
HSL is supplying a specials package for LD Chris Megginson and the super-hot UK indie rockers White Lies’ current European festival tour, which was boosted for the band’s appearance at Glastonbury 2009.
Megginson went to HSL to help design a rig that was quick to install in the 20 minute changeover for their Friday afternoon slot on Glasto’s Other Stage - which would also make real impact more…

Blackburn, UK based HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the recent Lemar UK theatre tour.
It was HSL’s first tour with producers Production North, on which project manager Mike Oates comments, “It was great pleasure to work with Steve Levitt, Iain Whitehead and their team and on the road with production manager Sarah Hollis. Production values on all their tours, whatever size, are always at more…

A massive Anolis architectural LED lighting installation has been completed by A.C. Special Projects Ltd. at London’s iconic Somerset House venue. This was designed by Patrick Woodroffe, who was commissioned by Somerset House’s director Gwyn Miles.
Woodroffe’s brief was to transform the night time ambience of the Edmond J Safra Fountain Court - the hub of the spectacular neoclassical building - with a classic warm white illumination more…

Zinman Software announces the release of ML Finder (Free) which is a database App to determine the DMX footprint for over 500 devices; including moving lights, LED’s and Media Servers. Available on the iTunes App Store via http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318785432&mt=8

PocketLD ver 1.3 is now available on the iTunes App Store. Version 1.3 adds more functionality including the ability to add “Favorites”. PocketLD is a photometric more…
The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow was a technical marvel, breaking every record previously set, including production days, roof load and television viewers. Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200 fixtures were right in the middle of the action, with the highest number of profiles out of over 750 moving lights used on the show.
The show was undoubtedly the biggest in its 55-year history, held in Moscow’s Olimpiysky Arena more…
Stage Research, show sound and lighting software designers, will be providing a day of SFX training to students on July 15th at the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV) Experience-Based Technical Theatre Training Program (now in its 3rd year).
The information-packed, 8-week (June/July) 2009 course curricula will cover every aspect of stage-show arts and sciences, from drafting/CAD and rigging to sound, special effects and more.
The core of the program will feature more…
LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional has introduced a moving head that can move . . . anywhere. And a color-changing brick that doesn’t require a wall . . .to be plugged into. The company added two amazing new “wireless” fixtures to its Event Series of battery-powered DMX-compatible RGB LED portable lights, the Event MH W System and Event Brick more…
SAN JOSE, CA — Philips Lumileds today announced immediate availability of its breakthrough LUXEON Rebel phosphor converted amber (PC Amber) LED. The new LUXEON Rebel sets performance standards for color stability and light output performance. Users will see 2-5 times more light output and dramatically less color shift compared to typical amber LEDs. LUXEON Rebel PC Amber delivers typical flux of 70 lumens at 350mA. This performance more…
BUENA PARK, Calif.⎯At InfoComm 2009, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. marked the 30th anniversary of NEXO, one of the world’s most highly regarded professional loudspeaker systems. This year is also the first full year of NEXO’s transition to becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation Japan, a partnership that provides customers with complete sound system solutions by utilizing products from both lines. Currently, more…

LOS ANGELES – Now you can flash your message, graphics or video anywhere you choose – indoors or out, day or night — with Elation Professional’s new lightweight, transparent IP65-rated LED video panels. Designed for creating vibrant video screens, curtains and backdrops, the panels are available in three versions: medium-resolution SMD Tri-Color, EVLED 1024SMD (20mm pixel pitch); medium-resolution RGB Discrete LED, EVLED more…