Reliability, resistance and spectacularity in the lighting of the 'Pierce the Veil' concerts

After offering more than thirty concerts in different American cities, The punk-rock group has had more than forty LED systems and dynamic light effects from Elation Professional, under the design of specialist Jeff Maker.

Founded by brothers Mike and Vic Fuentes in California (San Diego), The punk-rock group 'Pierce the Veil' presented their 'Made to destroy' tour this fall in 32 concerts held in different cities in the United States, for whose staging in lighting design, directed by Jeff Maker, More than forty devices from the manufacturer are used Elation Professional, supplied by the specialist JR Lighting Design.

As the head of the latter company points out, Jason Reberski, “In recent years we have significantly expanded the number of Elation Professional lighting fixtures in our inventory of equipment for tours and large events, since they give a great result, They are very durable and have a good price”.

For this tour's lighting designer Jeff Maker, “these Elation systems continue to impress me, both myself and other lighting professionals I work with. "We've been on tour with 'Pierce the Veil' for seven weeks and there hasn't been a single problem.".

Concretely, Twenty-one SixPar multichip LED par systems have been used on this tour. 100 from said manufacturer, spread out on the stage floor, as front lighting on the band and on the side scenery of the concerts.

To illuminate a large canvas with the group's logo, located behind the stage, Elation Six Bar LED bars are used 1000, with its ultraviolet color chip. To this are added nineteen units of the ACL Led bar 360 Bar (with continuous 360º rotation in Pan and Tilt) to reinforce the band's staging with all kinds of dynamic effects, located in two truss goals located one on each side of the stage and also in front of the drum set.

Matt Jara-Ratajsczak, responsible for the 'Made to destroy' tour and production, highlights the durability and resistance of the selected Elation systems “without us having any problems with these more than forty devices throughout the tour.”, qualities that, In addition to the visual spectacularity, we take into account”.