It's been a busy year for lighting and production designer Chris Lisle and his company CLLD (www.clldllc.com). The production design firm recently wrapped up work on Lollapalooza, their sixt…
American rock band Halestorm is back on the road with Bandit Lites and screaming they're "Back from the Dead," which is both the name and title track of their latest album released in May. Y…
Randy Mayer, Director of Concert Touring for Screenworks/NEP, died unexpectedly Aug. 2, 2022 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 48. Born Dec. 12, 1973, Mayer grew up in Plymouth, IN, and gra…
Like some ancient deity of the underworld, Quintillian Speakers are shrouded in mystery. Even readers engrossed in the Vaxis 2 story, from which they sprang, know little about this ancient r…
A Celebration of Life has been announced for Eric W. Pearce, the Father of SGPS ShowRig Inc., who passed away July 24, 2022. All are invited to attend the event on Sunday, Aug. 7 from 2-6 pm…
When Coldplay performed a sold-out show in Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena last October, Lighting Designer Sooner Routhier of Sooner Rae Creative used 64 Claypaky Xtylos luminaires that dazzl…
Three-time ACM "Entertainer of the Year" Jason Aldean continues taking his Rock N' Roll Cowboy Tour to 34 cities nationwide with Bandit Lites and Luz Studio, which has provided production de…
When Canadian Creative Director Matt Larivée, of Lüz Studio, sat down to design the stage set for Jack White's Supply Chain Issues tour, GLP's trusty JDC1 hybrid strobe and X4 Bar 20 batte…
PLSN has learned that Edward "James" Poole, 34, lighting designer/director, passed away July 19, 2022 "a day before his 35th birthday. Poole was most recently out on tour as lighting designe…
There are many reasons why Dustin L. Derry always embraces the opportunity to light dance performances. High on this list is the opportunity it affords him to depart from the conventional us…
Bandit Lites has long invested in multiple Robe Lighting products. As 2022 roared to life, Bandit has purchased even more Robe products to meet the growing clamor.
"I'm ready to get back out and feel the nights come alive," Jason Aldean said when announcing this summer's 34-city Rock N' Roll Cowboy tour. The country music superstar's lighting designer,…
In late 2021 Bandit Lites made a purchase of several hundred Ayrton Khamsin S fixtures with no real work planned from them; however, the Ayrton name, the high quality of service from the tea…
DJ Deorro played two shows at the Hollywood Palladium in early July and electrified the sold-out crowds using a lighting rig that included Elation's multi-functional Smarty Hybridâ„¢ CMY…
British-Norwegian DJ, YouTuber and record producer Alan Walker returned to India for a four-city Sunburn Arena Tour in April that turned out legions of fans in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad a…
Bandit Lites is providing the lighting for An Evening With Jackson Browne on his full band 2022 tour. It launched in June and runs through September supporting his Grammy-nominated album, Do…
Hundreds of thousands of people chose downtown Nashville to celebrate the Fourth of July as Broadway was transformed in a free concert event during Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th c…
Corey Easterbrook likes to go with the flow, whether it's busking light shows or jumping on new, unexpected opportunities. The affable owner of Hot House AV in Orlando has done both during t…
Indie groove band Goose's Dripfield U.S. summer tour united the passion and talents of two lighting professionals " Andrew Goedde and Tony Caporale " who with the assistance of some Robe Tet…
Elation Professional's atmospheric effects brand, Magmatic, welcomes Atmospheric FX Specialist Joey Olaerts to the Elation and Magmatic team. Olaerts will work with Elation's R&D and sal…
Following their smash pre-Covid Moving On! tour, one of the world's legendary bands is on the road again with The Who Hits Back! 2022 tour. Lighting Designer Tom Kenny selected a compliment …
After completing a North American tour of theaters, arenas, and amphitheaters, Californian-based alternative metal band Deftones arrived in Europe in June for a series of sell-out shows in t…
"Tight, soulful and full of grit" is how one music critic described the sound of Stand Atlantic, the rapidly rising pop/punk band from Sydney, Australia. The same can also be applied to the …
Coldplay has completed the North American leg of their Music of the Spheres World Tour where Ayrton Domino and Perseo fixtures illuminated the stadium show from coast to coast. ACT Entertain…
 As a musician, Lighting Designer Kat Borderud is well versed in following grooves and breakdowns on drums. This helped her connect to hardcore punk masters Turnstile's lead singer Brand…