| Serry... 15.11.2004 15:56 |
Which one of Queen/Solo's lighting rigs and stage designes was the best in your opinion? |
| AlleeCat 15.11.2004 16:03 |
IMHO (from the pictures I've seen) The Works tour had the best lighting rig & I like the stage design as well. |
| deleted user 15.11.2004 16:29 |
The Works' rig was a monstrosity! I like the Crown rig, nice and square. The band probably suffered burns from it. |
| brENsKi 15.11.2004 17:44 |
the works stage setup - but the 79 pizzaoven lightshow was great |
| Teo_torriate04 16.11.2004 02:47 |
Loved the light rig from the Crazy tour '79. So many lights crammed onto small stages, and the white spotlights arranged around the drum riser were always so effective. |
| Regor 16.11.2004 05:01 |
The Pizza-oven is just so simple and at the same time impressing. And the "Works"-rig was just beautiful, despite the debatable musical aspects of that tour. In an indoor arena even the Hot Space and Game-rigs looked very good. Without being Stepford, I liked all of their rigs from '76 on, cause they were all unique. |
| moonie 16.11.2004 13:44 |
The first Queen show I saw was at the NEC Birmingham on the Works tour a month before my 14th birthday.Unf'kin real,I was blown to smithereens by the lights smoke,cogs and sheer volume.So thats my favourite set because it was the first time I had experienced anything like that.I saw them twice on the Magic tour which was beatiful,but I'm so glad I got to see them indoors on the Works tour. |
| brENsKi 16.11.2004 14:23 |
which date? i was at 2:9:84 love the design - awesome |
| Martin Packer 16.11.2004 14:43 |
I believe the 1984 one was called "The Flying Nun" and I liked it. The 1990 one was called "The Fly Swatters" and I liked that one as well. I was not so keen on the 1982 one as it seemed a bit minimalist. 1986 was pretty good, too, but I don't know what its name was. :-( |
| Martin Packer 16.11.2004 14:44 |
Sorry, I do of course mean 1980. :-) |
| moonie 16.11.2004 14:51 |
Hi Brenski.It was the night before,the 1st.I think the support band was called General Public but they were shite! I was 13 then though so if it wasnt Queen I didnt like it.My tastes have expanded a bit since then. |
| brENsKi 16.11.2004 16:15 |
it was a great period for seeing bands live - between 81 and 85 i reckon i saw a band live at least once eVery tw/o weeks (excuse typing - pet parrot is on keyboa rd) anyhow some of the highpoints of this period were queen, ufo, purple, bowie, elton, dire staits, meatloaf, scorpions, ac/dc, blue oyster cult, teardrop explodes, rainbow, rose tattoo |
| . 23.03.2017 09:44 |
I know this is a very old thread, but here's a little clip of the stage being set up on ''The Works'' tour. |
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| Vocal harmony 23.03.2017 11:10 |
The Kurgan wrote: I know this is a very old thread, but here's a little clip of the stage being set up on ''The Works'' tour.This is from a German TV report and was filmed at production rehearsals. Thanks for posting! |
| Vocal harmony 23.03.2017 11:28 |
Martin Packer wrote: I believe the 1984 one was called "The Flying Nun" and I liked it. The 1990 one was called "The Fly Swatters" and I liked that one as well. I was not so keen on the 1982 one as it seemed a bit minimalist. 1986 was pretty good, too, but I don't know what its name was. :-(The 1980/81 rig was indeed called the fly squatters and also the G2 razors. You're right about the 82 rig, it appeared to be less impressive than the G2 and Pizza Oven rigs although it was a lot more expensive. However In use it was quiet versatile with the combination of three Par can banks and four completely mobile spot housings which contained shortened lenses spots and Molefays with colour changing. I liked all the rigs from 78/79 up to and including the flying nun. They were designed to give the show a certain look using banks of colour. It changed a little on The Magic tour and lost the look on the PR tours. Since 2012 they seem to have returned to that idea again. May favourite stage was The Works although I think the last US tour introduced a great stage too. |
| Doga 23.03.2017 19:21 |
Wasn't the Lightning Rig of the Hammersmith shows with Lambert based on the "Pizza" design from the Live Killers era? Both look very similar to me, and they look quite good. |
| huhnad 23.03.2017 20:47 |
^ It was designed by Rob Sinclair and the Jands Vista L5 firm, likely for the purpose of being versatile enough to replicate different periods of Queen's live performances -- including the "Pizza Oven" from the Jazz Tour era. There's a nice writeup about it on Jands' website here. Some of the other pictures on the site remind me of the mobile rigs from the Hot Space and Works tours. IIRC, Rob Sinclair has worked with the QAL production on every tour since, and in my opinion has done great work every time. I believe Brian mentioned something about wanting to recreate the "Pizza Oven" for this summer's production, so I believe they may have something in store similar to the 2012 lighting this time around. |
| Enchlore 23.03.2017 22:58 |
I like the Game tour "spaceships", the Works tour stage and lighting rig, as well as the Magic tour setup. |
| . 24.03.2017 07:37 |
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| Vocal harmony 24.03.2017 07:59 |
