The biennial event, which celebrates the band and salutes fans worldwide, was held at the Mandalay Bay Event Centre in Las Vegas on 11 March. The five-hour communal concert began in 2000 and has become a 311 tradition; this year fans could also tune into a live webcast.
"The show featured 68 songs, LED video and two laser tables; there was a lot of non-stop programming right up until the last minute," says Paradise who also programmed the concert and directed the video.
"I used 18 Infinity XLs as a wash on stage over the band instead of using a keylight," he explains. "I also used their effects during a fair amount of the show. I had 12 ACLs S on the floor and 22 in the rig, which consisted of four big circles: 20, 30 and 40ft plus a 70ft keylight. They were suspended above the stage." Paradise also deployed four hazebase hazers.
"The ACLs S played a really big part in the show," Paradise reports. "Their colour is great, the beam is phenomenal and the output ridiculous for a 300-watt light: They really competed with 1200- and 1500-watt instruments that I also had on the show. No matter what I did with the Coemars they looked great."
(Jim Evans)
