Lighting designer Davy Sherwin has put together a show based around a design that makes the rig appear vastly bigger than it actually is.
The project is being handled by Mike Oates for HSL, who says, "It's always great working with Davy - he is one of the most talented of the UK's current new wave of LDs."
The full rig contains a front and back truss plus a substantial floor package, the latter of which will travel to Europe with them where they will hook in to house rigs overhead.
Four different length tank traps come down as drop arms from the back truss, and another five come up from the stage underneath, with one GLP Impression LED wash light on the down pipes and two on each of the up pipes. Another two Impressions are on the floor, one to the side and the other on the mid stage riser for low level cross lighting for ambience, shadows and silhouettes.
Five i-Pix BB4s are positioned upstage on the floor washing up the Foals logo on the backdrop.
Then there are four Robe Robin 600 Spots upstage on flight cases and six Robe ColorWash 700E ATs on the deck behind the backline, for some powerful back beamage. Five Omni floods on low 'turtle' stands are also sitting behind the band, introducing a tungsten contrast, with a further unit downstage right as a soft key light for lead singer Yanis Philippakis.
The floor picture is completed with four Martin Atomic strobes in a row upstage. On the back truss - in addition to the GLPs on the drop arms, are six Robe ColorBeam 700 and seven Atomics.
The front truss features just five 4-cell linear Moles, shooting into the audience and six Robe ColorWash 700E ATs. For control, Sherwin is using a Road Hog Full Boar console.
The crew from HSL is Tom Wright and Johnny Harper.
(Jim Evans)
