Following an initial winter leg in arenas and theatres, the band's current summer tour is playing outdoor venues across Spain. Lighting, sound and visual equipment for the tour, including the Cuepix Panels, is being supplied by PRG of Spain.
The three light crosses make up the set's visual overhead focus, each cross mounted on an individual cross-shaped truss structure and made up of 13 Cuepix Panels (39 total). Part of Elation's Cuepix Series of LED blinders and strip lights, the Cuepix Panel is a high-power matrix panel with individual pixel control and a full spectrum of colors from 25x 30-watt RGB COB LEDs. Each cross is connected to a Kinesys motion control system, which allows for various configurations through height and tilt adjustments.
"On the outside the Cuepix Panel is a robust fixture with a design that caters both to events where the aesthetic look of the fixture is to be taken into account and also for the rock and roll touring world, where the fixture sometimes doesn't receive such good treatment," states Aitor Beloqui, project manager at PRG and the man responsible for the lighting, sound and video equipment on tour.
Aitor and his team wanted to offer the same experience at the outdoor summer venues as they did at the indoor venues last winter, where they could hang fixtures from an existing trussing system. That meant they had to supply the truss structure for each outdoor venue. "That has made it a fairly complicated project as we have a large number of fixtures and mobile/hung elements upstage," he says. "We had to take this into account when making calculations for allowed hung weight for the temporary truss structures during the summer leg. The aim has been to try to offer the same show, technically speaking, both in the summer as in the winter and I think we've done that."
(Jim Evans)
