LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib kicked off a busy 2016 touring season with a number of notable live artists including Irish singer/songwriter Hozier, for which they provided audio, lighting and crew to the recent UK and European tour.
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Hozier has had incredible global success with the release of his iconic anthem ‘Take Me To Church’ and debut album, Hozier, which has been certified as gold & platinum in the U.S. Adlib’s team of Sam Proctor & Terry Smith (sound) and Kevin Byatt & Jeff Bond (lights) worked closely with renowned production manager Sue “Duchess” Iredale, tour manager Jake Ryan Foley and the band’s FOH and monitor engineers Gavin Muddiman and Darren Dunphy with lighting designer Matthew Kilmurry.
Lighting
The lighting rig was based on four 40ft over-stage straight trusses, the most upstage of which was utilized for the Hozier backdrop. The back lighting truss was rigged with six Martin MAC Viper Profiles, six MAC Viper Washes, seven Clay Paky Mythos and four Atomic strobes.
The mid truss featured another six Viper Profiles, six Viper Washes, six Mythos and six 4-cell Moles (square format).
On the front truss, six MAC Quantum Washes took care of the general stage coverage together with eight ETC Source Four 36 degree profiles and another six square 4-cell moles.
The floor package included another six Viper profiles arranged in a line upstage on flight cases, peeping over the backline. These were joined by three Atomics and four MAC Aura LED wash fixtures tucked away in the downstage corners for low-level cross stage illumination.
Five Manfrotto stands were each rigged with a 2K fresnel, three located upstage for silhouetting band members and the other two downstage left and right in the same positions as the Auras. A final 4-cell Mole was also located upstage of the drum kit, together with four single PAR cans for additional backlight.
The production also brought in six pairs of their own custom vintage lights with glowing filaments.
