Creed has reunited for their first new tour in over a decade with their “Summer of ’99” tour. Production & Lighting Designer Mathias Kuhn, is also filling the role of Lighting Director. He worked closely with the production vendors, Bandit Lites; PRG; and IMAGESFX. Here he shares in his own words the dynamic design approach that is engaging fans.
The Los Angeles-based alt-metal rockers, Tool set out on the road supporting their record, ‘Fear Inoculum,’ with a show from the creative team of Lighting Designer/
Director Mark “Junior” Jacobson, Video Designer/Director Breckinridge “Breck” Haggerty, and Laser Designer/Programmer/Operator Scott Wilson from Production Design International (PDI).
For the co-headlining tour of Modest Mouse and the Pixies, Designers Dave Morris and Nathaniel Beckett created a partially shared rig for two distinct designs.
We go inside the Sphere in Las Vegas to learn about the design and technology on ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby’
Pantera went back out on the road with a powerful lighting design—and a lot of pyrotechnics—from their longtime Lighting Designer Sonny Satterfield. Touring this summer with another metal powerhouse Lamb of God, designed by Bryan Hartley, Pantera proved it had not lost a step. Joining the team on this tour was Production Manager, Eric “Shakes” Grzybowski.
DJ ILLENIUM took a pause in his current tour to bring his Trilogy:Colorado show to his hometown’s Empower Field stadium. Brown Note Productions brought in a massive extra production package of lighting, video, staging & rigging, and audio to realize the immersive design of Field Production Designer Ha Hau and Lighting Designer Chuck Williams.
PLSN takes an in-depth look at Rauw Alejandro’s 2023 ‘Saturno World Tour’ with production solutions from PRG in support of the design from Creative Director Adrian Martinez and Lighting Designer Marcus Jessup.
Here’s a look at the large format projections that were part of Vivid Sydney 2023, which also featured the debut of a new Barco projector used by the TDC design team.