As ranked by Billboard Magazine, based on revenue.
1: U2
Lighting Co: PRG
Crew
Show Director/Designer: Willie Williams
Production Architect/Designer: Mark Fisher/Stufish
Production Director: Jake Berry
Lighting Director: Ethan Weber
Systems Crew Chief: Craig Hancock
Video company: XL Video
Video Director: Stefaan Desmedt
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 2 MA Lighting grandMA consoles, 3 grandMA Light consoles
196 PRG Bad Boy 1400 Spots
154 Martin Atomic 3000 strobes
154 Martin Atomic scrollers
12 Lycian M2 followspots
9 4.5K BigLites
8 4K Xenon Gladiator followspots
8 2K Nova flower effect searchlights
5 6K MSR ripple effect beacons
2 ETC Source Four fixtures
2: Madonna
Lighting Co: PRG
Crew
Lighting Designer: LeRoy Bennett
Lighting Director: Mac Mosier
Programmers: Troy Eckerman, Cory Fitzgerald
Crew Chief: Glenn Power
Overall Tech: Matt Schneider
Moving Light Tech: Ty Brooks
Motion Control: Martin Hoop
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 2 MA Lighting grandMA consoles, 2 grandMA Light consoles, 5 grandMA NSP-2s
111 Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot fixtures
52 Vari*Lite VL3500 Wash fixtures
18 Vari*Lite VL2500 Wash fixtures
108 Martin Atomic 3K strobes/scrollers
6 Syncrolite MX 3000 HP fixtures
25 Syncrolite SXBs
5 Lycian M2 followspots
6 3K Gladiator III followspots
26 Martin Stagebar 54 LED fixtures
4 PixelRange PixelLine 1044s
72 Color Kinetics RGB LED fixtures
149 Color Kinetics iW Blast fixtures
6 Color Kinetics iColor Cove NXT 12″
4 ETC Source Fours
3: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Lighting Co: Morpheus Lighting
Crew
Lighting Designer: Jeff Ravitz
Assistant Lighting Designer: Kristie Roldan
Lighting Director: Todd Ricci
Lighting Programmers: Jason Badger, Michael Appel, Benjamin Travis
Crew Chief: Brad Brown
Lighting Console Operator: John Hoffman
Lighting Techs: Travis Braudaway, Troy Garcia, Carl Hughes, Bryan Humphries, Kevin Humphries, Dan Knight
Video Company: Pete’s Big TVs
Video Director: Chris Hillson
Video Engineer: Paul Whitfield
Media Server Programmer: Russ Hochstedler
Video/LED Techs: Mike Colucci, Kim Hampton, Phil Summer, Rob Villalobos, Dave Driscoll
Gear
Lighting consoles: 1Avolites Diamond II console, 2 MA Lighting grandMA consoles, 1 grandMA Light console
83 Morpheus Lights PanaBeam XR2+ wash luminaires
80 Morpheus Lights FaderBeam wash luminaries
22 Zap Technologies LittleBig 3.5 Xenon beam projectors/wash luminaires
20 Vari*Lite VL2500 spot luminaires
20 Martin MAC 2000 Profile spot luminaires
16 Morpheus Lights BriteBurst 2000E beam projectors/wash luminaires
13 Vari*Lite VL1000 ERS – TSD spot luminaires
32 Philips / Color Kinetics ColorBurst 6 RGB LED fixtures
20 Morpheus Lights 9 Lights ColorFader3 XLFader3 CYM color changes
19 ETC Source Four PARs
15 Morpheus Lights ColorFader3 MFader3 CYM color changers
6 ETC Source Four 19º elipsoidals
2 ARRI 300W Plus fresnels
6 Robert Juliat Topaze w/ Morpheus Lights RJE electronic ballast
3 Robert Juliat Manon w/ Morpheus Lights RJE electronic ballast
4 Strong 4.5K Gladiator IV followspots
1 Video package from Pete’s Big TVs; all HD 1080i
4: AC/DC
Lighting Co: Upstaging Inc.
Crew
Creative Director: Patrick Woodroffe
Co-Lighting Designer: Dave Hill
Lighting Director: Charlie “Cosmo” Wilson
Production Manager: Dale “Opie” Skjerseth
Lighting Crew: Ron Schilling, Mark Weil, Mark Ryder, Kendra Sandoval, Brian Kasten, Steve Richards, Jim Fredrikson, Josh Wagner, Phil de Boissiere.
