Lighting designers Chris Stuba (ZZ Top) and Larry Boster (Brooks & Dunn) decided to use Vari*Lite 3500 Washes, 3000 Spots and 2500 Spots. They added Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes and Color Kinetics Color Blasts to the equipment list. Lighting was controlled by two Grand MAs, one Grand MA Lite and three Grand MA NSPs.
"We started this year's tour in April, went to Europe in July and then hooked up with Brooks and Dunn in August. Brooks and Dunn had been out for most of the year with their own lighting rig designed by Larry Boster," Chris Stuba explained. "We supplemented [Brooks and Dunn's] existing rig with 24 VL 3500s and seven DL2s and four VL 3000s, some Atomic Strobes and Audience Blinders. We also added our catalyst System and Grand MA consoles."
(Jim Evans)
