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All Time Low: Last Young Renegade World Tour 2017

Boston, Massachusetts based lighting designer Jeff Maker chose Robe as his main moving lights for the most recent UK and European tour for U.S. rockers All Time Low which was a teaser for current “Last Young Renegade” album release. The band combine their hi-energy, in-the-face mix of gritty pop punk rock with a relentlessly busy touring schedule and are renowned for their live performances. Europe is an ever popular destination and on this tour they played a whole range of venues encompassing academies, town halls and arenas.

Lighting was supplied by Zig Zag Lighting from Leeds, UK. Prominent on the rig were 15 Robe Spiider wash beams, part of a batch newly purchased by the rental company for this tour, together with other Robe luminaires like BMFL Spots, Pointes and CycFX 8s. Jeff has lit All Time Low for eight years, so he wanted this design to look totally different from anything that they have done in the past, and decided that some interesting truss architecture was the way to go.

One inspiration for developing the stage environment and look was the new album. Also, eight years of experience in knowing what the band like aesthetically helped inform the initial ideas that were presented to lead singer Alex Gaskarth, who enjoys being involved in the stage design process. Jeff sent his renderings to Alex together with a series of video links to some of the products he wanted to use. Alex studied the videos and other materials and was impressed with the Robe Spiider, which sold him on Jeff’s idea that these should form a central feature upstage.

Jeff then modified this centerpiece from a circular structure into a pentagon shape to give it more of an edge. It was flown and measured at 3.5 meters wide by 3.5 meters high. Either side of this, above and below, were four 4.5 meter truss sections arranged in an X shape - two flown and two partially flown / ground supported. All of these and the pentagon were suspended from black painted truss which made it look like they were floating in mid-air. The structural elements were completed with a triangular truss piece flown midstage with a slight rake that provided further lighting positions.

Ten Spiiders were arranged around the pentagon with five in the center, positioning them right at the core of the show. They produced high-impact beams and Jeff also made expressive use of the pixel mapping capabilities which allow ring and pattern effects, all of them used for pulling the audience into the action plus comprehensively washing the stage. The Spiiders were utilized in all 18 songs in the set and Jeff exhausted the possibilities. The 18 x BMFLs were deployed as three each of the four X trusses, with the other 6 on the floor downstage left and right. Their hard edges and potent beams contrasted and complimented the Spiiders and the BMFL intensity reinforced the rambunctiousness and attitude of the band’s shows. The 16 x Pointes were all rigged on the trussing triangle and used for additional beams as well as to augment and support the BMFLs.

Six Robe CycFX 8s highlighted two vertical drops that framed the stage, printed with the instantly recognizable ‘eye’ of the ATL logo. As the main back line across the stage was open, the CycFX 8s were also able to blast through the gap, creating more depth and highlighting the trussing art. Jeff programmed and ran the lights using an Avolites Sapphire Touch console with Titan 10.0 software. The main design challenge was creating something that was scalable and versatile enough to be optimized in a number of different configurations to suit the varying size of rooms to ensure that Jeff could always deliver the right show. He also needed the capacity to ensure that the new album songs could have stand-out moments in the show.

Jeff Maker has been a lighting professional for 14 years and a touring LD for the last 11. His career started whilst at Emerson College studying TV and video in Boston when he landed a job bar backing at a local rock venue, The Paradise Rock Club. The lighting operator there wanted to train someone up to cover for when he was away ... and Jeff seized the opportunity! His mentor (Tim McKenna) then gave him the opportunity to become head LD at a club called AXIS/Avalon before landing his first tour in 2006 with The Dresden Dolls. He loves traveling and working with other like-minded individuals who are passionate about the industry and what they do. "This is my dream job!"

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Adlib supplied two Midas consoles, continuing a long-standing working relationship with the band and their engineers Phil Gornell at FOH and Ricky Fernandez on Monitors. Adlib’s new Glasgow based Scottish division supplied L-Acoustics racks-and-stacks to the two wildly enthusiastic Scottish gigs – at Glasgow Academy and Edinburgh Corn Exchange - together with technician Andy Russell.

