Boston is bringing back memories in concert this summer on their U.S./Canada tour with “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” “Long Time,” “Amanda” and other classic. Though one song advises “Don’t Look Back,” LD Gregg Maltby can’t help but do so. He’s been with the band since 1995, and this is his sixth tour with them. This year’s tour is simpler than the stage shows featuring the band’s trademark spaceship hovering above, with a lighting rig attached. “The space ship would land on top of the band, and it would scare me to death,” Maltby recalls. Now they’re using a 12-by-48-foot, 18mm video wall to display content instead. “The video wall kicks butt,” he says. He’s got content master/programmer Seth Rappaport (programmer for Neil Diamond) and Mike Hall (programmer for the B-52s) on the creative team with lighting tech BJ Smith.
—From “Designer Watch” with Debi Moen, PLSN, Aug. 2012
