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In is Alive with the Sound of Renkus-Heinz 14 Concert! 8 Staging Stageco Thinks Big with new XL 22 Lighting Jands Vista v2 Lights Up Tower system Adele for 2011 International Tour 8 Video Creative Technology Helps Raise the Barre for the Royal Ballet Live at the O2 9 Video cont. Pete’s Big TVs Tours with How 24 Journey Sweet the Sound The Show that Looks Much Bigger Live Than It Does On Paper 10 Festivals SummerStage 27 Tour Vendors Rockin' the Parks 28 Strictly FX on Tour with Journey 30 Crew Members 12 Transportation MCI Names Rush Truck as New Nashville Authorized Service 36 Advertiser's Index 20 Provider mobile production monthly 3 FROM THE Publisher In this issue of mobile Production monthly: * We give you a look the hugley successful Journey HOME OFFICE STAFF Eclipse tour. a 7 3 2 ph: 615.256.7006 • f: 615.256.7004 *Strickly FX speaks about the inspiration for the 2961 Armory Dr • Nashville, TN • USA 37204 mobileproductionpro.com effects used on the Journey tour. 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However, some listings & information may be incomplete due to a lack of informa- tion provided by various companies listed. Please send any inquiries to the attention of the publisher. All advertising appears at the paid solicitation of the advertiser. 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 In theIN News THE NEWS Additionally, APD will enter into a strategic partnership with Tour Lighting Supply Inc, an industry leader in ROBE LIGHTS ROGER music and touring supplies and Daltrey toUR accessories. Tour Supply and Access Pass & Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWash Design are excited to collaborate and ROBIN 600 Spot within the new partnership, the moving lights were used discussions for which began at by LD Dave Farmer on the Tour Link 2011 conference in the recent Roger Daltrey January. The companies see their UK tour - which saw around the backline. They were cooperation as an integral way to the legendary singer/ used to light the band and the better serve their often overlap- songwriter and lead stage in a colourful show, which Passes ping customer base and expand singer of UK rock band, was also completely smoke free, ACCESS PASS & their marketing reach. The Who, perform the a fact that brought its own chal- DESIGN ACQUIRES Access Pass & Design will begin latter’s landmark rock- lenges in making the lighting work TOUR SUPPly INK immediate order fulfillment of key opera “Tommy” in its effectively. entirety. custom printed items like drum Access Pass & Design heads, concert backdrops and Farmer thinks the gobos in the (APD), leading equipment scrims. Access Pass & The original lighting scheme for 600 Spots are good, and in par- manufacturer of Design has acquired the existing Daltrey was conceived by the ticular likes the dots, the watery event credentials and art files, necessary equipment, and almost equally legendary lighting cones and the rotating propeller marketing collateral, key personnel involved in Tour designer Tom Kenny, who was blade. busy with other commitments in announces the Supply INK necessary to handle acquisition of Tour Supply the expanded product line and the US and so asked Dave Farmer The LEDWashes he had to run INK, the print division of workload. The two companies to look after the show on tour. at about 15 per cent most of the Tour Supply Inc. will cross-promote their product The two also work together on the time to keep general light levels lines to their new and existing annual week of Teenage Cancer down so that projections onto an Access Pass & Design acquired clients, and their collaboration will Trust shows at London’s Royal upstage screen could be optimised, the print division of Tour Supply be apparent on both companies’ Albert. Hall, of which Daltrey was and he commented that they dim as of September 13th, 2011. websites, within all retail locations, instrumental in starting. “very nicely and smoothly”. He They will take over the produc- and via other print and electronic also used some of the Spot 600s tion of event credentials and forms of media. The lighting kit for the tour was for floor projections. supplied by Leeds based Zig Zag marketing collateral for previous Access Pass & Design Tour Supply INK customers and Lighting, who were contracted by Overall the Robes proved very 1-800-4PASSES will expand their product line to the promoters to provide a rig that reliable on the tour, and Farmer accesspasses.com include custom drum heads, con- fitted Farmer’s spec. This con- reckons the efficiency and design Tour Supply, Inc cert backdrops and scrims. sisted of the 14 Robe ROBIN 600 of the LEDWashes will ensure 800-933-TOUR LEDWashes and 14 ROBIN 600E that they have a good Spots which were at the core of ‘shelf life’. He also used the rig, and did all the hard work! the LEDWash’s 3200 CTO setting quite fre- There were also bars of 6 PARs in quently, especially in the pre-rigged truss sections, strobes downstate fixtures, and and follow spots plus a Hog DP the strobe function on 8000 for control. both types of fixtures to great effect. It was the first chance that Farmer had had to use the latest Robe Zig Zag’s technicians on technology, but he’s used other the tour were Andrew Robe fixtures on many of his past ‘Bob’ Laidlaw and Tom shows and projects, in particular Loynes, both of whom the 2500, 1200 and 700 series say it’s always a joy to ColorSpot and ColorWashes. work with Robes as they hardly ever need any For the Daltrey tour, both the attention apart from LEDWash 600s and the 600 Spots being hung and fired up! were arranged on two overhead trusses with some on the floor, where their compact size enabled them to be fitted unobtrusively 6 mobile production monthly deck of the set to be able to shoot flames horizontally behind each Pyro/FX “claw” of the skull wings. Eight PYROTEK SPECIAL dragon heads were also used, 4 EFFECTS & AVENGED placed behind the skull bat, and SEVENFOLD BRING four spread out in front of the set using transitions of asymmetrical THE “UProar FESTIVAL” chases to ignite the stage and to LIFE exhilarate the audience. Avenged Sevenfold is Flame units were placed in the known as one of the skull’s eyes, while low lying fog most successful rock was incorporated into the set.