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Showtime Close-up: Keith Urban at the Stardust Drive-In

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Keith Urban thanks the doctors and nurses in the audience

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Venue

Stardust Drive-In

Watertown, TN

The top-secret “thank you” show was staged on May 14 for staffers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Crew

  • Stage Manager/Show Coordinator: Randy Gardner
  • Lighting Director: Brent Maxon
  • PGP Project Manager: Anthony “Geddy” Kordyjaka
  • Video Director: Simon Roberts
  • Sound Co: Sound Image

As one of the first live post-Covid productions, the event was supported by a minimal (and younger) crew.

Gear

Staging:

  • Stage (flatbed truck w/audio gear)
  • Two 12’ tall towers (L-R, for front light)

Lighting:

  • ETC Lustr ellipsoidals (for front light)
  • SGM P-10’s (for audience lighting)
  • 20 x Chauvet COLORado 2 Zooms (truss mounted)
  • Portman P3 tungsten (stage-mounted)

Video (Artist-supplied):

  • 1 disguise gx 2C media server
  • 1 Sony HXC-100 w/75x long lens
  • 2 Panasonic AW-HE130K robo cams

Event Details:

Keith Urban’s May 14 show, a tribute to health care workers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, was one of the first post-shutdown shows staged with an artist, crew, a stage, lighting, P.A. and video before an actual audience. In this case, the attendees were health care workers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, who stayed safely separated in their vehicles at the Stardust Drive-In. There were 125 cars and about 200 audience members in all. For more details, see “Live Events,” PLSN, June, 2020, page 28, or click to the posting here: https://plsn.com/archives/june-2020/keith-urbans-drive-in-tribute/