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Tour Personnel 26 Assured Protection The Jonas Bros. 18 Have Assured Protection 28 BML-Blackbird Theatrical Services A Wealth of Experience Delivering the Goods 30 Staging Stage of Dreams Lines, Vines & Trying Times 32 Catering Culinary Underground Caters the Jonas Bros on Tour TheatricalTheatrical ServicesServices 36 Advertiser's Index 6 10 12 MobileProductionPro.com You can search and access records from the world's most comprehensive database of mo- bile production industry contacts. As you navigate this site, you will notice that Mobile Production Pro is interactive. Both the site and its community will grow with your participation. Create a FREE Account Today 26 28 32 Photograph by Todd Kaplan mobile production monthly 3 On and Off the Road in 2009 • Jonas Brothersrothers • Demi Lovato ••A All PPointsoints WWest • Allman Brothers Band • Kid Cudi • Gathering of the Vibes 40th Anniversary • Celtic Thunderer • Hot 97 Summer Jam • The Dead (In association • moe. • Z100’s Zootopia with LD Alliance) • WKTU’s Beatstock 1 Aquarium Drive, Secaucus, NJ 07094 • P: 201-617-8900 • www.bmlblackbird.com [email protected] FROM THE Publisher In this issue we will focus on one of the hottest tours out this year! The high grossing shows delivered by the Jonas Brothers Tour are reminiscent of the beginning of the Beatles. Ok, I am old enough to remember those days and even fought to get a ticket to their show in Indianapolis when I was in high school. HOME OFFICE STAFF It is always fun to see an act take off with such success as the a 7 S 3 p 2 Jonas Brothers. 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Anvil Productions, LLC, can not be held liable for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies appearing in this journal in the form of editorials, listings or advertising. Member of: 4 mobile production monthly TONIGHT, YOUR BAND WILL MOVE 34,982 SCREAMING FANS. TOMORROW, WE’LL MOVE YOU. We’re Powersource Transportation, Inc., one of the nation’s leading power-only trucking companies. Wherever you’re going and whatever you have, we’ve got the power to move you, your trailers, and your tour to the next venue—whether it’s in the next county or in the next state. www.powersourcetrans.com 1-800-438-8789 2023 N. Lafeyette Court • Griffith, IN 463190 B002100100_Powersource_Roadbook_Dec Intl. i-Pix for Silbermond tephan Aue, lighting designer for chart-topping German rock band Silbermond used 24 i-Pix BB7 LED wash units as the main over-stage lighting on the band’s lat- S est tour, promoting their “Nichts Passiert” (Nothing Happened) album. The concept was such a success that into the full production shows which Radiohead tour, and was “Amazed by he intends to expand it for the next included the BB7s on the tour. the light output”, the fabulous array leg of the tour in November, when of colours and the fact that they the shows step up a level. So, the BB7s played a major role in looked so “non-LED”. creating the overall stage visuality The band’s initial