LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights (New York) and lighting director Kirby Naylor are using eight of the LED moving fixtures in their touring rig. The positioning of the Rogue R1 Spots has varied depending on the configuration of the stage in the 25-city plus tour, which includes stops at a range for venues from New York to Los Angeles.
At some stops, a few of the units have been put on booms and towers; at others all of the Rogues are flown on upstage truss. In each case, the Rogue fixtures are backlighting the band with searing intensity, contributing to the space traveller effect. "Hitting the band members with intense white light or having these brilliant beams behind them creates an aura around them that goes with what's happening on the stage," said Naylor.
The Rogue fixture's two rotating gobo wheels, one of which is rotating/indexing, with interchangeable gobos, are also contributing to the extraordinary look of the show. "The gobo wheel with a rate fader on the prism creates what I have to say is my favourite look on the tour for the hit Under The Milky Way," said Naylor. "It really opens up a lot of opportunities to create some interesting patterns."
(Jim Evans)