huhnad wrote: ^ It was designed by Rob Sinclair and the Jands Vista L5 firm, likely for the purpose of being versatile enough to replicate different periods of Queen's live performances -- including the "Pizza Oven" from the Jazz Tour era. There's a nice writeup about it on Jands' website here. Some of the other pictures on the site remind me of the mobile rigs from the Hot Space and Works tours. IIRC, Rob Sinclair has worked with the QAL production on every tour since, and in my opinion has done great work every time. I believe Brian mentioned something about wanting to recreate the "Pizza Oven" for this summer's production, so I believe they may have something in store similar to the 2012 lighting this timearound.The Vista i5 is not a lighting company. It's a digital lighting desk. The lamps used on the 2012 were Martin Mac units. Rob Sinclair designed the rig with the Pizza over and fly squatters in mind as I believe he wanted to echo the classic look of 70's and 80's shows. The lighting company was Neg Earth |
| Vocal harmony 24.03.2017 07:59 |
huhnad wrote: ^ It was designed by Rob Sinclair and the Jands Vista L5 firm, likely for the purpose of being versatile enough to replicate different periods of Queen's live performances -- including the "Pizza Oven" from the Jazz Tour era. There's a nice writeup about it on Jands' website here. Some of the other pictures on the site remind me of the mobile rigs from the Hot Space and Works tours. IIRC, Rob Sinclair has worked with the QAL production on every tour since, and in my opinion has done great work every time. I believe Brian mentioned something about wanting to recreate the "Pizza Oven" for this summer's production, so I believe they may have something in store similar to the 2012 lighting this timearound.The Vista i5 is not a lighting company. It's a digital lighting desk. The lamps used on the 2012 were Martin Mac units. Rob Sinclair designed the rig with the Pizza over and fly squatters in mind as I believe he wanted to echo the classic look of 70's and 80's shows. The lighting company was Neg Earth |
| Togg 24.03.2017 08:01 |
Cool videos, thks |
| huhnad 24.03.2017 11:07 |
Vocal harmony wrote: The Vista i5 is not a lighting company. It's a digital lighting desk. The lamps used on the 2012 were Martin Mac units. Rob Sinclair designed the rig with the Pizza over and fly squatters in mind as I believe he wanted to echo the classic look of 70's and 80's shows. The lighting company was Neg EarthYou're right. I realized the error after I posted it. Given that Brian and Roger seem to want to recreate the Pizza Oven on this go-around, I wonder if they're going to ditch the "Q" setup entirely. Having the large screen in the background is nice, but it doesn't seem compatible with the PO (at least the way they did it back in 2012). |
| Chinwonder2 24.03.2017 14:32 |
I'm trying to work out what gigs those videos belong to, the Hot Space footage could be from the following gigs... As Brian has the black and white jacket at the end, which looks to be the beginning of a show. Zurich 16/4/82 - "Some video footage of Under Pressure from soundcheck was broadcast on French TV on April 18, the day before the first Paris show, along with interviews of Freddie and Brian." - Queenlive.ca The cameras could have been still rolling at the beginning of the show as on the pictures on Bob's site, Brian has the same jacket on (even though the pictures are B&W. Frankfurt 28/4/82 - "The first picture is a screenshot from a TV special on the band called "Musik Scene", as the first few songs of this show were shot on film by a single camera. Flash, The Hero, and the last half of Tie Your Mother Down were aired." - Queenlive.ca Not 100% sure about this one but it could still be a possibility. Vienna 12/5/82 - "Another One Bites The Dust, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, and God Save The Queen were filmed for TV. Part of We Are The Champions (as well as some Frankfurt footage) was shown on the 1982 Queen documentary called "Musik Scene," - Queenlive.ca Again doubt it's this show but you never know. Milton Keynes 5/6/82 This is most likely the show it was captured at but I just realised that it looks dark but then again, it could be from any part of the show. And if it's not from any of the above, it could be another show that's been recorded and never surfaced? What do you all think? :P -Chin |
| mooghead 24.03.2017 15:45 |
"However In use it was quiet versatile with the combination of three Par can banks and four completely mobile spot housings which contained shortened lenses spots and Molefays with colour changing." "The Vista i5 is not a lighting company. It's a digital lighting desk. The lamps used on the 2012 were Martin Mac units. Rob Sinclair designed the rig with the Pizza over and fly squatters in mind as I believe he wanted to echo the classic look of 70's and 80's shows. The lighting company was Neg Earth" You are the sort of person I get stuck with at parties :-( |
| Bad Seed 25.03.2017 08:58 |
Chinwonder2, I'm fairly sure the Hot Space footage is the Stadhalle, Vienna. |
| . 25.03.2017 17:54 |
Bad Seed wrote: Chinwonder2, I'm fairly sure the Hot Space footage is the Stadhalle, Vienna.Me too. |
| Chinwonder2 25.03.2017 19:28 |
Ok, thanks guys! :) -Chin |
| . 27.03.2017 01:47 |
mooghead wrote: You are the sort of person I get stuck with at parties :-(Pretty sure it would be them that were stuck with you. |
| Vocal harmony 27.03.2017 09:08 |
The Kurgan wrote:Lolmooghead wrote: You are the sort of person I get stuck with at parties :-(Pretty sure it would be them that were stuck with you. |