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Scorpions use Robe fixtures on summer tour

Associate LD and lighting operator Manfred Nikitser from Manik Show Lighting, Vienna, is running the lighting for the current touring schedule of German rock band Scorpions, together with Rainer Becker. The summer shows were a mix of festival and own-headliners, 90% of the time using local productions matched as closely as possible to their generic spec.

Robe’s BMFL Spots are among a number of primary moving light fixtures on the rider that Nikitser is happy to accept from local vendors. At a recent show in Lisbon, Portugal, 32 x BMFL Spots, 18 x BMFL Blades and eight Pointes were supplied by rental company Audiomatrix, also based in Lisbon.

The lighting and video design used for these summer shows was simplified from the original production tour, however, it still contained some substantial video elements, and a trim of around 10 metres. For the show at Lisbon MEO Arena, Nikitser was offered several different moving light combinations, and chose the BMFL series as the “best option”.

The standard spec - on the current tour - is for 50 x BMFL Spots, but in Lisbon they were offered a mix of Blades and Spots. The BMFLs were programmed to create the Lisbon show’s beam and effects looks, with two for key light on the drummer.

Nikitser started working with the Scorpions a year ago at the beginning of the 50th anniversary tour in April 2015 - originally as video programmer working alongside show designer Günter Jäckle, before taking on the associate LD and lighting director role a couple of months later.

(Photos: Hermann Junker/Manfred Nikitser/Luis Vidigal)

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