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The young American Hip-Hop phenomenon appeared at the Paris Zenith for a one night only performance to kick-off the European leg of his «Under the Influence of Music» world tour. Jason Bullock, the tour’s Lighting Designer, has done a spectacular job with luminaires that virtually set the Paris stage on fire. Upstage left and right of the wonderful Wiz, hang beautiful, brand-new Ayrton MagicPanel™ fixtures, Jason’s new favorites.

Walter Eugene Clair, one of the Clair Brothers Audio entrepreneurs, died December 3, 2013. He was 73. Gene, as everyone knew him, was born May 6th 1940 to Roy B. Clair and Ellen Mae (Ulrich) Clair, in the Lititz area and lived here all his life. Gene died peacefully in his sleep, having said his final goodbyes to his family.

Didier Paillet , head of the Bastille lighting department chose LED projectors to replace the original system . Now, the musicians can rehearse in the light of 49 GDS ArcSystem 8Cell projectors : cool in many ways!

Things are moving at Juliat! The brand-new and beautiful prototype of a motorized Fresnel was presented on the stand of the French manufacturer. With perfectly silent operation ensured by its lack of forced ventilation, it meets the increasingly urgent demand for installation projects in large theaters and convention centers.

The Electric Zoo Festival is, by far, the largest Electronic Dance Music event in New York City, with 190 international artists from the global electronic music scene performing over 3 days (and into the night) on 5 stages for 150,000 enthusiastic attendees. 2013 marks the fifth year for Electric Zoo. With each successive iteration, Production Designer Jonathan Goldstein has pushed the edge of the envelope for technological originality – with more stages and more fabulous visual environments.

All the endeavours that have gone into making SGM’s G-Spot the most revolutionary intelligent LED moving head on the market paid dividends when the IP65 rated fixture was to pick up a top award at the prestigious PLASA Awards for Innovation in October.

A year and a half ago, Peter Johansen took ownership of the Italian lighting company SGM and started up in humble facilities in Aabyhoj, Denmark. Now the entire production, warehouse and administration are combining in a new 6,500 sq. metre facility in Aarhus.

To expand its training support for product users, Meyer Sound has released two new online tutorial videos, focusing on the use of the MAPP Online Pro® acoustical prediction program and the Compass® control software for the CAL™ column array loudspeakers.

In the conference “Lighting the Stars”, Patrick Woodroffe will tell us about some of his more exciting experiences: the lighting design for the Olympic Games in London, and the case study for the Michael Jackson’s This Is It - a fascinating story of the concert tour that was cancelled after Michael's death but which lives on in the film of the same name.

Robert Juliat would like to announce the latest addition to the Robert Juliat distributor family with the appointment of Electric Claudio Merlo Lighting Equipment SA (ECM) as its new distributor for Switzerland.

Shure Europe organizes bands contest, Call For Legends, open to any band in Europe, provided they have no current recording or publishing deal. The winning band will pick up Shure equipment worth 3000 Euros, play a gig on one of the free stages at next year's prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and be given three days of free recording time at London studio Kore with Chris Kimsey at the controls.

Rosco’s Miro Cube 4C makes its West End debut discreetly accentuating the architectural details of the Grand Saloon Bar.

Hellfest is not as frightening as it sounds! For three days, 40,000 rock and metal fans gather in the French western countryside (Clisson, just outside of Nantes) for this annual festival. Headlined by Def Leppard, Kiss, and Volbeat, this year's event saw Nexo's new STM system make its Hellfest debut on the two main stages.

Derrick Saunders died on Friday 16 August. He had been battling with a long illness for the last 18 months. Derrick was one of the best-known personage in the UK's professional lighting industry, as sale and marketing director of Pulsar light.

With the help of Skyrock, Universal, Stade de France Prod. and, above all, thanks to the Stade de France production manager Olivier Matabon's will and energy, we invite you to experience Urban Peace 3 from the inside – from the preparatory meetings to the progress made on site up to the four and a half hour show to be held September 28, 2013.