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A-ha's career ends on a high note

Details: 14 March 2016

Norway - After a 28-year career, Norwegian trio A-ha have decided to split, saying farewell to their fans with a major world tour. Two DiGiCo consoles, plus a full complement of Sennheiser microphones and in-ear monitoring systems, ensured that the band's career - as the tour's name suggested - ended on a high note.

Taking in Asia, Europe, North and South America, the tour finished on home ground in December with four sold-out dates at the Oslo Spektrum. Having used a DiGiCo SD7 on the band's previous Foot Of The Mountain tour, front of house engineer Sherif El Barbari was happy to use it again. This time he was joined by monitor engineer Kursten Smith using an SD8.

"When the band asked me to do this tour, as far as equipment goes, all I asked for was an SD7," s

FLI Rigging opens in US

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - FLI Rigging is a new company formed to service the entertainment lighting, film, AV and installation markets with professional equipment for sale or rent, along with safe, certified services.

Headquartered in Belleville, Michigan, FLI Rigging operations director Kevin Phail says the company was originally borne out of a need for recognised professional rigging services in their own home state, along with the neighboring Ohio and Indiana.

However, since it opened its doors this year, FLI Rigging has expanded its temporary and permanent rigging solutions nationwide. Stage produc

The 2010 Final of Miss South Africa was staged at Sun City Superbowl (photo: Louise Stickland)

grandMA2 in Miss South Africa pageant

Details: 14 March 2016

South Africa - A grandMA2 full-size console was chosen by LD Mauritz Jacobs to control all lighting for the 2010 Final of Miss South Africa, staged at Sun City Superbowl. Lighting equipment for the show - also a live MNET telecast - was supplied by Johannesburg Dream Sets, who purchased their grandMA2 from MA's South African distributor DWR earlier in the year. They were one of the first companies in South Africa to run the new grandMA2 with the latest software version.

The lighting brief was a bit of a departure from that of the normal beauty pageant with "lots of effects"

The Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA) is claimed to be the largest event of its kind in the region

Lighthouse screens in focus at MAHA 2010

Details: 14 March 2016

Hong Kong - Lighthouse screens was chosen to be one of the focal points at MAHA2010, one of Malaysia's biggest public events, held between 26 November and 5 December.

The Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA) is claimed to be the largest event of its kind in the region. Taking place every two years at the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park in Serdang, it showcases the best of the country's food growing and production industry.

The 6 x 5 panel (6.12m wide x 3.8m high) screens were supplied by Selangor-based Nova Spectra Sdn Bhd and had signals simultaneously rou

Sefton High School with Jands & The PA People

Details: 14 March 2016

Australia - Sydney's Sefton High School has recently upgraded its auditorium following advice from Jands and The PA People who were contracted to supply and install drapes, audio and lighting equipment. The refurbishment was undertaken to coincide with the school's 50th anniversary.

The narrow stage had almost no wing space which severely restricted backstage circulation and technical space. Barely one metre either side of stage is a wall that supports a platform that, at a higher level, provides valuable storage as well as somewhere for dimmers and patching to reside.

The curtain a

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