Plot Luck: Chris Medvitz Designs The Guess Who On Tour

Veteran Canadian rockers Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who are out on their Takin' It Back Tour. It took them six decades and a hard-fought battle to reclaim their name following a dispute with former band members. But they did it, and are celebrating with this 2026 tour, which kicked off in May and runs through the end of August, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and more, and features support from Don Felder (formerly of the Eagles).

Chris Medvitz of Lightswitch designed the lighting for the tour and shares his plots, of which there are many so please be sure to scroll in each of the PDFs to see them all.

Click To Expand & Scroll Light Plots (1) 

A series of six lightplots from Lightswitch covering the design for the band The Guess Who

Click To Expand & Scroll Light Plots (2) 

Six light plots that illustrate the light fixture positions for the design for The Guess Who

Gear List

Martin AF1 FAN

Look Solutions Unique 2.1 HAZE

GLP WildBar 16

Acme Ultra Blinder IP

Martin Aura XB W

Martin Aura PXL W

Martin Raven W

Martin Viper XIP

Martin Ultra Performance

2 MA Lighting grandMA 3 Full Size or GrandMA 3 Light w/ V3 Software

1 MA Lighting grandMA 3 UltraLight for backstage

Clear-Com style communication system

Minimum 6-way professional opto-splitters/nodes per universe

as required.

All DMX cabling must be 5-pin DMX.

House light control shall be at the lighting control position, either

as a separate controller or patched in with the house lighting

desk.

2 Followspots with operators

Spot Color:

Frost L250 or R132

1/4 CTO L206 or R3443

1/2 CTO L205 or R3442

1/4 minus green L249 or R3314

1/8 minus green L279 or R3318

Clear-Com style communication system 

Stay tuned for a Q&A with Medvitz about the lighting.