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A.C. Lighting Supply Jands Vista for Keane International Tour
A.C. Lighting has supplied a Jands Vista lighting console to Lite Alternative for rock band Keane’s 2005 European & US tour.
Following a successful 2004 UK tour and the critical and commercial success of the band’s debut album – Hopes and Fears won a BRIT award for Best Album and went on to become the second biggest selling album in 2004 – Keane decided to extend the tour with a series of European and US dates throughout 2005.
With extra production budget being available for US shows, which were taking place in venues up to twice the capacity of the European dates, show lighting designer Paul Normandale decided after last year’s UK tour to review the lighting rig with a view to stepping up the production values for the US leg.
A major drawback of using different size rigs was the need to completely re-plot the show for the larger US rig after the European dates, as well as re-plotting on the road for selected venues where only the in-house lighting rig could be used.
Having read about the Jands Vista lighting console’s innovative Generic Fixture Model, Paul was keen to see if the feature could provide a real solution to the lengthy process of re-plotting shows. After receiving a demo by exclusive European and North American distributor A.C. Lighting, he was immediately impressed by the Vista’s visually based programming interface and what he saw as several really key time-saving features not available in the desk he had used on the UK tour.
For full feature see issue 106 of Entertainment Technology (published 24th May).
11th May 2005
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