This year lead singer Philip Oakey took a real interest in the visuals. Deciding to perform their seminal 1980 Dare album in order in its entirety, he discussed with Sinclair his desire for a real period feel from the visuals and a 'rectangular' basis to the stage.
Sinclair created and edited all the show's video content himself. Approximately 50% of this is completely new, and the rest was a combination of re-edited and archival material form the Dare era. All of it is stored in the DigitalSpot heads.
For moving lights, HSL supplied 18 Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs - nine hung above with nine on the floor, plus six Vari*Lite 1000s on the front truss and six Atomic strobes.
Other fixtures included Pulsar ChromaStrips dotted around the band and Showtec Sunstrips placed along the back of the risers. These each contain 10 individually controllable MR16 lamps and HSL had these powder coated in white to match the backline. Sinclair controls all the fixtures from a Jands Vista console with one of the new M1 wings.
(Jim Evans)
