A metal design should at turns be bright and bold, yet subtle and nuanced, pushing and pulling the audience’s emotions to new places, while supporting the music of the artists on stage. Parnelli Award-winning Lighting Designer, Rob Koenig and his team, are doing all this and more for Metallica on the second North American leg of the band’s ‘M72 World Tour’.
Many in our industry have heard the legend of Van Halen’s tour rider with the “No Brown M&Ms”. Some know it well and know its origins, but many do not. In this video David “Diamond Dave” Lee Roth explains the origin of this rider clause and how it was used to catch promoters who didn’t read the band’s tour riders and to ensure production safety needs were meet. We thank Parnelli Award-winning Lighting Designer, Rob Koenig for digging up this insightful video.
On Friday, January 26 the ProProduction Sessions at NAMM presented by PLSN & FOH took place at the NAMM 2024 show. There were five great… Read More »That’s a Wrap: The 2024 Timeless ProProduction Sessions
Necessity is the mother of invention. The time-worn adage might sound a bit trite to modern ears, but its validity is being vividly demonstrated to sellout crowds across Europe and North America on Metallica’s M72 World Tour. The eight distinctive towers that lend a dramatic flair to the production came about when Production Designer, Dan Braun, had to find an alternative to his initial vision of creating tensegrity structures for the show. “I have been interested in tensegrity sculpture for a while and was working on this concept for an indoor show,” said Braun, who’s worked closely with Lighting Designer Rob Koenig on the production. “Our world changed, when the tour went to stadiums in the round. My first thought was ‘we can’t do that.’ But after careful consideration, I said ‘why not?’”Read More »Rob Koenig Connects Metallica to Crowd with 144 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE Ms
One of the hottest tours of the summer—or any summer—is Metallica. Metals greatest band launched their M72 World Tour April 27 in Amsterdam with Rob Koenig again at the helm as Lighting Designer, an outing that has the thrash rockers playing a unique two-night, no-repeat schedule in cities across Europe and North America. Koenig crafts unique lighting looks using 600+ automated lights, a rig that includes Proteus Excalibur™ sky beams from Elation Professional. Lighting supply is by Premier Global Production.Read More »Rob Koenig Lights Metallica M72 World Tour with Proteus