It's Adlib's third tour with Barrowman and a full Adlib crew and sees the debut of Adlib's new Coda Audio sound system.
FOH is being mixed by Walter Jaquiss. The main left and right hangs are 24 Coda Airline LA12s, with 24 LA8s for side hangs (10 a side) and in-fills. There are eight SC8 subs ground stacked in four columns of two across the front of the stage and all of it is powered by Coda C10 amps.
They are using the Coda DNC 260 processors across the system which are very high resolution, and systems tech Kenny Perrin is using the standard Adlib Dolby Lake processing set up for EQ and time alignment.
The FOH console is a 96 channel Soundcraft Vi6, on which Jaquiss is taking advantage of all the onboard processing , plus additionals in the form of some Waves plug-ins for extra EQ & dynamics, and a Lexicon PCM91 reverb which is used on Barrowman's vocal.
Monitors are mixed by LJ. It's a completely clean stage, with everyone on Sennheiser G3 IEMs, with four mixes running for Barrowman and 6 hard-wired mixes for the rest of the band. There are however three token Adlib MP3 wedges along the front of the stage for the dancers, who are an integral part of the show's visuals and humour. LJ is also mixing on a Vi6.
The lighting rig has front and back trusses and two gently raked side trusses. On the back were eight Martin Professional MAC 700 Profiles and seven MAC 700 Washes. On the sides are three MAC 700 profiles and four MAC 301 LED Washes.
On the front truss are six MAC 700 Washes, nine Source Four 19 degree profiles and six 2-lites for the audience. On the floor are another six MAC 301s at the back, together with six PixelPAR 90s, and another two MAC 700 Washes each side.
(Jim Evans)
