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’.
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
Mason Ford, Lighting Designer, Programmer and Director for Tove Lo’s “Dirt Femme” Tour, noted how the cloud set pieces were “the main element” at the start of his discussions with Creative Director Charlie Twaddle and the Tove Lo team. They opted to focus more on lighting than video—with no complaints from Ford—with a rig provided by Premier Global Production, the lighting vendor that had supported this artist’s “Sunshine Kitty” Tour in 2020. “When I heard from our Production Manager Tyler Young that we were going with [PGP], I definitely breathed a sigh of relief,” Ford said. “With Mark Donahue out as our Lighting Tech, and the gear they sent us out with, I didn’t have much to worry about.”
Lighting Company
Premier Global Production
Venue
Various (Tour)
“Billboard” magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. The Showtime section within PLSN’s January 2023 issue focuses on the lighting, staging and video production teams and equipment supporting these tours.
The Swedish rock band Ghost recently wrapped up the third, North American leg of its Imperatour tour for which Brazil-based Lighting Designer, Erich Bertti was once again back designing along with the band’s lead singer Tobias Forge. Also returning to support the Ghost tour and Bertti was Senior Account Manager, Steven “Creech” Anderson and Madison, TN-based Premier Global Production, providing lighting, rigging, truss and crew. Bertti and Anderson fill PLSN in on the design and their working relationship for Ghost’s tour.
Lighting & Video Company
Music Matters Productions
Venue
Oceanfront Beach
Asbury Park, NJ
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2022 Global Stadium Tour has been packing large venues on both sides of the Atlantic this year, with plans to continue to Australia and New Zealand in early 2023. Premier Global Production has been supporting the tour with 250 Chauvet Professional fixtures.
As lighting designer for the Juno Award-winning James Barker Band, Andrew Dawson gets ample opportunities to engage in “illuminated storytelling,” thanks to the rich narratives… Read More »Andrew Dawson Unfolds James Barker Band’s Stories with Chauvet Professional
The lighting rig that George Gorton designed for Dallas Smith’s Some Things Never Change Tour took on a life of its own over the course of the early summer, seeming to expand, contract and morph in new directions with every show. After a 19-month pandemic-caused hiatus, the Juno Award-winning multi-platinum country star took off to play some live music on May 24, and invited some friends to join him. Seven different acts have supported Smith on his 24-show, five-week tour of Canada. This diversity made it essential that Gorton devise a rig with an organic-like quality to grow and change.Read More »Dallas Smith and Friends Perform with Structural Lighting Looks from Chauvet Fixtures
Lighting and Production Designer Patrick Brannon selected Claypaky Xtylos, A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpys for Tim McGraw’s recently-completed 2022 tour through the eastern U.S. Premier Global Production served as lighting vendor for the tour.