Lighting Company
Christie Lites
Video Company
Gateway Studios & Production Services
Venue
Various (Tour)
Production Team
- Lighting Designer, Programmer & Director: Vince Foster
- Lighting Crew Chief: Kaz Horton
- Lighting Techs: Harvey Fitzpatrick, Bowen Moss, Jim Meredith
- Video Director: Mark Haney
- Video/LED Crew Chief: Jess Hebda Lawson
- Video/LED Techs: Tyler Bailey, Cain Murray
- Tour Manager: Cath Roberts
- Production Manager: Einar Pedersen
- Tour Coordinator: Joanne Croxford
- Stage Manager: Nate Dawson
- Riggers: Roy Bickle
Production Companies
- Lighting: Christie Lites / Roy Hunt
- Video/LED: Gateway Studios & Production Services / Andy Gerber
- Video Content Creation: Nick Clarke Lowes
Gear
- 2 High End Systems Wholehog 3 Lighting Console
- 32 Claypaky B-EYE
- 40 Martin MAC Ultra Wash
- 40 Martin MAC Ultra Spot
- 32 GLP JDC1 Strobe
- SNP Productions Ltd Catalyst Media Server
- 59’-1” wide by 29’-6” high 7mm LED screen
Tour Details
Working with Duran Duran since 1998, Vince Foster notes, “Although they do a reasonable amount of touring, they do a lot of interesting other work. This year we’ve done a rooftop show opposite the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, Rock in Rio, the Hollywood Bowl, the Queen’s Jubilee, Commonwealth Games, and Times Square for New Year’s Eve. We’ve played shows in Sicily, Ibiza, and Cannes.” The fixtures that Foster particularly likes are the Claypaky B-EYES and the GLP JDC1s. “The B-EYE is a great wash light and has a good selection of pixel effects you can layer. The JDC1s are a great, powerful strobe with lots of great pixel effects, and a good background wash for lighting drapes and backdrops. The Martin MAC Ultra Washes and Spots I had never used before. Martin is a very good brand, and I was pleasantly surprised.”
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