| snail 05.06.2014 12:55 |
Is there news about the stage/lighting they going to use during this tour?. |
| taptap 05.06.2014 16:22 |
snail wrote: Is there news about the stage/lightning they going to use during this tour?. I haven't seen any specifics, but just a reference (I believe it was from Brian) that they were planning a new very big stage/staging. I can't wait to see it! |
| snail 06.06.2014 03:42 |
I hope they doing some European dates , i can,t imagine that they forget Europe. |
| inu-liger 06.06.2014 06:36 |
Lighting, not lightning good sir ;) |
| andyb1968 07.06.2014 08:25 |
Europe next year I reckon, the last tour ! |
| The King Of Rhye 07.06.2014 12:12 |
inu-liger wrote: Lighting, not lightning good sir ;)I don't know, I think it would look quite impressive if they had some actual lightning onstage! Might cause some problems with the equipment, though...... |
| Mercury fur 08.06.2014 11:12 |
Adam should wear a costume made out of lights Lights that sequence flash to his vocals A moving and singing christmas tree design would be good espesh if they do a Christmas gig later on Yes a tight mini skirt design triangular the shape. |
| Holly2003 08.06.2014 13:09 |
He should also hold a bowler hat with a goldfish in it for the duration of each show, then present both to a small child in a local hospital.
Mercury fur wrote: Adam should wear a costume made out of lights Lights that sequence flash to his vocals A moving and singing christmas tree design would be good espesh if they do a Christmas gig later on Yes a tight mini skirt design triangular the shape. |
| Mercury fur 08.06.2014 13:25 |
Holly2003 wrote: He should also hold a bowler hat with a goldfish in it for the duration of each show, then present both to a small child in a local hospital.Can he ice skate?Mercury fur wrote: Adam should wear a costume made out of lights Lights that sequence flash to his vocals A moving and singing christmas tree design would be good espesh if they do a Christmas gig later on Yes a tight mini skirt design triangular the shape. And spin like they do? Queen on ICE would be good for a Winter wonderland type of show Lots of pinks and pale blues frilly fairy type skirts and things It would look beautiful! They could tone it down a bit and do the christmas classics and ballads thank God its Christmas in there along with Blue Christmas let it snow let it snow Let it snow Like a wonderland and you could have snow falling on the stage. Dress it like a cake with blue and white icing And Adam like a fairy Queen on skates This would be a one off Christmas special For tv or blue ray It would require a very different style of music and subdued lighting to make it magical! It would allow Queen a chance to expand their live style also, a lot of piano and maybe a string orchestra in a orchestra pit. |
| Holly2003 08.06.2014 14:10 |
I once saw a Queen show in a Planetarium in Budapest. I fell asleep. Nothing to do with the quality of the show, I just tend to fall asleep in planetariums. It's my "thing". So you will have to imagine the spectacle as I can't remember any of it. True story. Beat that. |
| Sparkles 08.06.2014 14:54 |
I believe this company might be involved in the lighting and staging. link Some tweets referencing them. |
| 99jaystang 12.06.2014 04:10 |
this guy just posted some photos @scubadan21 |
| 99jaystang 12.06.2014 04:20 |
here's another link, link |
| inu-liger 12.06.2014 06:22 |
Never thought I'd see the day Queen would use a Pink Floydian backdrop screen setup of sorts! :) |
| SweetCaroline 12.06.2014 18:21 |
Nice pics: @brianmaycom: @QueenWillRock + @adamlambert @iHeartRadio - with @MotleyCrue @NikkiSixx See link pic.twitter.com/czUsW7O5Z2 |
| A Word In Your Ear 13.06.2014 13:24 |
Can anyone make out who is on Bass..to me the stature of the person, does not look like Neil Fairclough?? |
| snail 14.06.2014 13:24 |
I have seen some pictures of the stage set up. To me it looks not so impressive. They have 13 trucks to move all the equipment from one place to another. For excample Rammstein had for there tour 24 ! trucks. |
| bucsateflon 14.06.2014 14:01 |
Maybe the stage in rehearsals is not the complete setup. |
| inu-liger 14.06.2014 17:09 |
According to the QOL admin, that was the stage setup for the iHeartRadio show on Monday. So assumingly that isn't even the full setup :) |
| taptap 14.06.2014 19:41 |
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| taptap 14.06.2014 19:42 |
taptap wrote:snail wrote: I have seen some pictures of the stage set up. To me it looks not so impressive. They have 13 trucks to move all the equipment from one place to another. For excample Rammstein had for there tour 24 ! trucks.Someone said they had info from one of the roadies who is also one of the backup drivers that they have triplicates of everything (staging, lighting, instruments, sound systems, outfits, etc.), so that full staging is contained with each of 5 sets of trucks. The first set of 5 will be unloading and setting up for the first concert while the other ten trucks head for stops 2 and 3, where they will begin the same as soon as the arena is free. At the end of the night of concert 1 in chicago, the stage will be packed up and those 5 trucks will head to concert venue #4. It's like a game of leap-frog to ensure maximum efficiency over the greater distances between some venues in North America. It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through. |
| Mr.QueenFan 15.06.2014 08:02 |
taptap wrote: It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-) But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me. |
| cpc98 15.06.2014 11:51 |
Doesn't make sense to me. Why have triplicates? It's definitely not for setup time. They can setup and take down in a matter of hours. Most busy arenas have events almost everyday and some have to change from basketball to hockey to concert configurations in a matter of a couple days. For instance, the second show on the tour, Winnipeg's MTS Centre, has Cher playing the night before and Heart the night after Queen + AL. So they can only setup the stage the 21st anyway. I guess the duplicates will just arrive and wait at the arena? Oh, and the Magic Tour is not a fair comparison. Very few pre-built parts for that stage. It basically had to be built from scratch on site every show. |
| taptap 15.06.2014 14:12 |
Mr.QueenFan wrote:taptap wrote: It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-) But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me. The leapfrog strategy/theory makes good sense to me, too. I know that experienced roadies in sufficient number (I hear there are >100 permanent ones, and > 100 local for each venue) can put up and tear down a whole stage in hours, but in North America transport between venues can and does present a significant challenge. The leapfrog system seems perfectly suited not only to effectively deal with that issue, but to provide duplicate and triplicate backup for any system malfunctions or failures. It'll be interesting to see how it all really works - I hope we do, at any rate, because it's fascinating stuff. ETA: Maybe the 16th truck is to transport backup pieces to locations where there was a failure or damage to some item(s)? It might be the roving vehicle that follows the general tour and loads up from one set and transfers to another as needed. |
| inu-liger 16.06.2014 02:56 |
Yeah I would think so too the 16th truck being loaded as a back up with tons of spare parts. |
| SweetCaroline 16.06.2014 05:42 |
All I know is if we end up driving this Wednesday behind a truck that says "Truck 'n Roll," I'm gonna freak out!!!!! LOL |