GLASGOW — Scottish alt rockers Del Amitri reunited and hit the road for the first time in 12 years with lighting, sound and crew supplied by Liverpool based rental specialist Adlib. Lighting was designed by Adlib’s Ian Tomlinson. His brief was to create a cool theatrical style show with no manic strobing and visual craziness. The production carried their own rig and also made use of some of the house lighting rigs where appropriate.
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Adlib were extremely proud to be working with the band again for the hugely successful tour, which played three weeks around the UK and Ireland, including an acclaimed sell out show at the new 8,000 capacity Hydro Arena in their hometown of Glasgow.
The tour encompassed a wide mix of venues – starting in a pub in Ireland, it went through several arts theatres before settling into a run of concert halls and the Hydro Arena – so everyone on the production team had to be flexible in their approaches.
The lighting rig was based around three trusses with nine Martin MAC 700 profile moving lights on each of these and a grey cyc hanging off the rear truss.
On the floor were six Altman Scoop Lights on wheeled stands. When practical – depending on stage space – these were moved manually during the set. They started at the back and were moved in by the lighting crew to surround the band for the acoustic section, and then back upstage when that was finished.
The Scoop which loosely resembles a large PAR, produces a diffuse, soft-edged beam of light and is an ideal fixture for colour blending and creating smooth, even washes.
Also on the floor were 12 x MAC Aura LED washes dotted around, and seven Chauvet COLORado LED battens to up-light the cyc.
“The design underlined an old-skool concept and presented it with a modern twist,” concludes Tomlinson, who also really enjoyed working with the band and getting into the whole Del Amitri vibe.
