Paradise was charged with enhancing and interpreting the band's musical style while bringing some big looks to the event, which featured 86 songs across the two shows. Paradise focused his design around 311's signature honeycomb beehive motif. He used eight pods of toned truss to form the honeycomb shape and support the over-the-stage rig in the Smoothie King Centre (formerly the New Orleans Arena).
Paradise selected Clay Paky Sharpy Washes to provide a solid colour base that washed over the stage and delivered keylight from downstage, and used Sharpy beams for dramatic effects. He also placed Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500s upstage on the walkway of the arena's club level where they supplied solid, fat beams with colour-mixing and a long throw. The entire lighting rig was supplied by A.G. Lighting.
Also participating in 311 Day were Grant Sellers from Strictly FX and Charles Lucia from Practical FX for pyrotechnics and cryo, and Pyramid for IMAG. Robert (Junior) Jones, Alex Parayuelos and Mike Gallagher served as technicians.
Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky area manager for North and Latin America, added, "We've worked with Joe a lot and are big fans of his work. We're pleased to see that he has once again chosen our fixtures for these performances."
(Jim Evans)
