Fallon says: "Take That and their production team have always been prepared to push technical and imaginative boundaries to help deliver the very best in live performance. It's refreshing and inspiring working with those embracing the spirit of creative audacity and adventure."
For the Circus stadium tour, XL Video sourced and purchased 140sq.m of 15mm pitch high resolution PIX LED F - 15 LED screen - a new lightweight bright 6000 NITS product. This was framed by a circular truss which moved up from the stage and into position near the start of the show.
XL designed custom metalwork for the panels to maximise the rigging and de-rigging speeds, and also so it dovetailed elegantly with the rigging and set design elements. The super-quick screen assembly time was a great feat for such a large surface area.
The PIX LED F - 15 was driven by inbuilt dual intelligent processors running in parallel for full redundancy. It is also IP65 rated, an essential requirement as the stage design had no roof. "It took a lot of research, but proved the perfect product that absolutely fulfilled all the criteria," says Des Fallon.
XL made further new purchases for the playback side of the TT video equation - four new HD Hippotizer digital media servers. These were operated by Richard Shipman, running an array of special content produced by Onedotzero. XL's crew chief on the tour was Stuart Heaney.
(Jim Evans)
