Lighting Co
Premier Global Production
Video Co
PRG Video
Crew
- Show Director & Set Designer: Dan Braun
- Lighting Designer & Director: Rob Koenig
- Lighting Programmers: Rob Koenig, Troy Eckerman, Joe Cabrera
- Lighting Crew Chief: JT McDonald
- Lighting Techs: Brandon Blackman, Bill Spalliero, Nick Shields, Jason Lanning, Nikki Brote, Jack Hayes
- Video Crew Chief: Mark Woody
- Video Director: Dave Neugebauer
- Video Programmer & AD: Gene McAuliffe
- Video Engineer: Graham Holwill
- Video Techs: Jason Lebel, Thomas Pagano, Victor Davis, Corey Lang, Benjamin Welch, Neil Welch, Erin Lynch, Julian Van Bussel, John Moore
- Video Content/Creation: Marcus Lyall KPX Video
- Tour Manager: Dick Adams
- Production Manager: John “Lug” Zajonc
- Production Assistant: Henry Wetzel
- Stage Manager: Michael Washer
- Staging: Stageco
- Set: Tait Towers
- Lasers: ER Productions
- Laser Techs: Tom Vallis (operator), Dylan Hall,
- Pyro: Pryotek
- Pyro Techs: Hans Lundburg (Shooter), Matt Thomas, Joel Richardson, Alexander Toverada, Terrence Birdsly, Cole Bibler
- Riggers: Chad Koehler, Ken Ruhman
- Site Coordinators: Anthony Giordano, John “Bugzee” Hougdahl,
- Albert Lawrence, Philip Guiliano
- Tour Accountant: Chris Risner
- Trucking: Upstaging
Gear
Lighting:
- 2 grandMA2 consoles
- 69 Robe WashBeam BMFLs
- 54 Martin Axioms
- 30 Martin Atomic LEDs
- 25 SGM Q-7s
- 30 Solaris Flares
- 16 SHS Global Titans
- 2 Martin MAC Vipers
- 8 HazeMasters
Video System Stats:
- LED Pixels: 921,600
- Bytes of Video Content: 1.5 TB
- Modules of PRG V28: 3,600
- Power at 100%: 150 amps/270,000W
- 2 PRG Mbox V4 Beta servers w/12 active layers each
- 4 HD live video inputs each
- 2 HD outputs of 3840×1080
Lasers and Atmosphere:
- 100 ER Productions Beambursts
- 16 Phaenon 30000s
- 16 Look Solutions Viper Deluxe smoke machines
- 4 Look Solutions Unique Hazers
- 12 Look Solutions Hand Held Power Tiny Foggers
Tour Notes:
Metallica’s current “WorldWired” tour, in support of the band’s HardWired…to Self Destruct album, released in Nov. 2016, included a few shows in early 2016 before launching in earnest later in the year, in both North and South America. Shows in Asia, Europe and the Americas followed in 2017, including a long string of stadium and arena dates in North America from early May to mid-August, 2017. More European dates followed from early September to November, with another European leg slated for February to May 2018.
More details at http://plsn.com/wp/archives/october-2017/metallica-worldwired-tour/
