution cc has joined the Robert Juliat distributor family. From 1st June 2013, DWR has assumed responsibility for sales activity across South Africa, promoting and supporting the full range of Robert Juliat lighting equipment.

Chromlech, French manufacturers of the award-winning Gleamer low-voltage dimmer, the Jarag range and the new Elidy LED matrix projector, have announced the appointment of Clay Paky as its new exclusive distributor for Italy.

After spending 15 years in high-ranking positions within the Martin Professional group, Bruno Garros is taking on the role of Executive VP of global sales and business development at APG, a french manufacturer of professional sound systems. He has also significantly increased the share capital of the company and taken a 25% shareholding in the business.

Sadness! Wybron, a leading stage lighting supplier has announced that the company will close its doors on 30 June 2013. The company is best known for transforming entertainment, church and architectural industries with its innovation of cutting-edge lighting products.

Robert Juliat and Ambersphere Solutions have announced an exclusive agreement that will enable Ambersphere Solutions to represent French manufacturer Robert Juliat throughout the UK. This agreement enables Ambersphere to extend its unique sales, service, support and training facilities to cover all Robert Juliat products.

Gaggione, optician, French plastics manufacturer, specialised in producing high quality optics associated with LEDs, is one of the world's top three companies in the sector, if not the very best, thanks to over half a century's experience in plastics manufacturing, its staff and its R&D tool resources.

In his big summer hit from 1975, Joe Dassin talks about a year, a century, an eternity. Joe was right. That first day does seem far away, yet it was only April 24, 2012 when we were finally able to catch up to the times and embark on this adventure of Soundlightup, the first pure-play online publication dedicated to sound, lighting and visual effects professionals.

Audio-Technica is sad to announce the passing of company founder and executive emeritus of Audio-Technica Corporation, Hideo Matsushita, on March 5, 2013. Hideo Matsushita passed away of natural causes at the age of 93. In accordance with his family’s wishes, a private wake and funeral service were held on March 8 and 9.

Dedicated to studios and DJs, Flare Audio’s S1 bi-amplified speaker system has been designed using advanced technologies and measurement methods and claims a great accuracy in sound reproduction. Its cabinet is made of CNC machined solid aerospace aluminum blocks.

SSE Audio Group has acquired French lighting company M.E.S through its French subsidiary Melpomen. Both MES and Melpomen have bases in Nantes and Paris and have worked together extensively on sound and lighting projects in recent years.

Mackie Launches My Fader™, a powerful remote Control App for DL1608 and DL806 mixers from an iPhone or iPod touch

XLR, Brussels-based sales and distribution team, has joined the L-ACOUSTICS Certified Provider network for Belgium as a Distributor. Jan de Brucker and Louis Lukusa head the team dealing with Dutch-speaking Belgium and with the French-speaking side of Belgium respectively, backed up by the technical expertise of Sébastien Desaever.

Singer, song writer Mika with a string of English Funk/Pop hits to his name, gave two sold out concerts at the Casino de Paris atthe end of last year. Lighting kit was provided by Régie Lumière a Paris based and long established lighting hire company who suggested Martin’s Mac Viper and the ilumo ZOOM LED Spot from Lumonic. Lighting Designer Justin Shaw was just astonished and even entranced by the lights.