This includes 128 x Robe Pointes and 109 x BMFL WashBeams which are right at the centre of a complex and eye-catching rig.
The tour kicked off with five large stadium dates - all completely sold out - in Italy for which the set and video was designed by Igor Ronchese from Tekset based in Paderno Dugnano. It now continues in the U.S. where Pausini has a massive following especially amongst the Hispanic population, and then Latin America where she is also hugely popular. At the 27th Lo Nuestro Awards in 2015 she stated that although being Italian, "half of my heart beats Latino".
It was the Latino connection that also brought her into contact with Alain, who has sprinkled his lighting flair and imagination on the live shows for a number of high profile Latin music stars including Juanes, Alejandro Fernandez, Chayanne and many more.
Alain and Ignace were asked to pitch for the tour. Pausini and her management loved their proposal and they won the job, specifying the Pointes and BMFLs amongst other fixtures.
The Pointes are rigged on eight vertical ladders and four trussing towers upstage - 16 Pointes per ladder and 32 Pointes per tower. They are used for epic wide-stage looks and retina-burning sweeps and effects across the performance area and out into the audience.
Eighty-five BMFL WashBeams are positioned on five 'V'-shaped trusses used as backlight, with 24 used as filler and key lighting for the band.
These fixtures were specified 'Because you can never go wrong with Pointes or BMFLs" states Alain.
He likes the intense brightness of the BMFLs, plus the frost filter and the speed of all the parameters.
Lighting equipment was supplied in Italy by Agora. The vendor in the U.S. is Clearwing and for the seven shows in Mexico it will be Audio Systems del Norte from Monterrey.
(Jim Evans)
