CARDIFF, UK – Clay Paky Sharpys provided visual impact at Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ homecoming gig. LD Ian Tomlinson of ADLIB Design used Sharpys for their parallel beam effect, particularly shining the beams into the audience. He chose the fixtures for that laser-like look and the way they cut through other lighting in the rig, he says.
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CARDIFF, UK – Clay Paky Sharpys provided visual impact at Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ homecoming gig to support the band’s fifth studio album, Weapons.
Award winning LD Ian Tomlinson of ADLIB Design, the design department of ADLIB Solutions, used Clay Paky Sharpys to deliver an extra special ‘homecoming’ show for the bands loyal fanbase at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena – one of the largest venues in the group’s 2012 UK tour.
Promising a ‘full-scale performance,’ Lostprophets were out to impress. Tomlinson used the Sharpy’s laser-like beam to create an array of mid-air effects and fast moving, atmospheric backlight.
“I used the Sharpys as an effect – a bit like a laser,” explains Tomlinson. “In particular they were used to create big effects into the audience. Weirdly, I really like the frost effect over the powerful beam, and the eight-way prism. I also really like the way they create an intense beam that cuts through all the other lighting in the rig, even if they are placed at the back of the stage.”
UK-based Tomlinson won the 2011 Total Production International (TPi) Award for Lighting Designer of the Year. This has also lead to a nomination for a Knight of Illumination Award for his work on Swedish House Mafia and this year he will have provided lighting design for four stages at Creamfields.
