Lighting designer Jay Waddell based the design around an LED neon outlined heart shape, which had originally been a piece of artwork the band had used for branding. LED neon was also placed into stair treads that run the length of the risers for the band, with three steps high and eight sections across of neon in the stairs for 24 controllable steps.
"I love the looks of all the neon; there are really cool FX to run through the heart and stairs," said Waddell of the design. "I also love the backlit looks from the Nitro Strobes; I have two lines of nine units: one at the top of the cart and one at the bottom. The bottom line hits the band right at the waist and just silhouettes everything on stage."
Following a recommendation of Jake Tickle, Bandit Lites director of technical services, Waddell chose to use Elation ACL 360 Bars. "The fixture provides a ton of different looks, and has great output and colour," said Waddell. "It is really not a one trick pony: it is very versatile for wash, punch, eye candy, and whatever else you need."
Bandit also supplied GLP X4S, Martin Atomic Strobe, Martin MAC Viper, Colorblast TRX, and Clay Paky Sharpys which deliver defined beams even during The Band Perry's day light shows, and Showline Nitro 510Cs for super saturated wash colours and strobe looks. A Grand MA2 Lite and Grand MA2 NPU provided control.
(Jim Evans)
