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Bristol summer series to become annual event

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Metropolis Music has announced its intention to make its open air shows in Bristol harbourside into an annual event, having staged two very successful events on 25 June with Paolo Nutini, and 26 June with The Pogues.

Metropolis Music has established the Summer Series concerts at Somerset House with American Express over the past decade, delivering a range of artists in this historic setting and this year launched the first major live events in Bristol's harbourside for ten years.

Flanked by two tall ships with their masts lit for the occasion, Paolo Nutini played a combination of reworked classics and a selection of tunes from his latest album Caustic Love to a sell out crowd of 5000, before heading to Glastonbury for his set on Friday. With Paolo's concert selling o

Dave Matthews Band tours with High End Systems' Shapeshifter

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Billed as 'A Very Special Evening With The Dave Matthews Band', the group's latest US shows are giving fans two distinct sets from DMB with no opening act, a first for the group. The tour is also debuting High End Systems' innovative new Shapeshifter automated luminaire to enthusiastic fans across the US. With production support by TMS, LD Fenton Williams and programmer / co-production designer Aaron Stinebrink are putting Shapeshifter through its paces as the fixture serves as their eye candy 'workhorse' during the second set.

Following an acoustic set that showcases classic co

Wire opened last fall in the former Oakwyn Theatre

Chicago's Wire Club adds Bose RoomMatch

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - The Roosevelt Road area of Chicago suburb, Berwyn, has its share of up-and-coming music clubs, including recent addition, Wire, which opened last fall in the former Oakwyn Theatre.

Built in 1934 and formerly a mid-century movie house and Teamsters union hall, the 10,000sq.ft space has been completely renovated with an expansive rebuild to house the 400-seat club as well as a mezzanine level with offices, recording studio and VIP area. Further setting Wire apart from the other venues in the area is a RoomMatch loudspeaker system from Bose Professional Systems.

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Electrosonic has designs on Olympic Museum

Details: 14 March 2016

Switzerland - When The Olympic Museum in Lausanne reopened recently after a two-year renovation, it made extensive use of audio-visual and interactive techniques that take visitors on what's been called "a multidimensional journey across the Olympic Universe".

Electrosonic designed the AV system, which is simple for visitors to use and offers maximum flexibility for the museum, under subcontract with media producer Centre Screen Productions of Manchester, England. Electrosonic handled the system engineering and integration under a separate subcontract with Paragon Creative o

Shrek on stage at Lipscomb University in Nashville

Philips Vari-Lite solution for Shrek in Nashville

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - At Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, the Department of Theatre strives to entertain, instruct, move and motivate audiences of all sizes.

During their recent production of Shrek: The Musical, assistant professor David Hardy was challenged to live up to this motto through an energetic and compelling lighting design that could bring the full production to life. To do so, he needed extra punch and colour from his lighting tools, so he turned to Philips Vari-Lite and chose VL770 Spot luminaires as his design solution.

"When we first started the design process

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