This year's ceremony was held on 8 August at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and aired the following day on the Fox Network. Lighting design veteran Tom Kenny created animated looks to match the show's youthful energy using Martin's LC Series LED panels for backdrop graphics, as well as Martin Atomic 3000 strobes and MAC 2000 Wash XB moving heads.
"All in all, the clarity and colour of the LC panels impressed us all and their ease to erect was fabulous," he stated. "I was very happy with the Atomic strobes and 2000 Wash XB's for the look [set designer and art director] Steve Bass and Kristen Merlino and I achieved." Lighting vendor for the event was VER of Nashville.
The star-studded Awards show scored high in the ratings with " Sandra Bullock, David Beckham, and the casts of Glee and The Twilight Saga coming out for the event, which featured live performances by Katy Perry, Jason Derulo, and Travie McCoy and Bruno.
(Jim Evans)
