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Genetic Productions chooses Elation for Morgan Wallen tour

Event production company Genetic Productions was out with Morgan Wallen as the country musician opened as direct support on Luke Combs’ ‘Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour,’ a North American stretch including shows at 20,000-capacity Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Genetic again supplied an Elation rig for the singer after having supplied Wallen’s inaugural headlining tour in the previous year. Genetic serveed as the lighting and video vendor for the outing, working closely with designer Zac Coren.

The lighting rig included Elation Dartz 360 LED moving heads. Zac Coren, who served as lead LD, chose the Dartz as the main focal point of his design. “The entire rig fits in a single trailer pulled behind a bus,” says Genetic Productions President Andrew Sparks. “The design consists of four separate set carts and each cart serves as both the show and transport location for the lighting and LED video.”

Each set cart holds six Elation Dartz 360, two Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures, two ACL 360 Bar LED battens, and one 2 m tall x 1 m wide AV4 LED video wall from Elation sister company ADJ. “The carts are designed to allow the top panels, along with the two ACL 360s, to fold back,” Sparks explains. “Two carts were set on either side of the center-positioned drum riser, allowing for a symmetrical look that allowed for a wide backdrop to Morgan’s set.”

Coren adds that each cart was configured with the ACL 360 Bars mounted towards the top, whereas “the WW2 blinders were mounted low on the cart to help complete the picture when I added them in with whatever moles I was given in the house rigs. Having the WW2s low also created some dynamic looks like being able to create silhouettes on stage. The AV4 panels were configured in a 2 wide x 4 high configuration and added a backdrop to the stage.” The complete rig was made up of 24 Dartz 360, 8 ACL 360 Bars, 8 Cuepix Blinder WW2s and 32 AV4 IP LED panels.

(Photos: David Lehr)

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