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Top 10 Tours of 2015* – 1: Taylor Swift ‘1989’ Tour

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Lighting Co:
VER

Video Co:
VER

Crew

Production/Show Designer: Baz Halpin

Production Designer: Chris Nyfield

Production Manager: Arthur Kemish

Production Coordinator: Tori (Victoria) Tanner

Associate Show Director: Melissa Garcia

Screens/Content Director: Gabriel Coutu-Dumont

VER Account Rep: Susan Tesh

Associate LDs: Bryan Barancik, Eric Marchwinski

Lighting Directors/Programmers: Steve Foster, Eric Marchwinski

Lighting Crew: John Flyn (Crew Chief), Dave Evans, Tom James, Jason “Tex” Bowman, Nick West, Ben Timms, Nathan Ellis, Chelsea Gill, Dan Rodriguez, Paul Sadler

Video Director: Michael Tinsley

Video Crew: Scott Coraci, Sean Harper, Nathan Fountain, Karl Hansen, Mark Stutsman, Aaron Wagner, Austin Wavra, Jon Stutsman, Chad McClymonds

d3 Consultant/Content Management: JT Rooney

Media/Screen Configuration: Control Freak Systems (CFS)

CFS System Designers: Dirk Sanders, Ryan Middlemiss

Audience LED Effects: PixMob

PixMob Crew: Jaques Vanier, Sebastian Lavoie, Christophe Lessard-Drolet, Eric Parker, Rafael Linares

Staging: Tait

Gear

Lighting Control: grandMA2 (2 full, 1 light, 1 onPC, 1 Earlybird Previz PC, 1 CTI Show DMX, 1 RC4 Wireless system)

98            Vari*Lites (50 VL3500W FX, 24 VL3015 LT, 24 VL3515)

198         GLPs (70 X4 XL, 128 X4)

46            Martin MAC Vipers (40 AirFX, 6 Air Performance)

124         Clay Paky Sharpys

66            TMB Solaris Flares

36            Chroma-Q Color Blocks

22            Philips CK ColorBlast iWhites

10            Lycian Followspots (2 M2 2.5K truss spots, 8 4K spots for stadiums)

4               MDG theOne smoke machines

252         Galaxia WinVision 9Air tiles (Main Wall)

133         Galaxia WinVision 9Air tiles (Stadium Side Screens)

4               Barco HDX-20 20K Projectors (Arenas)

2               32’x18’ Vario rear-projection screens (Arenas)

229         VER Revolution Blade HDs

104         Tyler truss (94 GT, 10 20” sections)

42            Cosmic Truss U-Torms

Lighting Practicals

4               NYC LED Signs

4               LED Microphone Stands

1               LED Jungle Gym

12            LED Umbrellas

12            Custom LED Mapped Suits

1x Custom LED Mapped Dress

RC4 Wireless devices

Video Gear – VER

1               Ross V3MP-001 Vison3, 3 ME Production Switcher

8               Sony HXC-100 HD Cameras

5               Fujinon Lenses

2               Sony BRC Robocams

252         Galaxia WinVision 9Air tiles (Main Wall)

42            ½ size Galaxia Win 9 Air tiles

133         Galaxia WinVision 9Air tiles (Stadium Side Screens)

4               Barco HDX-20 20K Projectors (Arenas)

2               32’x18’ Vario rear-projection screens (Arenas)

229         VER Revolution Blade HDs

Video Gear – Control Freak

1               CFS Encore Bridge Software 3x Encore 3ME

2               CFS LiveFX Custom Swift

1               Earlybird Visual Previz System

2               d3 4×4

6               Datapath X4

3               Imagepro II

1               20×20 Extron DVI Router

1               72×72 Sierra HDSDI Router

1               Avitech 4 way Multiveiwer

1               Blackmagic 16way Multiviewer

2               Distrpalyzers

1               Marshall Audio Monitor

Pixmob Gear

2,567,412             LED Wristbands

36            IR Transmitters

TOUR NOTES

The 1989 World Tour ran from May through Dec 2015 with legs in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia, including 31 stadiums, 52 arenas, 55 cities and10 countries on four continents.

*Top 10 Tour rankings from Billboard magazine based on gross ticket sales from Nov. 2014 to Nov. 2015