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UK - London- based production company LarMac LIVE - headed by Jo MacKay and Ian Greenway - production managed and co-ordinated all logistics for staging the star studded Gorby 80 gala concert and awards event at London's Royal Albert Hall this week.

Everything was compiled and organised in an operation lasting just under four weeks. The high profile charity event fused entertainment and awards presentations in celebration of the 80th Birthday of former Russian statesman, Mikhail Gorbachev.

It was hosted by Kevin Spacey and Sharon Stone, featuring live appearances and a fusion of classical and popular music by artists including Dame Shirley Bassey, Bryan Ferry, The Scorpions, Katherine Jenkins, Paul Anka and Melanie C among others, some performing collaborations accompanie

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Russia - The premier showing of the new 3D Disney blockbuster Tron: Legacy took place on 17 December 2010 at the Karo Film Oktyabr cinema theatre. The film is the continuation of the original sci-fi film of the 80's about cyberspace. To create the appropriate atmosphere on the day of the premiere, of one of the most awaited and spectacular films of the year, Christie MicroTiles displays were installed in the lobby of the cinema theatre. It is the first time MicroTiles have been used for the promo action of a film in Russia.

Smart Look advertising agency, as the project manager, took care of the Oktyabr lobby design by employing digital media. Big Screen Service supplied the MicroTiles and ETC Russia created the content.

Two areas of the cinema theatre featured MicroTiles module digital displays. The main video wall installed on the first floor comprised 41 MicroTile mod

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Le Mark will launch the all new Manero® high performance modular subfloor, currently touring with FLAWLESS at PLASA Focus. Plus, the show sees the launch of Light in a Dark Place, a joint initiative with PSA's StageHand, The Industries Welfare & Benevolent Fund. On Wednesday 20 April, the first support client, LTM, will be presented with the first ever 'photoluminious' PAL Road Case Label manufactured in support of the StageHand charity.

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From the range of brands exclusively distributed by the company in the UK, AC-ET's stand lighting will demonstrate the new Chroma-Q Studio Force LED fixtures range. Utilising the same core technologies as the innovative Color Force range, the fixtures are equally suited to broadcast, film and TV lighting applications or any other application normally utilising daylight or tungsten fixtures. The range consists of the Studio Force D (Daylight white 6,000 CCT) and Studio Force V (Variable white 2,900K - 6,000K CCT) fixtures. Both are available in a choice of 48" and 72" battens as well as a 12" multi-purpose version. With outputs across the six models ranging from 5,000 up to 28,000 lumens, the fixtures offer at least twice the output of their RGBA colour variants.

In addition, the stand will feature the new Jands Vista v2 software now shipping as standard with the Vista

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Record Breakers - U2's current worldwide 360° tour has become the highest grossing in history, beating the record previously set by The Rolling Stones between 2005-2007. The Irish rockers passed the $558m (£341m) world record following their concert in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on 10 April. The tour kicked off in July 2009 in Barcelona and still has more than 20 gigs to go. More than seven million tickets have been sold to date for 110 shows. On average U2's 360° Tour packs out 63,000 people each show, taking $6.4 million (£3.9 million) according to Billboard Boxscore.

The final date is 30 July 2011 at the Magnetic Music Hill Musical Festival in Moncton, Canada. Arcade Fire will be the support act. Before that, they will headline the Friday night of this year's Glastonbury festival on 24 June.

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