UK - Nocturne Productions & Vidicon are providing Barco high-performance display technology for Paul McCartney's 2003 'Back in the World' European Tour, which kicks off in France on March 25th. Nocturne and Vidicon are supplying approximately 149sq.m of Barco's LED video displays and 16 of its high brightness ELM Series DLP projectors for McCartney's World Tour in Europe. The Barco LED displays are located on both sides of the stage, each in a spectacular separate display. 16 Barco ELM R12 projectors are rear-projected, side-by-side, onto eight projection screens left and right of the stage. The configuration is used to show live image magnification and video playback during the show.Following his successful North American tour, McCartney toured Mexico City and Japan for concerts in November. His 2003 European tour kicks off in France at the end of March, after which it proceeds to Spain, Belgium, England, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Ireland. Vidicon, Nocturne's LED specialist, owns the world's largest inventory of Barco DLite 7 equipment.
(Lee Baldock)