Blackout's latest press releases are listed below. Click on the links to read the full story.
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November 2009 |
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Working for WRG, Blackout was asked to create 'a room within a room' for The Body Shop. This is an exercise to launch The Body Shop's new home franchise initiative - The Body Shop At Home - Christmas Conference 2009 in The Oak Room at Epsom Racecourse. |
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August 2009 |
| For the third year running Blackout has worked for Pandemonium Productions Ltd to provide all rigging and draping to help transform the Indoor Athletics Centre into a suitable venue for Brunel University's Graduation Ceremonies. |
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May 2009 |
| As a result of their long and successful working relationship, Blackout was invited by production company WRG to take on the drapes and rigging aspects of the G20 Summit held at London's ExCel Exhibition Centre. |
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November 2008 |
| As part of the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool on Thursday 6th November, Blackout was commissioned by production agency Design Arrival to transform the Albert Dock into a party venue for the main sponsors’ after-show party. The party was held in a series of bars and restaurants along the docks linked by the quayside walkway. The 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards was sponsored by edc by Esprit, Sony Ericsson and Dell. |
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November 2008 |
| Blackout was once again called upon to provide the production rigging and drapes for the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards held at the Echo Arena Liver, Liverpool on Thursday 6th November 2008. |
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October 2008 |
| Working directly for the Issey Miyake SA, Blackout was asked to provide and install 140m of precision-controlled, motorisedtabtrack in eight separate parallel runs above the catwalk for their womens spring 2009 haute-couture collection at the Carousel de Louvre. |
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October 2008 |
| Working for production companyOBO, Blackout had extensive creative involvement in the 20th Anniversary celebrations for Elle Magazine held Berlin'sTempodrome. |
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September 2008 |
| Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev hosted a Gala Dinner for the cancer charity he established in memory of his wife, Raisa Gorbachev. The Russian Midsummer Fantasy party, which took place in the gardens of Hampton Court's Stud House, was attended by the good and the great. Orlando Bloom, Kate Beckinsale and Emily Watson were among the actors and actresses mingling with fashion's favourite designers including Stella McCartney, Matthew Williamson and Vivienne Westwood at the star-studded event. |
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August 2008 |
| Bournemouth, UK, 1-3 July 2008 - Blackout once again played a major part in setting the scene for the Local Government Association annual conference in the Windsor Hall of Bournemouth International Centre, supplying and installing all the rigging and drapes for the stunning stage set, as well as lighting, sound and projection screens. |
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July 2008 |
| Newham, London, UK, 12 and 13 July 2008 - Around 55,000 people flocked to the Mayor's Newham Show in East Ham's Central Park for a weekend of family fun, with dozens of events including a spectacular fashion show and featuring performances from live bands in the Big Top tent. |
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June 2008 |
| Earlier this year at one of London's premier architectural landmarks, Blackout supported the first-ever Pangea Day - a global event bringing the world together through film. Live events in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro were simultaneously linked to produce a programme of powerful films, live music and visionary speakers which was broadcast live to millions of people worldwide. |
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March 2008 |
| London, UK, 31 March 2008 - For this year's British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) Awards 2008, held in association with MasterCard, Blackout working for MJK Productions, provided the backdrop to give an opulent feel to the award's, from main stage to backstage and party space. The star and artist studded ceremony was hosted by Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at Earls Court in London on 20 February. |
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February 2008 |
| London, UK, 14 February 2008 - With nearly 1,000 staterooms and an interior style that evokes the elegance of a bygone age, Cunard's Queen Victoria is the most talked-about new cruise liner on the planet. The vessel has embarked on its maiden world cruise after a lavish naming ceremony at Southampton Docks in December 2007, presided over by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. |
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January 2008 |
| Blackout are a sponsor of the Event Show 2008, the annual meeting place for everyone involved in selling and sourcing products and services which make fantastic events. |
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December 2007 |
| 19 December 2007, London, UK - Britannia Row, Creative Technology, PRG Europe, Blackout and new hosts Stage One and Power Logistics hosted their third annual Bloomsbury Christmas Ball at Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square on Wednesday, 12 December, 2007. |
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November 2007 |
| London, UK, 26 November 2007 - Blackout, the largest supplier of drapes, rigging, starcloth and track has been hard at work this autumn providing the right backdrop for fine art, in two different London locations. |
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October 2007 |
| Blackout used white coloured cut-up drapes to create a frame round the main stage for the Bat for Lashes' gigs at London's Koko Club. Bat for Lashes, aka Natasha Khan and supporting band, sold out at twice at Koko's, on 28 and 29 October, 2007. |
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October 2007 |
| Blackout's drapes provided the backdrop for GHD's European promotional tour in October. Working with Mark Bonner at Delta Sound, Blackout provided black voile drapes and solenoid kabukis* to reveal the stage and back wall during performances. |
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October 2007 |
| Blackout worked with Remedy Productions to create the set for this year's Diesel-U-Music Awards and aftershow party, held at London's Koko Club on 3 October and described as a 'riotous affair'. The event was recorded and broadcast on Channel 4 on 21 October. |
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November 2007 |
| This year at Heavent 2007 Blackout will exhibit with three premium production and events suppliers; projection specialists /ETC/ un monde d'images; automation company Stage One; and Lumière & Son Paris, lighting and sound specialists. |
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August 2007 |
| London, 23 August 2007 - Blackout, supplier of drapes, starcloth, track and rigging, is delighted to announce that it has developed a new variation of gabled truss, designed to allow users to make the most use of space inside temporary structures. The new product was used for the first time this year at Grant & Anthea's Summer Ball in a marquee at their home in Surrey in mid-July, and Blackout is confident there will be many more applications in the months and years to come. |
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August 2007 |
| London, 17 August 2007 - For around 1,800 BT sales executives at BT UK Global Services annual UK sales conference in July, The NEC in Birmingham called upon Blackout to provide 1,500 metres of long drop black-wool-serge drape, 2,000 metres of trussing, install the roof points and rig 200 motors through Halls, 10, 11 and 12. |
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August 2007 |
London, UK, 17 August 2007 - The 52nd Eurovision Song Contest, was the most successful in the event's history, with more than 110 million TV viewers tuning in across the continent - the highest number ever. As usual, the event was notable not just for the variety of its music and the unpredictability of its performers, but for its state-of-the-art production values.
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May 2007 |
| Paris, France, 30 May 2007 - Blackout France provided a variety of equipment including rigging, drapes, and motors for the glittering Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony and after-show party. |
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April 2007 |
| London, 17 August 2007 - Working with Capitol House Productions, Blackout provided LED starcloth, wool serge drape and rigging for the 6th annual UK Sport Industry Awards held at Old Billingsgate on Thursday 29 March, 2007. |
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April 2007 |
| London, UK, 5 April 2007 - Once again for the 12th year running, Blackout provided a complex range of equipment for this year's British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) Awards 2007 held in association with MasterCard at Earls Court 1, London on 14 February 2007. |
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March 2007 |
| London, UK, 13 March 2007 - Blackout supervised the installation of all locally supplied support structures for all of the audio visual, lighting and sound equipment required to stage the official opening of the Casino Grand Lisboa in Macau city, China on February 11, 2007. |
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February 2007 |
| London, UK, 12 February 2007 - Blackout Ltd, the world's largest supplier of drapes, rigging, starcloth and track, enjoyed its busiest Christmas ever in December 2006, including supplying drape to four music awards ceremonies and a further series of three concerts within the space of four weeks. |
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