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March 12th 2008

Upstaging is proud to introduce our new and exclusive Automated HUD Truss. The HUD is a pre-rig moving light truss that is easy to use and transport. To download a .pdf spec sheet click here.

January 21st 2008

After a great 2007, Upstaging is excited about the upcoming projects for 2008! Winter tours with Kid Rock, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus and the Police world tour reaching all points of the globe ! 

January 1st 2008

Happy 2008 from everyone at Upstaging !

October 23rd 2007

Fall tours with Crowded House, Arcade Fire and Bjork.

Check out this article in Lighting & Sound America on the Australian group, Crowded House return to touring and also production/lighting designer Paul Normandale.

October 2nd 2007

Upstaging and Mary Kay Cosmetics continues its 15 year relationship. 

The Mary Kay Cosmetics Seminar was held this past summer and once again Upstaging was there for the event.  Upstaging's Jerry Swatek, Matt McGregor, Dan Curley, Matt Gorhing, Dave Hetfleisch, Brian Kasten and others were part of a production team that made the seminar "the most exciting night of your life " to the 1000's of independent sales women and men in attendance.  Read more about the event here in Lighting & Sound America's October issue. 

October 2nd 2007

Upstaging Tours Featured in Tour Guide Journal.

Recently Tim McGraw and Faith Hills  "Soul 2 Soul" tour , Bob Seger tour and The Dixie Chicks tour, were featured in publications of Tour Guide Journal.  Upstaging had the privlidge of providing lighting and trucking services to all 3 of these tours.   To read about the Dixie Chicks tour and the Bob Seger tour and Soul 2 Soul follow the links to the left. 

September 9th 2007

Upstaging Rocks in Fashion. 

Taking it to New York’s Fall Fashion week runway, Fashion Rocks celebrates music and fashion.  Artists rocking in style included Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Carrie Underwood, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, Martina McBride, Santana, and Usher. The program was taped at New York’s RadioCity Music Hall and premiered on Friday, September 7, 2007 on CBS.

A trendsetter himself, Lighting Designer Allen Branton brought his own sense of style to the event.  Reaching into his lighting wardrobe, Allen puts on 50 VL500’s, 9 VL1000TS, 9 VL3000’s, 6 BigLite 4.5, 18 Martin Mac 700 Wash, 40 Mac 2000 Wash, 12 Mac 700 profiles, 52 Mac 2000 Performances, 32 Coemar Infinity Wash, 80 ColorBlast 12.  Rounding out his look with 18 Source Fours, 132 Pars, 5 Altman 5000L fresnels, 5 Lycian 1271 Follow Spots, various other conventional fixtures, 4 DF-50 Hazers, 1 Power Tiny Fogger, and 2 Martin ZR33 Foggers, all controlled by 2 Martin Maxxyz consoles.

Fashion wouldn’t look so good without the use of a fabulous lighting team.  The ensemble included Gaffer Brad Hafer, Lighting Directors Tom Beck, Brian Stark, Bryan Barancik, Arnold Serame, Lighting Technicians Brett Puwalski, Daniel Bolston, Kevin Royan, Mike Smallman, and Digital Lighting Director Laura Frank.

August 22nd 2007

Upstaging exclusive lighting supplier and North American trucking to The Police 2007 Tour.

Upstaging is proud to once again work with The Police and lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe.  Lighting for the tour has been co-designed, programmed and is being operated by Danny Nolan.  The tour kicked off in the US and Canada and is currently scheduled to run until February 2008, hitting the UK and Europe in September and October. There are two formats for the lighting rig – to fit both the arena and stadium sized shows.  Prior to the start of the Police tour, Nolan and Woodroffe had 5 days of programming sessions in Chicago at Upstaging’s facility with the full working rig, allowing them to structure the set-list and establish the show’s basic footprint. Read the article from the September issue of Live Design here:  Live Design-Police

August 21st 2007

Upstaging exclusive lighting and trucking to Walking With Dinosaurs.

"Walking With Dinosaurs—The Live Experience" is designed to thrill, educate and terrify (a little). It's derived from the T. rex-size BBC series that attracted a whopping 770 million viewers from the time it first aired in 1999 and, later, on the Discovery Channel in the United States. The stage version is every bit as ambitious, and realistic. The tour, which kicked off a two-year run in Tacoma this month, features 15 eerily lifelike dinosaurs in a 90-minute stage production that cost $20 million to create—that's more than most shows on Broadway.- Lorraine Ali- Newsweek

August 21st 2007

Upstaging at the Crossroads

This past July, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival was held at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL.   Upstaging was asked to oversee all production and provide complete coordination of the benefit concert.  In addition to providing the production staff, Upstaging provided the lighting equipment, crew and trucking. Working with Dave Maxwell, Upstaging designed and produced a custom double-sided Versa Tube wall that was used as the divider on a 55’ diameter turntable stage.  The wall was fabricated and built at Upstaging’ Sycamore facility.   The concert was a complete success and the reviews were glowing.

August 20th 2007

From rock legends to today's hottest performers, Upstaging has been honored to have been awarded lighting contracts for the tours of: The Police, Genesis, Bob Dylan, Crowded House, Bjork, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Muse, Bloc Party and the Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony tour