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The DNA world tour ran from May 11, 2019 to March 13, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when the tour was cut short by the global pandemic. Shows have since been postponed to 2021. Photo by Liam Kennedy

 

Lighting Co: PRG

Video Co: PRG

Crew

  • Lighting Designer: Graham Anderson
  • Production Designer/PM: Dan Mercer
  • Lighting Programmer: Joey Troup
  • Lighting Crew: John Flynn (Crew Chief),
  • “Vortex” Setup Team: Michael Gallagher (Crew Chief), Patrick
  • Hatung (Tech)
  • Video Director/I-Mag: Randall Garriott
  • Video Engineer: Max Ramsden
  • Media Server Operator: Jean-Pierre Jammaers
  • Video Content: Core Creative Labs
  • Sets/Staging/Automation: Tait
  • Special Effects/Lasers: ER Productions
  • ER Productions Rep: Lawrence Wright
  • FX/Laser Crew: Daniel Pecora (Lead SFX), Matt McCoy (lasers), Stuart Wickens (pyro)
  • Show Caller: David Commisso
  • Playback Engineer: Romain Garnier
  • Creative Directors: Rich + Tone
  • PRG Team: Randy Hutson, Michael Drew, Curry Grant, Eamonn McCullagh

Gear

2       grandMA2 Full consoles

  • 66     PRG Icon Edge beam/spot/wash fixtures
  • 41     Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWashes
  • 63     Ayrton MagicBlade-R’s
  • 456  Martin VDO Sceptron 10’s
  • 8       “Vortex” frames (w/400 of the Sceptron 10’s)
  • 6       Automated lighting trusses w/Tait Nav Hoist system
  • 37     GLP JDC1’s + X4 Bar 10’s
  • 6       GroundControl Followspot units w/PRG Bad Boys
  • 1       Shoflo event production software setup
  • 1       60’ x 24’ upstage LED wall (WinVision Air 9 panels)
  • 1       32’ x 12’ V-shaped moving LED wall (WinVision Air 9)
  • 2       disquise gx 2 media servers
  • 4       Sony HXC 100 cameras for I-Mag (2 at FOH; 2 handheld)
  • 1       Grass Valley Korona switcher
  • 1       ER pyro package (gerbs, multi-shot mines, mines w/tails)
  • 1       Galaxis software setup for FX control
  • 1       HES HedgeHog 4 controller (for FX)
  • 18     BB4 Lasers
  • 6       ER Storm scanning lasers
  • 6       Unique hazers
  • 9       MagicFX Swirl Fan XL units
  • 4       Magic FX Stadium Shot II units for confetti/streamers

Tour Details:

Touring in support of their Jan. 2019 DNA album release, this popular vocal quintet, which has sold over 130 million albums worldwide, embarked on their 11th concert tour, which kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal on May 11, 2019 and wraps up May 30, 2020 in Perth, Australia after performing in Europe/U.K., North America, Asia, South America and Australia and New Zealand. Key visual elements include a moving V-shaped LED screen, large upstage video wall and six moving lighting trusses alternating with the moving structural elements for eight angular frames arranged in a spiral formation to suggest a DNA helix, dubbed “the Vortex.”