The design for Adam Lambert's Glam Nation Tour was built on a scaled-down lighting and set design that was intended to be supplemented on the road. "This whole tour was designed around a very tight budget," noted lighting designer and lighting/video director Jason Deboer. "The plan was to use whatever local gear was in house at the venues and (we would bring) a small floor package and two (Barco High End Systems) DL-3s to the rig every day. The design is very loose so that we can adjust to the venues that we are playing. We have seen every size venue you can: clubs, theatres, casinos and a few sheds." Along with a full-size grandMA console, the tour also travels with a laser package including two Kvant 16-watt lasers under the control of a Pangolin processor and an HP Touchsmart PC. "The lasers are an extremely versatile instrument now, with the advent of all of the color lasers and the color combinations that can be created," Johnson said. "It's not the same old shtick. I never tire of shooting them during this show. Lasers as effects have come so far in such a short period of time."
From "Production Profile" by Steve Jennings, PLSN, Sept. 2010
