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Elation Lighting on Bowling for Soup tour

Lighting Designer Jon Smith turned to an Elation Professional lighting package of ACL 360 Bars, Platinum Series moving heads and Cuepix blinders for Texas pop punk band Bowling for Soup’s “How About Another Round” UK Tour in February 2016. The tour, basically an encore tour to the band’s farewell tour of two years ago, sold out at every stop with crowds of up to 3500 fans.

Jon Smith has worked with Bowling for Soup for the last five years but took the reigns as lighting designer for the first time on this tour. “My idea was to create a pub on stage, an idea that the band really liked,” he says. “We used lighting effects and had customized beer barrels that shot out flames. It was a unique set that made for an intimate pub feel.” He worked with set builder Mair Burgess to put the set together, using local businesses and suppliers to create the touring show.

Smith placed eight ACL 360 Bars in the air on truss, with four mounted on base plates and four more on the floor. The Elation lighting package also included eight Platinum Spot 15R Pro and eight Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving heads.

Mounted behind the band and used to light the crowd or for chase effects were Elation Cuepix Blinder WW2 white LED blinders with Cuepix Blinder WW4 lights added on certain shows. Lighting supply for the tour was by live event equipment hire company MusicMann of Walsall, who also handled trucking duties on the Bowling for Soup tour.

(Photos: Chris Barber)

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