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The 16-leg “WorldWired” tour runs Feb. 2016-Oct. 2020. Photo by Steve Jennings

Lighting Co: Premier Global Production

Video Co: PRG

Crew

  • Production Designer: Dan Braun
  • Lighting Designer & Director: Rob Koenig
  • Lighting Programmers: Troy Eckerman, Joe Cabrera
  • Premier Global Rep: James Vollhoffer
  • Premier Global Project Manager: Anthony “Geddy” Kordyjaka
  • Lighting Crew Chief: Michael “Sandy” Sims
  • Lighting Techs: John Niles, Nick Shields, Jason Lanning, Julio Buralli, William Spalliero, Max Ferreyra, Ryan Scalvi
  • Video Director: Eugene MacAuliffe
  • Video Co: PRG Nocturne LA/Mark O’Herlihy
  • Video Engineer: Graham Holwill
  • Video Techs: John Heathcott, Benjamin Welch, Neil Welch, Lorenzo Loche, John Moore, Cameron Pigou, David Bartlett, Corey Lang
  • Video Content: KPX Video, Nocte Studio/Andrea Cuius, Marcus Lyall
  • Show Art Director: Scott Holthaus
  • Staging/Automation: Tait/Navigator
  • Tait Chief Creative Officer: Adam Davis
  • Automation Crew Chief & Operator: Michael Pettit
  • Art Director: Scott Holthaus
  • Tour Manager: Eric Johnson
  • Production Manager: John “Lug” Zajonc
  • Production Assistant: Holly Harkins
  • Production Coordinator: Vicki Huxel
  • Stage Managers: Michael Washer, Derek Evans
  • Pyro: Pyrotek Special Effects
  • Pyrotek Shooter: Hans Lundberg
  • Pyrotek Tech: Terrance Birdsley
  • Drones: Verity Studios
  • Rigging: Five Points Production Services
  • Head Rigger: Chad Koehler
  • Riggers: Chad Koehler (Head), Kenneth Ruhman, Darrell Schlabach
  • Carpenters: Brantley Brooks, Alex Larsen, Kevin Levasseur
  • Trucking: Upstaging

Gear

  • 2       grandMA2 consoles
  • 52     Video Cubes w/ ROE CB5 panels
  • 52     Robe BMFL WashBeams (under each cube)
  • 8       Robe BMFL WashBeams (main grid spotlights)
  • 12     Robe BMFL WashBeams (dasher truss spotlights)
  • 44     TMB Solaris Flares
  • 16     GLP JDC1 Hybrid Strobes
  • 8       SGM Q-7 LED Flood Blind Strobes
  • 3       Martin MAC Quantum Profiles
  • 4       DF50 hazers
  • 4       Base Hazers
  • 1       Tait Navigator motion control system
  • 12     Panasonic PTZ robotic cameras
  • 4       AJA Video RovoCams
  • 1       SpoTrack spotlight system
  • 1       disguise gx2 media server system w/custom software

Tour Notes:

The 16-leg, 178-show “WorldWired” tour has been touring, off and on, since Feb. 2016. The tour’s final North American leg ran from Sept. 2018-March 2019 before the band headed to Europe for the summer months. They they returned to team up with the San Francisco Symphony for two big S&M gigs (Symphony and Metallica) to open Chase Center in Sept. 2019. Shows in the U.S. in May and September had to be scrubbed due to Covid-19, but the just-released S&M2 live album, recorded last year, is now topping the Billboard rock charts. If Covid-19 conditions permit, more “WorldWired” shows could happen in South America this December and in Sacramento next fall.