For the first time, on the Doll Domination Tour, the grandMA is controlling an all-Robe digital spot complement. "I wanted to go with newer technology," Warner says. "The whole rig is almost all Robe. It's a new digital moving spot technology combined with LED-based wash lights that delivers a very high-tech design. "Pods on trusses are packed with fixtures that make it look like there are more lights than we really use," he explains. "So I can keep my design on budget but produce a very big look."
Warner reports that the tour is the biggest he has ever programmed on a grandMA. "The previous tours were smaller and supporting. But the grandMA is so much quicker than other consoles that I couldn't imagine doing this show on another console. I had only three days to program the show and didn't even know the songs until I arrived in London to rehearse."
Warner also deploys the grandMA for Lady Gaga, the singer-songwriter-musician who is the tour's opening act. "It's so easy to use that I can build a whole song with her really quickly," he points out.
For an in-depth look at the Pussycat Dolls tour, see the March issue of Lighting&Sound Magazine.
(Jim Evans)
