Check out lighting and video gear and credits for the U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE 2015 arena tour, under the creative direction of Willie Williams, with set design by Es Devlin and Ric Lipson (Stufish), and sound designed by Joe O'Herlihy. Video content production was done by Ben Nicholson of Empirical Studio. Tait built the set, and PRG supplied the lighting and video packages.
Lighting Equipment
38 PRG Bad Boy Spot Luminaire
20 PRG Bad Boy HP Spot Luminaire with PRG Followspot Controller
66 PRG Best Boy HP Spot Luminaire
47 PRG Best Boy Wash Luminaire
80 Harman Martin Professional MAC Aura RGBW LED Wash Luminaire
68 TMB Procan 4-Lite PAR36 4x1 Horizontal Luminaire
16 Thomas Engineering 4-Lite PAR36 Luminaire
56 Martin Professional Atomic 3000 Strobe
56 Martin Professional Atomic Color Scroller
7 MA Lighting grandMA2 Console
2 MA Lighting grandMA NPU
2 PRG Virtuoso Node Plus
5 Cirro Strata CS6 Mist Generator
4 Look Solutions Unique 2.1 DMX Hazer
4 Ultratec Radiance DMX Hazer
3 LeMaitre Stadium Hazer
4 20” Mirror Ball with 1” Mirrors
12 PRG BAT Truss 8’ 15”x24” Black Low Profile Truss
3 PRG BAT Truss 10’ 15”x24” Black Low Profile Truss
8 PRG BAT Truss 8’ 15”x30” Black Low Profile Truss
28 PRG BAT Truss 8’ 15”x30” Black Low Profile Truss
1 Circle Truss 21’ OD 20”x20” Black Truss
Lighting Crew
Alex Murphy, Lighting Director & Show Caller
Mark “Sparky” Risk, Lighting Director
Nick Barton, Lighting Crew Chief
Andrew Beller, Lighting Technician
Jason Dixon, Lighting Technician
Blaine Dracup, Lighting Technician
Hayden Katz, Lighting Technician
Matt Schneider, Lighting Technician
Video Equipment
2 PRG Nocturne V-Thru LED Screens, each are 29m x 7m. 80 sheets per side. (1 sheet is 3 tiles tall; each tile is 448mm tall x 1,792mm wide)
2 PRG Nocturne VR-7 7mm IMAG Screens, 4.8m x 3m. 40 tiles per screen. (8 tiles wide x 5 tiles tall; each tile is 600 mm x 600 mm)
2 d3 Technologies d3 4x4 Media Servers
Miles and miles of fiber cable as the system is spread throughout the building
1 PRG Nocturne Karrera S-series SD/HD/3G capable Video Flypack System
8 Grass Valley HD Cameras, 5 Long Lens, 3 Hand Held
3 Ikegami HD Robotic Cameras
Underworld Monitors and Drum Cam Cue System
Video Crew
Stefaan “Smasher” Desmedt, Video Director
Wolfgang Schram, Video Engineer in Charge (EIC)
Kes Thornley, Assistant Video Director
Stuart Heaney, Video Crew Chief
Eric Geiger, Lead LED Tech
Sandro Bruni, Lead Cam Op
John O’Brien, LED/HH Cam Op
Drew Welker, LED/Track Cam Op
Mark Woody, LED/HH Cam Op
Check out our full coverage, sponsored by SHS Global at our Project In Focus on U2's iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour here, and check back often for continuing updates.