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Robe equips final Motörhead tour

Robe equips final Motörhead tour
Robe equips final Motörhead tour

The band Motörhead officially ended on 28th December 2015, two and a half weeks after their last live gig in Berlin, and part way through the “Bad Magic” tour, with the passing of founder, lead singer and rock ‘n’ roll warrior Lemmy (Ian Fraser Kilmister) aged 70.

 

The “Bad Magic” tour was supporting of their 22nd studio album for which lighting designer Caio Bertti chose moving lights from Robe. The famous Motörhead bomber set piece also flew again for this European tour. It was refurbished and equipped with new lighting including Robe Pointes and LEDWash 600s plus a full automation system making it more maneuverable than before.

 

Bertti broke new ground in 2013 when asked onboard by previous LD Stefan Sjoland, and became the first to introduce moving lights to the stage with 24 x Robe Pointes on the “Aftershock” tour. Previously, Motörhead had been staunchly traditional in lighting requirements.

 

When it was decided that the bomber should fly again on “Bad Magic”, the time was also right to upgrade this prominent structural piece, so the original superstructure was fitted with four Pointes and four LEDWash 600s together with a selection of generics including PARs, strobes and LED battens.

 

Lightweight fixtures were fundamental to the design as the bomber superstructure fully laden with lights and cables added up to around a tonne and was flown on six vari-speed chain hoists. As well as the moving lights on the bomber, another 16 Pointes were dotted around the other trusses, with four more LEDWash 600s on the front truss and four Robe 600E Spots for key lighting.

 

For European Motörhead “Bad Magic” dates, lighting was supplied by GLS, part of the HSL family, which also has the biggest stock of Robe moving lights in the UK. GLS has serviced the Motörhead account for several years.

 

Caio Bertti was joined on this tour by GLS crew chief Karen Brown, technician Chris Randall and Jamie Catt who looked after the automation and piloted the bomber using a Kinesys Vector system. Bertti ran all the lighting from an Avo Sapphire Touch.

 

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