Phil has worked with the company on a variety of tours since 2008. "Having the consoles with us throughout the tour gives complete continuity on the control side across the wide variety of venues on the itinerary, and having the ProX to hand enabled me to get the best out of the many different house systems we encountered,” he stated. Phil, also a studio engineer with his own facility in Sheffield, started specifying the ProX a couple of years ago, initially to mix a Bring Me The Horizon tour, with sound equipment also from Adlib. Before that he was a keen PRO2 fan ... until the amount of inputs required passed a certain level making an upgrade necessary.

Currently he's using 72 channels - quite a lot from a four-piece band with one additional musician onstage. He thinks it's a highly versatile console and appreciates the many inputs and outputs as well as the onboard processing which offer all the dynamics he needs without running an additional rack or a laptop, including 22 x DSP FX and three different inner effects racks.

The console’s Neutron System Engine ‘brain’ and DL431 48-channel splitter sit onstage, leaving a very expedient FOH footprint especially handy for the smaller venues. The DL431 enables one mic input to be sent to two independent preamps, so the master source can be worked on by both FOH and monitor engineers simultaneously and treated accordingly. As Phil pointed out, this had been possible before, but this is the first time using just one rack device.

The band are very particular about the way they sound live, so Phil’s experience as both a studio and a live engineer is an asset to the creative process. He effectively masters the live mix using his own Waves Maxx BCL as a compressor, bass enhancer and limiter. He’s toured it for 10 years and it allows him to get those elements of a perfect mix found on finished recorded sources into the live domain. On this occasion, the set up enabled him to accentuate some of the more refined and highly distinctive All Time Low sounds that fans love.

One of the greatest trepidations of live mixing is the potential of a drink being thrown into FOH, and despite the protective measures in place, the ProX unfortunately took a hit during the gig in Manchester. This immediately killed eight main faders and forced Phil to mix on the four right-hand extra faders for the remainder of the show, which was “pretty hectic”. Adlib Director Dave Jones immediately organized a new console which was delivered for the next show in Edinburgh, where Phil also had the reassurance of the full Adlib audio package. This comprised 24 x L-Acoustics K2 speakers with SB 28 subs plus ARCs and dV-DOSC infills, all driven by LA8 amps, supplied with all the associated rigging and motors.

For the tour’s two opening acts, Waterparks and Swmrs, Adlib supplied a full proprietary MP4 wedge monitor system complete with a mics-and-stands package. Adlib Client Manager Phil Kielty commented, “We were thrilled to continue our long-standing relationship with All Time Low. We are also more than happy to support Phil Gornell in any of his projects, as he is one of the best young UK engineers in this field. We hope to see Phil, Ricky, Dan & all of their production team back again soon with Adlib.”

Setlist

Kicking & Screaming
Weightless
Somewhere In Neverland
Cinderblock Garden
Canals
Something's Gotta Give
Kids in the Dark
Dirty Laundry
Guts
Therapy
Missing You
Last Young Renegade
A Love Like War
Backseat Serenade
Take Cover

