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Widespread Panic Celebrates 25th Anniversary Tour with Bandit
Widespread Panic has had a long, fun journey over the last 25 years and celebrated it this fall with a jaunt around the US with Bandit Lites supplying the lighting. Creative designer Paul Hoffman again weaved his visions into an experience that took the fans to new heights. Hoffman crafts his free flowing art around the band like a comfortable, warm blanket, that is as visually stunning as the tie-dyed t-shirts adorning the audience.
Tour manager Steve Lopez, production manager Mike Smith and Bandit San Francisco GM Dizzy Gosnell worked together to support the tour along the way. Bandit staff Shawn Beaulieu, Wayne Lotoza and Dave Langford keep the show rolling each night.
Hoffman’s design featured arches of truss in a staggered waterfall, loaded with 100 GRNLite LED PARs, created no end of stunning visuals. This trip he used Martin MAC IIIs – a new tool for him – along with VL 3000 Spots, GLP Impressions and grandMA consoles. He also used the new, fully programmable Bandit 5×5 Blinders, easily programmable with infinite patterns.
No two songs ever look the same throughout the night, as Hoffman strives hard to assure that each and every morsel of Widespread Music is treated just as uniquely as the music itself was conceived. While not actually carrying a projection system, the large format images Hoffman created with his MAC IIIs and VL 3000s left one looking for projectors.
As the guys wind down in 2011 they have just announced a limited number of acoustic dates for 2012, known as the Wood Tour.
