PRG delivers Lighting and video for Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
PRG was honored to support lighting, video, and crew for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on Saturday, September 3rd at Wembley Stadium.
Photo by Kevin Mazur
Lighting
PRG delivered a comprehensive lighting rig containing over 450 fixtures for Production and Lighting Designer, Dan Hadley. We utilized our new stock of Ayrton Hurricans, over half a mile of PRG BATT truss, four of PRG’s GroundControl® Longthrow follow spots - the only remote-control fixture capable of achieving 80-foot candles over such a long distance, and ten of our Best Boy® Ground Control fixtures to allow TV Lighting Director Nathan Wilson complete control of levels over a huge array of performers.
Video
PRG provided the entirety of the LED screen package (including CB5 and Galaxia WAR tiles) for the show as well as 2 Disguise GX2C servers. In addition, we also provided an I-Mag camera package, and broadcast truck (including camera package) to facilitate all broadcast needs to the millions of viewers worldwide.
From a video perspective, PRG UK worked hand-in hand with PRG LA to provide the I-Mag screens and playback rig, as with the normal touring Foo Fighters shows, but to fit in with the live broadcast and film record, all cameras became UHD/4k, numbering some 23 chains, split between full broadcast chains, PTZ remote heads and PoV shots. To accommodate the extra needs of this event, PRG UK hired an OB truck from TimeLine TV, that handled the I-Mag cameras, cut by long-time Foo Fighters director, Josh Adams, with their touring Engineer Dan Albert. Hayden Katz, assisted by Tom Denney, ran content and effects for the I-Mag screens, from 2x Disguise GX2c, with a dedicated PTZ rig for certain shots and cutaways.
Silva Artist Management
John Silva
Gaby Skolnek
Kristen Welsh
John ‘JC’ Cutcliffe
Sacha Bambadji
Sara Sigman
PRG US
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales: John Wiseman
PRG UK
Sales Director: Yvonne Donnelly Smith
Account Manager: Ben Holdsworth
Project Manager: Steve Major
Music Support & Sales Coordinator: Catherine Meyers
PRG UK Lighting Crew
FOH Assist: Mark Jones-Roberts
LX Systems: Matt Morris
LX HOD: David Mathieson
LX 2: Lestyn Thomas
LX 3: Tom James
LX 4: James Tomlinson
LX 5: Chris Wilkes
LX 6 AUD: Molly Hayden
LX 7 AUD: Lewis Young
LX 8: James Spooner
Load Out: Matt West
Load Out: Lee Threlfall
PRG UK Video Crew
Media Servers: Tom Denney
Camera: Simon Schofield
Camera: Devin Turner
Camera: Rob Wick
Camera: Chip Wood
Camera: Mark Cruickshank
Camera: Danny Sheldon
LED: Cedric Vandepitte
LED/Camera: Devin Turner
LED/Camera: Jens Couckuijt
OB Liaison: James Morden
OB Technician: Jordan McMahon
PRG US/Tour
Video Project Manager: Sean “Sharky” Harper
Video Crew Chief: Steven “Waffle” Lemahieu
I-Mag Video Director: Josh Adams
I-Mag Vision Engineer: Dan Albert
Media Servers: Hayden Katz
Camera: Tim Clohessy
Camera/Utility: Tom Matthews
OB Truck (from Timeline TV)
Engineering Manager: Gareth Wildman
Vision Guarantee: Jack Sowerby
Vision Engineer: Hamish Perks
Vision Engineer: Simon Hul
Sound Guarantee: Dan Regan
VT Guarantee: Hugh Pollard
Camera Guarantee: Haydyn Bevis-Knowles
Camera Assistant: Jodie Haertel
Camera Assistant: Jamie Airs
Rigging Supervisor: Kevin Street
Driver/Rigger: Ray Yates
Driver Rigger: Matt Tyler