Hurst selected a mixture of conventional and LED washes - detailing 68 of the impression zooms, mounted both on the main V truss and custom made floor towers (at stage left and right), for the chase and movement elements.
"Over the last couple of years I've done a lot of dance shows with the likes of The Prodigy and the advantage of LED is the speed of it," says Hurst. "If you're doing fast shutter chases through lamps, with LED there's no stutter as there's nothing physically opening or closing - so it's perfect.
"The GLP impressions are also very light, and therefore move very quickly - which is a further advantage. They are not far off the speed of a mirror which means you can take them from one focus to another very quickly."
Andy Hurst's lighting array was spread over 12 lines of DMX and controlled from a Hog Full Boar with touch screen wing and a DP 8000 DMX processor.
December proved to be a doubly busy month for the LD, as he also designed 100 standard impressions into his rig for American rock band 30 Seconds To Mars, led by Jared Leto. The lighting for both tours was supplied by PRG.
(Jim Evans)
