Flogging Molly tour with Chauvet
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“Lighting this band is a great experience, because they have such a strong connection to their fans and their energy is contagious,” said Therrien. “I wanted to give this show some big looks with lots of colour, aerial effects and movement to match the party atmosphere at a Flogging Molly concert. At the same time, I also wanted to be able to slow things down for when the band takes a pause to do ballads and slow jams.”
Therrien is getting the energy and versatility he wants with a rig that includes 10 Rogue R2 Washes, six Legend 230SR Beams and four blinder panels. His standard plot for the tour calls for a collection of four Rogues and an equal number of washes to be positioned on upstage cases. An additional two Rogues and two Legends are placed on the upstage deck, while two more Rogues are arranged on either side of the mid-stage deck, and the four blinders are flown on downstage truss.
“The Rogue washes are giving me great colour saturation on the stage,” he said. “They’re also washing the band’s iconic backdrop and backlighting the individual artists. I can change the colours I’m creating with the Rogues very quickly and smoothly, which is important to setting different moods. Overall, the rich colours are contributing to the party effect. The audience also loves the scenic gobo looks that I’m wrapping around the band with the Legends. Of course, the rapid movements I get with the Rogues and the Legends help our visuals keep pace with the band’s music.”
Therrien relies on his Rogue and Legend fixtures to keep his show varied throughout the concert. “When you have an extensive set list like this, you want to hold back on some looks early so you can keep things fresh throughout,” he said. “With the colour and gobo capabilities I have available to me, this is very doable.”
Covering more than 30 cities in the US and a dozen in Europe, the Flogging Molly tour includes a number of widely different venues, from the Cosmopolitan Hotel Pool in Las Vegas, to the LA Forum, to the Atlantic City Convention centre and Irving Plaza in New York. “We have to adjust to a lot of different stages and house rigs,” said Therrien. “The tour manager Casey Cress and the Flogging Molly crew have been great to work with, which has really helped in these adjustments.”
(Jim Evans)
