Friday night's Pyramid headliners Coldplay also bought in their own Avolites Pearl 2000 to run their touring four-screen Radlite hard drive video system, controlled by Nick Whitehead. Meanwhile, LD Bryan Leitch used one of the Diamond 3s to run the production lighting rig. The Coldplay world tour has just kicked off where Leitch and Whitehouse are using a Pearl plus a brand new Avo Sapphire, purchased by Leitch's company Siyan to run the Radlite system and the lighting rig.
Glastonbury's Other Stage lighting was looked after by Steve Hall and Rob Gawler, with equipment again supplied by Neg Earth. Here an Avolites Sapphire was used, alongside a WholeHog II connected to WYSIWYG. The primary moving lights were High End Studio Spots and Colours and Coemar Supercycs, plus a substantial generic rig.
Bristol based Fineline supplied five areas with lighting using several Avo consoles - the Jazzworld Stage (Nic Ayres, Steve Walsh & Rob Watson operating two Sapphire 2000s), the Circus Tent (James Loudon and Jan Osborne running a pearl 2000), the Cabaret Tent (Simon Johnson and Sam Morgan using an Avo Azure 2000), the Theatre Tent (Hal Himsworth with another Sapphire) and the Acoustic Stage (Reuben Pinkney and Rob Sangwell using another Pearl 2000). Fineline's owner Darren Wring, has long been a fan of Avolites' consoles. "They're ideal for this type of multi-user operation," he said. The Jazz stage rig included an assortment of generic fixtures plus MAC 600s, High End Studio Spots and PC Beams.
Coloursound Experiment supplied the action-packed dance tent lighting. Haydn Cruickshank and Dave 'Fletch' Fletcher, using a Pearl 2000 and a Jands Event console, plus Avolites dimming for the generics, ran the show. The Dance Tent hosted sets from the best of the genre including Nick Warren and Sacha, the Genius Crew, DJ Marky, DJ Patife and Stamina, and live action came from the likes of Mis-teeq, System 7, The Bays, Thievery Corporation and many more. Coloursound was also lighting the New Bands Tent - that featured up and coming stars of the future. The Glade arena lighting was run by Coloursound's Jasper Johns using Pulsar control.
In the Smirnoff Experience Tent, LD Nick Jevons and Kris Lundberg used an Avolites Sapphire to weave his illuminative magic in this area. Fixtures included MAC 2000s, 500s, 600s and Atomic strobes. All lighting gear including the Sapphire and Avo dimmers in this area was supplied by Bandit Lites and the performers included Carl Cox, John Digweed, Tall Paul, Darren Christian and Fergie.
(Lee Baldock)