Lost In Stereo
Dear Maria, Count Me In


Tour Dates

10.03.2017 Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, UK-London
11.03.2017 University Great Hall, UK-Cardiff
13.03.2017 Guildhall, UK-Southampton
14.03.2017 Corn Exchange, UK-Cambridge
15.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Leeds
16.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Birmingham
18.03.2017 Guild of Students, UK-Liverpool
19.03.2017 Ulster Hall, UK-Belfast
20.03.2017 Olympia, UK-Dublin
22.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Bristol
23.03.2017 O2 Apollo, UK-Manchester
24.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Sheffield
25.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne
27.03.2017 Corn Exchange, UK-Edinburgh
28.03.2017 O2 Academy, UK-Glasgow
30.03.2017 The Nick Rayns LCR, UK-Norwich
31.03.2017 O2 Brixton Academy, UK-Brixton
03.04.2017 LMH, Köln
04.03.2017 Melkweg, NL-Amsterdam
06.03.2017 Grünspan, Hamburg
08.03.2017 Elysee Montmartre, F-Paris
10.03.2017 Alcatraz, I-Milano
07.05.2017 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards Festival, US-Los Angeles
10.05.2017 Powerstation, NZ-Auckland
12.05.2017 Riverstage, AUS-Brisbane
13.05.2017 Hordern Pavilion, AUS-Moore Park
14.05.2017 Festival Hall, AUS-Melbourne
16.05.2017 Thebarton Theatre, AUS-Adelaide
18.05.2017 Metropolis, AUS-Fremantle
19.05.2017 Metropolis, AUS-Fremantle
22.05.2017 Club Quattro, J-Nagoya Shi
23.05.2017 Bigcat, J-Osaka
24.05.2017 Blitz, J-Akasaka
30.06.2017 House of Blues, US-Houstonz
01.07.2017 House of Blues, US-Dallas
03.07.2017 The Marquee, US-Tempe
05.07.2017 House of Blues, US-Anaheim
07.07.2017 The Novo, US-Los Angeles
08.07.2017 Fox Theater, US-Oakland
10.07.2017 Roseland Theater, US-Portland
11.07.2017 Showbox Sodo, US-Seattle
13.07.2017 The Complex, US-Salt Lake City
14.07.2017 Fillmore Auditorium, US-Denver
15.07.2017 Uptown Theater, US-Kansas City
16.07.2017 Palace Theatre, US-St. Paul
18.07.2017 The Pageant, US-St. Louis
20.07.2017 Royal Oak Music Theatre, US-Royal Oak
21.07.2017 Aragon Ballroom, US-Chicago
22.07.2017 Eagles Ballroom, US-Milwaukee
23.07.2017 Express Live! Outdoor Amphitheatre, US-Columbus
25.07.2017 Stage AE - Outdoors, US-Pittsburgh
26.07.2017 Rapids Theatre, US-Niagara Falls
28.07.2017 House of Blues, US-Boston
29.07.2017 The Fillmore, US-Philadelphia
30.07.2017 The Fillmore, US-Philadelphia
31.07.2017 Central Park Summer Stage, US-New York
02.08.2017 Rams Head Live, US-Baltimore
03.08.2017 Rams Head Live, US-Baltimore
04.08.2017 The Ritz, US-Raleigh
05.08.2017 Tabernacle, US-Atlanta
06.08.2017 House Of Blues, US-Lake Buena Vista
07.08.2017 House Of Blues, US-Lake Buena Vista
15.08.2017 GBK Senayan, Indonesia-Jakarta
17.08.2017 The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel, Singapore
19.08.2017 Summer Sonic, J-Osaka Shi
20.08.2017 Summer Sonic, J-Tokyo
22.08.2017 Mall of Asia Arena, Philippines-Pasay
25.08.2017 The Republik, US-Honolulu
23.09.2017 Radio Music Fest, US-Las Vegas
06.10.2017 Sentrum Scene, N-Oslo
07.10.2017 Arenan Fryshuset, S-Stockholm
08.10.2017 Vega, DK-Copenhagen
09.10.2017 Grosse Freiheit
10.10.2017 Huxleys, Berlin
12.10.2017 Palladium, Köln
13.10.2017 AFAS Live, NL-Amsterdam
14.10.2017 Batschkapp, Frankfurt Am Main
15.10.2017 Backstage Werk, München
16.10.2017 Estragon, I-Bologna
18.10.2017 Bikini, F-Toulouse
19.10.2017 Razzmatazz 1, E-Barcelona
20.10.2017 Palacio Vistalegre, E-Madrid

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