When not in use, the unit appears to be just another huge 34ft trailer, but at the push of a button, it unfolds Transformers-style to reveal a professional stage. The complete sound and lighting rig is set up in minutes. Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil observed: "The stage is an awesome portable stage with top notch sound and lights. I look forward to playing on it again."
All power for the stage comes from a built-in generator, and with a sound system designed for an audience of 10,000, power constraints were a prime consideration when the lighting system was planned. Designers found a solution in power-saving LED fixtures.
Lighting the stage are 28 LED COLORpalettes and 20 LEDrain 56 narrow beam colour washes. The savings in power consumption afforded by the use of LEDs allowed designers to also incorporate 16 LED Technostrobes, two 1700W foggers, and three 10mW Scorpion Scan Fat Beam lasers.
(Jim Evans)
