Brett Eldredge deploys Chauvet’s new Rogue R1 FX-B fixture on tour with Grammy and CMA-winner Keith Urban.
The Ahlstrand Productions team is using 24 Rogue blade-style movers supplied by Primer Global in the Eldredge floor package for Urban’s RipCord Tour. The Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures are arranged in a line that runs across the upstage deck roughly 3’-4’ off the floor. In front of Rogue fixtures and running parallel to them at a lower height is a line of LED tape. Working together, the Rogues and the tape create a classic neon look.
“Brett has a big sophisticated sound with an onstage presence to match,” said Ahlstrand. “It’s very classic, almost Sinatra like, in its overtones. This is why we wanted to go for that stylish classic look, evoking neon but having the color changes and movement that come from modern LED fixtures.”
Being able to get a wide range of looks from a compactly designed fixture is important to Ahlstrand, given the time pressure his crew has been under during the tour. “This is a support act slot, so we have to get on and off the stage fast, with a capital ‘F,’” he said. “Our lighting director Wesley Palmer and production manager Bryan Roberts deserve a lot of credit for helping us do that. Wes has mounted the Rogue fixtures on plywood boards with legs. There are two fixtures mounted on each board prewired, so we just have to place a dozen boards on their legs to complete the job. We can get the set and lighting on and off the stage in minutes.”
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