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DiGiCo's five year involvement in the Montreux Jazz Festival has made such a positive impression on audio supplier Tonspur AG that the company has been appointed DiGiCo's exclusive Swiss distributor.

Over the past five years, the Free Press Summer Festival (FPSF), staged at Eleanor Tinsley Park just west of downtown Houston, has quickly grown into one of Texas’ most eagerly anticipated music festivals. The event ultimately drawing nearly 100,000 concertgoers to enjoy 90 national and local artists performing on six stages over two days.

It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular”. This free outdoor concert marked its fortieth anniversary for 500 000 people and a live TV from the Charles River Esplanade. Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots, able to compete with the sun, helped light up the annual event

On request of the Quebec City Summer Festival, Unison Structures, a Quebec company specialized in the manufacturing of aluminum trusses and architectural elements, achieved the largest freestanding mobile stage designed so far in North America, called Hi -Roof.

The Rolling Stones have wrapped the US leg of their 50 & Counting world tour with grandMA2 consoles along for the still-wild ride. The band performed on a stage set featuring a giant set of psychedelic lips and a tongue-shaped walkway that riffed on their iconic logo. Patrick Woodroffe was the lighting designer and Ethan Weber the co-lighting director. Upstaging supplied the lighting equipment.

A bespoke automation system has been designed by Kinesys to open and close two large set doors integrated into the rear video wall backdrop on Robbie Williams’ current ‘Take The Crown’ stadium tour.

With effect from 1 June 2013, Thierry Dupont is responsible for providing technical assistance on behalf of Robert Juliat to lighting professionals throughout the world. Thierry Dupont comes with more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, with assignments in France and the UK.

The concert production industry has lost one of its most influential figures this week, with the death of the legendary concert stage designer, Mark Fisher. Fisher's designs encompass many of the largest, most innovative, most complex and most memorable touring concert productions : Pink Floyd's The Wall, U2 ZooTV, PopMart and the record-breaking 360°, The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges to Babylon and A Bigger Bang. Mark Fisher also designed stage sets for Tina Turner, George Michael, Jean-Michel Jarre, Robbie Williams, AC/DC, Madonna and Lady Gaga…

After simultaneous acquisitions last Year of TomCat in the USA and Litec in Italy, Milos Group announces the purchase of UK lighting/speaker stand and truss lift manufacturer Mobil Tech International.

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.