80six deploys Roe Visual LED displays with Brompton LED processing on Garbage tour

The Scottish-American rock band Garbage has included careful stage lighting and graphics on LED screens supplied by 80six using a combination of panels Roe Visual with processing Brompton.

The client's main requirement was to produce a solution that kept up with the visual complexity of the show and had maximum precision. High-quality LED equipment was crucial, as they provided a flexible and creative visual backdrop, powerfully enhancing the creativity of the performance and immersing the audience in the emotion of Garbage's music.

80six supplied a screen LED ROE Carbon 5.7 of 12x 7,2 meters for the two performances in Manchester and London. The screen was supplied in construction Air Frame and was large enough to provide all audience members with a full viewing experience, regardless of your seating position.

The screen was an integral part of the visual storytelling and creative energy of the show. Given its scale and the need for real-time visual effects, the team needed a robust and highly customizable system. The system's color balance and brightness controls were also key, as they allowed the team to adapt the visual effects to the mood of each song, creating a more immersive experience for the audience. This process ensured a flawless visual presentation that complemented Garbage's music and light show without glitches or delays..

Robin Wain, 80six concert tour manager, comments that “originally, They had planned a smaller and lower resolution screen in Europe. But to do justice to the content and importance of these shows for the band - headlining the UK for the first time in five years -, the decision to go for a larger screen size and higher resolution, the same as on the US tour of 2023, turned out to be the right choice”.

Reliability and flexibility

The screens were not limited to displaying predetermined content as live real-time visual effects were added., that responded to the music and enhanced the performance. Los Brompton 4K Tessera SX40 processors They offered reliability and, along with the units of Tessera XD 10G data distribution, they provided a clean and seamless solution which worked perfectly for the band.

Luke Tucker, 80six project manager, highlights the ease of programming of the Tessera SX40 processors, thanks to its intuitive user interface. “When programming the screen, you can visually monitor data runs directly in the user interface, which makes it incredibly intuitive to understand what is happening", states. «The SX40 not only warns you when the correct number of panels is not detected, but also provides a visual reference on the screen itself, making it much easier to locate and resolve any problems”.

The objective of this production was reliability, with technology designed to minimize possible errors and maximize the flexibility and creativity of the system.

“Everyone was very satisfied with the team, the staff and the service”, Affirmed Wain. “The comments from both the organizers and the public were very positive.”.

“80six has always trusted ROE Visual LED solutions for its various projects. It's great to see the dynamic and creative design of the Garbage tour come to life on our LED screens”, comment Jonathan Sheard, director general de ROE Visual UK.

“It's exciting to see how 80six continues to grow and deliver such impressive visuals for a group as iconic as Garbage.”, concludes Patrick Goodden, Brompton Technical Sales Director (United Kingdom and Ireland). “We are delighted that our technology continues to play a key role in your LED workflow.”, concludes.