U2 Concert Lights Image

[Hughesie]

Hey all thought you might be interested in this image, i have no question about it, i just think you would find it interesting.


edit: that doesn't look like sound, there appears to be a hog to his right hand side and the desk is another.....HOG oh dear, i found the image listed as u2 sound but it's lighting, it all makes sense now

[soundlight]

This should probably have been in lighting 'cause it's a picture of the lighting rig (looks likea Hog3) and of the sweet lighting on the stage. However, I do see a midi keyboard over to the left of the picture...I wonder what that's for. I know that some bands have backing keys done from FOH or from under the stage, and I know that some folks use a midi keyboard to trigger cues. Hmmm...any thoughts, folks?

[loki]

My only thought about it is, OMG THATS COOL!

[Hughesie]

i saw that to, well i have an article on the subject, somewhere

but from what i can remember the lighting could be controlled by either the normal operator or the lighting designer (willie nelson)

just add that to the mix

[icewolf08]

It also looks like one of the two Hogs is controlling projections, or a media server. If you look at the display in the right of the photo it has 4 camera feeds coming in.

[Hughesie]

yeah but i thought that might be so that the Lighting tech could see how much light he had on all the band members, meh it's an idea

[soundlight]

U2 was/is one of the huge pioneers in live concert video. Or, more to the point, Willie Nelson is a huge pioneer in live concert video.

[Hughesie]

the special effects were amazing, simply breath taking

[Hughesie]

ok im back, after failing on finding a "sound rig" for u2 i come back with this youtube video of a load in/load out of a vertigo tour

Load in Video

[kwotipka]

Here is where I am gonna earn my props...

A friend of mine is on the lighting crew. His name is Chad Peters and I think that they created him from spare parts at High End Systems. He has been involved in moving lights since they first came out. Back in the day he did lighting for a local band that blew and his show was out of the box for the early 90's.

I am sure that all of the lighting geeks are going to drool over this. I know I did when he was sending me the pics.

http://www.chadpeters.com/U2tour.html