Katie Melua is carrying four DL2s, Studio Beams and a Wholehog 3 console with LD Chris Lambourne. The tour started in January and draws to a close at the beginning of April. DL2 operator Oli Metcalfe says: "The DL2s have proved to be very reliable and easy to set up - and quite bright. The media server is very versatile with many interesting effects. The Wholehog 3 Personality is good, and allows for easy access to all the attributes."
The Strokes' LD Chris Ragan of IPS Creative Group has specified two DL2s and two Catalyst Pro Media Servers for the tour which started in the UK/Ireland in January. Ragan is also adding five Studio Spot 575s when the tour hits the US this month. Ragan says: "The DL2s are great - we are loving them! Throughout the show the DL2s project band images plus other content to songs on a scrim above the band. We hold out to the end of the show to use the aerial effects. The DL2s are on the top of two 10ft towers which leaves a lot of play to hit anywhere in the venue."
Toto's LD Andrew Doig has included three DL2s and a Wholehog 3 in his design for the tour, which runs from 25 February to 8 May in UK, Europe and Japan. Toto will then tour the US in the summer. Eric Clapton is also touring across Europe, beginning in May, with six DL2s.
Neg Earth has bought into High End Systems' new digital lighting technology, stocking products such as DL2s and the Catalyst Pro Media Server.
Neg Earth's Dave Ridgway says: "To date we've found the DL2 an extremely useful tool for LDs. It's a great deal brighter than the more conventional projectors traditionally used, and the end results have been very well received."
(Lee Baldock)
