MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Almost one year into the Future Sex/Love Show Tour, Justin Timberlake’s performance is becoming recognized as one of 2007’s most entertaining and successful tours. The tour’s success has acquired media recognition, including a recent HBO documentary, which was filmed during Timberlake’s back-to-back showings at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. In preparation for this HBO shoot, Timberlake approached head laser technician Chris Blair, of Laser Design Productions, requesting a heavier laser look for the televised broadcast.
Laser Design Productions furthered their effects list with two additional, 3-watt DPSS Yag lasers to the design. This brought the effects list to a total of four 4-watt DPSS full color air cooled white light diode lasers, two 12 watt red DPSS lasers, two 3 watt micro DPSS KTP NdYag Lasers, six fiber-optic fed remote scanners, eight laser Projectors and 14 different sources are used to create atmospheric scan effects. Over 60 bounce mirrors are positioned in the round stage and trussing, and the laser show is programmed and controlled with Pangolin software.
Following the HBO shooting, Timberlake requested that the additional laser effects stay on board for the remainder of the tour. The additional lasers added an extended look to the club feel design created by Doug Adams, designer and president of Laser Design Productions. Adams initially created the laser design for three of Justin Timberlake’s hit songs from the Future Sex/Love Show album, including “Rock Your Body,” “Love Stoned,” and “Sexy Back.”
Recently, Adams collaborated with Timberlake at the MTV 2007 Video Music Awards held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Along side Timberlake for the closing act was music producer Timberland and vocalist Nelly Furtado. Adams designed an array of machida, beam and scanning effects to a remix of songs including; “Love Stoned” and “Give It To Me.” The laser effects for that particular performance includes six, 3-watt DPSS Yag Lasers.
After two circuits around North America and one through Europe, the tour is headed off to Australia and New Zealand throughout October, November, and has recently announced an additional date in Abu Dhabi.
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