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 2 MA Lighting grandMA consoles
36 Vari*Lite VL3000 spots
48 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s
24 GLP Elation Impression LEDs
120 Coemar Infinity Wash XLs
63 Martin Stagebars
10 Martin Atomic strobes
4 Lycian 1271 truss spots
5: Pink
Lighting Co: PRG
Crew
Show Director/Lighting Designer: Baz Halpin
Lighting Director: Trent O’Connor
Set Designer: Mark Fisher/Stufish and Brilliant Stages
Production Manager: Richard Young
Video Company: XL Video
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 2 Martin Maxxyz Plus consoles,
54 Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot fixtures
42 Martin MAC 2000 Wash fixtures
34 Coemar Infinity Wash XLs
21 Martin Atomic 3000 strobes
19 PixelRange PixelLine 1044 LEDs
14 ETC Source Fours
20 2-Lite PARs
49 4-Lite PARs
4 8-Lite PARs
3 2.5K Lycian M2 followspots
6. André Rieu
Lighting Co: Rent-All BV
Crew
Lighting Designer: Maurice Verbeek
Co-Lighting Designer: Gertjan Houben
Head Crew Chief: Richard Bovee
Operator: Peter Bosua
Crew Chiefs: Marco Driessen, Peter Visser
System Engineer: Bart van Stiphout
Dimmer Tech: Jos Jacobs
Followspots: Eric Verbeek
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 3 High End Systems Wholehog 3 consoles
185 Martin MAC 2000 Wash fixtures
58 Martin MAC 2000 Wash XBs
30 Martin MAC III Profiles
114 Martin MAC 250 Wash fixtures
10 Martin MAC 2000 Performance fixtures
14 Martin Exterior 200 fixtures
53 Vari*Lite VL3500 Q Spot fixtures
8 Barco/High End Systems Showguns
25 Xilver Dropleds
12 Robert Juliat D’Artagnan 2500 HMIs
3 Robert Juliat Heloise 2500 HMIs
4 Robert Juliat Ivanhoe 2500 HMIs
6 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000 HMIs
7: Britney Spears
Lighting Co: PRG/Solotech
Crew
Producer/Director: Steve Dixon
Lighting Designers: Nick Whitehouse, Bryan Leitch (Visual Light Ltd.)
Crew Chief: Mathieu Lavallee
Assistant Crew Chief: Denis Ayotte
Lighting Techs: Remy Parent, Vincent Cadieux, Marc-Aurele Menard, Benoit Paille, Michel Pomerleau, Louis-Charles Poudrette
Gear
Lighting console: PRG V676 console
64 Vari*Lite VL 3000 fixtures
56 Vari*Lite VL 3500w fixtures
54 Vari*Lite VL 500 fixtures
3 Vari*Lite VL 3500 fixtures
18 PRG Bad Boy luminaires
48 Martin Atomic 3K strobes
12 Gyroscopes
4 Robert Juliat Ivanhoe followspots
4 Robert Juliat Aramis followspots
8 4-Light Molefays
8 8-Light Molefays
24 Chroma-Q ColorBlock fixtures
8: Billy Joel & Elton John
Crew
Lighting Co: Epic Production Technologies
Lighting Designer: Steve Cohen
Lighting Directors: Mark Foffano, Kevin “Stick” Bye (Elton John)
Lighting Programmer: Curtis Cox
Lighting Crew Chief: Jim Petrussion
Lighting Crew: Shane Crowl, Jeff Crocker, Joe Dicarlo, Greg Walker, Mondo Figuroa, Michelle Dukes, Kevin Parsley, Steve Suglar
Video Co: Screenworks NEP
Gear
Lighting consoles: Martin Maxxyz, Maxxyz Modules, Maxedia Broadcast media servers
High End Showguns
Vari*Lite VL500 80v fixtures
Vari*Lite 3500 Wash
Vari*Lite 3000 Profiles
Mac III Profiles
Mac 2000 Wash fixtures
Mac 700 Profile fixtures
Elation LED fixtures
Coemar Par LEDs
Lycian M2 followspots
Syncrolite MX3000s
ETC Source Fours
9: Tina Turner
Lighting Co: PRG
Crew
Creative Director/Lighting Designer: Baz Halpin
Lighting Programmer: Kathy Beer
Production/Set Designer: Mark Fisher
Production Manager: Malcolm Weldon
Video Content: Olivier Goulet/Geodezik
Video Director: Larn Poland
Pyro: Pyrotek Special Effects
Gear
Lighting Consoles: 2 MA Lighting grandMA consoles
90 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s
72 Coemar Infinity Wash XLs
76 Vari*Lite VL 3000 Spot fixtures
9 Vari*Lite VL 3500 Wash fixtures
1 Syncrolite SXB fixture
17 Martin Atomic 3000 strobes
13 PixelRange PixelLine 1044 LEDs
4 2.5K Lycian M2 followspot
22 ETC Source Fours
33 4-Light Molefays
10: Coldplay
Lighting Co: Upstaging Inc./Lite Alternative
Crew
Account Executive: John “Coach” Bahnick
Lighting Designer: Paul Normandale
Lighting Director/Programmer: Mark “Sparky” Risk
Lighting Crew Chief: Dave Favorita
Lighting Techs: Jason Blaylock, Dan Swalec, Wayne Kwiat, Ben Bain, Dave Cox, Dave Jolly, Niall Ogilvy
Motion Control: Tommy Green, Steve Richards
Production Manager: Craig “Fin” Finley
Tour Manager: Andy Franks
Staging: All Access Staging & Production
Video Company: XL Video (Des Fallon)
Video Director: Andy Bramley
Video Content: Justine Catteral
Video Programmer: Ben Miles
Lasers & Confetti: Strictly FX USA (Ted Macabee), Mike Hartle, Brook
Blomquist
Gear
Lighting Console: Flying Pig Systems Wholehog 3 and Wing, Catalyst and Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers
17 Martin MAC 2000 Wash XBs
7 Martin MAC 2000 Wash Fixtures
32 Martin MAC 700 Spots 20 Martin MAC 250 Wash Fixtures
27 Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes (10 w/ scrollers)
4 Novalight Nova-Flowers
12 i-Pix BB4 LED fixtures
10 Omni wash lights
28 Mole Richardson 4-Lite Blinders
8 Mole Richardson 2K Mole Beams
