Velvet revolution

Published Monday 21 April 2008 at 11:05

ADLIB Lighting supplied equipment and crew for the recent Velvet Revolver UK tour, having first worked with the band on their 2007 tour.

ADLIB worked closely with LD Fuji (David Convertino) and its lighting team consisted of Andy Rowe, Tim Spilman and Richard Babington.

The tour visited a variety of different sized venues - from regional academies to London’s Brixton Academy and Brighton’s Centre - so the rig had to be adaptable. With traditional rock ‘n’ roll aesthetics such as beam technology, high contrast bright and bold colours, the lighting design was based on two trusses. The front truss contained 60 PARs and four eight-lite blinders, while the back truss featured 48 PARs, six Martin Professional MAC 2K Profile moving lights, five Martin Atomic strobes, four eight-Lites and three bars of ACLs.

ADLIB Lighting supplied a GrandMA lighting desk that was specified by Fuji plus two Lycian 1.2K follow spots for the tour. The band supplied their own backdrop.