The gig - their biggest ever to date in the UK - sold out in just a few days and was preceded by a short seven-date jaunt around Europe. It also came just a month after All Time Low finished a double headline UK arena tour with You Me At Six, so, with the proximity of this still in fans' minds, Jeff designed a completely new overhead lighting scheme for the Wembley event ... and retained the core high-impact floor package from the co-headline tour, adding some new elements so he could create an eye-popping new visual extravaganza that would feel great live and look awesome on camera!
"I wanted to establish multiple layers and levels, creating steps up to the 'sky' that peaked at the highest point above the stage - a concept that has been explored before," he explained, "But I wanted to do it in a new and unique way."
He also wanted the BMFL Spots to be the "Main event" of the design.
The structural backbone of Aurora was three V-shaped trusses flown at different heights, with downstage being the highest. Upstage of these, a curved video truss was rigged -slightly lower than the upstage (low) V - to facilitate three LED surfaces, and both stage left and right were two 'fingers' flown at two different angles.
As well as the 18 x BMFL Spots, he used 40 x Pointes, 56 x LEDBeam 100s, 16 x LEDWash 600s and 15 x CycFX 8s, all supplied by Zig Zag Lighting from Leeds, the lighting contractor for the show and Jeff's favourite UK rental company.
On each of the three V trusses were six BMFLs together with eight LEDBeam 100s, four strobes, six 2-cell DWEs and four LED PARs.
On the upstage video truss were 10 Pointes, five strobes and six LED PARs.
The four fingers each featured four Pointes, six LEDBeam 100s, two strobes, four LED PARs and a 4-lite blinder.
The floor package started upstage with six Pointes and three CycFX on the upstage risers. On the midstage risers were another six Pointes and four CycFX 8s with strobes underneath blasting though the Perspex riser tops. The riser ramps were lined with two CycFX 8s each side, with another six Pointes and four CycFX 8s on the stage left and right wings.
Illuminating the audience - all important for the DVD record - were 16 x LEDWash 600s and four 4-lite linear Moles divided between house right and left.
(Jim Evans)
