Miley Cyrus’ Wonder World Tour
ContactsPRG spotlights Miley Cyrus on Wonder World Tour
The Challenge: Provide a versatile automated luminaire bright enough for a design that contains large amounts of video and that can also be positioned long distances from the stage.
The Solution: Lighting and video designer Seán Burke turned to Production Resource Group (PRG) to supply the lighting system and crew for the North American, UK, and Ireland dates of the Miley Cyrus Wonder World tour. “Having a company that can supply on both sides of the Atlantic is very important but there are very few that can do it—and do it well,” said Burke.
The challenging element of Wonder World’s design was the unconventional screen configuration, in which portions of the lighting rig are alternately blocked and revealed. To overcome that obstacle, Burke used twenty-three PRG Bad Boy® luminaires, including four that were used as followspots. “The trusses are trimmed at up to 46ft, due to the video screens and venue sightlines,” he explained. “The Bad Boys can really compete with the video screens and still hit the stage with a decent amount of light, even at 50ft. There is not much else out there that can do that. Bad Boy is a bright, fast, versatile unit.”
Burke added, “I have been quite impressed with the zoom; it can go from a huge, stage-covering wash light to a narrow, pencil beam in the blink of an eye. And it holds its focus, even as you zoom. The Bad Boy produces saturated colors very well and the gobos are great. Plus, it’s actually very fast, particularly given the size of the unit.”
PRG also provided their Series 400® Power and Data Distribution System for the tour. “It makes the data and power distribution very simple,” said Burke. “The fact that you can actually pull a data line from anywhere, off any universe at any point in the lighting rig, is a huge plus. It also cuts down on all of the different types of racks that you need to power up the moving lights.”
Burke spent ten days pre-programming the show at PRG’s facility in Las Vegas. “It was really useful to be able to hang the lighting rig at PRG in Vegas,” he said. “It was a huge advantage to be right there working. The whole experience working with PRG was excellent.”