Robe lights up Paul McCartney's tour, Out There, in Brazil

The tour Out There, that Paul McCartney made at the beginning of May in Brazil, counted for its staging with the lights ColorWash and ColorSpot of Robe.

The world tour called Out There that Paul McCartney started in Brazil with three shows and an amazing lighting design created by Roy Bennett, included luminaires Steal ColorSpot and ColorWash.

The shows were overseen by Roy Benett and operated by Lighting Director Wally Lees.. The lighting equipment was provided by the Brazilian company LPL Professional Lighting and included Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash luminaires, along with other movable and generic lights.

Erich Bertti, LPL designer, was present at all three shows supporting foreign technicians, to make the first presentation of Paul tMcCartney both in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) as in Goiânia (Goiás) and Fortaleza (Ceará).

For the production, 12x Robe ColorWash 2500E AT were used for the floor, 09x ColorSpot 2500E AT for the trusses located on the stage and 20x ColorWash 1200E AT that were distributed in the side trusses and in the followspots.

Creative lighting

The Front of House technician for the lighting show has been Thomas Walls who has worked in the industry for the past few years. 26 years with bands like Metallica, The Killers and Luis Miguel. "In the United States and Europe we work with a larger lighting system, with some 20 Or 30 moving lights more, but the assembly had to be adapted for the Brazilian tour according to what could be transported. Itself, the programming of the show is already done, so Wally, who in addition to being the Director of Lighting is the programmer, just check that everything is fine by the time Roy arrives at the stadium.", explains Thomas Walls.

The Lighting Designer, Roy Bennett, began creating the lights project in February this year. This design includes several classic elements of the show that they have been presenting in recent years., along with some new ones, including much more video than before.

Roy stressed that because of the trips they must make, they can't carry their entire system of their own, only some specific devices such as grandMA2 consoles, so many things are rented locally.

William Traverso, Robe's Regional Sales Manager for Latin America, highlights how creative Roy is with lighting: “The devices were taken to an extreme level where they had to act with high-resolution LED screens at the back of the stage.… and even without smoke you could see the projections and the colors they produced”.

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