The band's long-time lighting designer, Ben Inskip designed a new lighting concept for the festival shows, which served as a launch pad for the group's new album, That's the Spirit, and the accompanying upcoming world tour.
"The band were really keen to make a huge impact as they haven't performed since December," says Ben. "We had the 'sunset' main support slot to Metallica, so I really wanted to impress and make the house rig and our floor package look like one design. Fixtures choice and some in-depth programming specific to this show was how I planned to achieve this.
"My choice to use the Vista L5 was instant. We didn't get to see the house rig until quite late on in the rehearsal process, so I needed to pre-program and then adapt it only a day or two before the first show. Therefore, I needed a console that could handle large amounts of fixture exchanges without the need for any further time consuming alterations from myself."
Vista utilises a generic fixture model throughout its software, which means it actually understands how each fixture works - enabling the intended programmed look to be automatically transferred if a fixture change occurs.
Ben built the new show on a Macbook and Jands Vista S1 control surface, which utilises the exact same software as found on the L5. During the festival performances the Macbook + S1 combination provided a full tracking backup solution.
Bring Me the Horizon's world tour kicks off in Florida in October and continues across North America through the month. In November, it heads back to Europe and continues into December.
Recent shows featuring lighting or media control by Vista include international concert tours by Florence + The Machine, Kylie Minogue, Queen + Adam Lambert, Dierks Bentley, and Fall Out Boy.
(Jim Evans)
CaptionBring Me The Horizon play Reading (Photo: Adam Elmakias)
