Robe iFORTE LTXs are Key for Adele in Munich
Lighting for Adele’s record-breaking Adele in Munich residency, staged in a purpose-built outdoor stadium designed by production designer Florian Wieder at the Munich Messe, was designed by Cory FitzGerald from US- based creative design studio Silent House. It featured over 250 x Robe FORTE moving lights, split into 223 x iFORTE LTXs used for multiple key lighting positions for the artist and 36 x iFORTES dedicated to lighting the band.
Thirteen Robe iBOLTS were also part of the unique lighting aesthetic developed by Cory and the creative team, led by show director Kim Gavin, to embrace all the challenges and demands of this epic proportioned show by the global superstar which established a new world record for largest temporary outdoor LED screen. All lighting equipment was supplied by UK-based Neg Earth Lights and the screen was constructed by Solotech.
The overall scenography design concept was delivered by Stufish Entertainment Architects, featuring the impressive 220-metre-wide by 19-metre-high curved LED screen – 4000 square metres of light source mimicking an unfurling film scroll in shape. A 200-metre semi- circular stage was in front of the main video screen and a 93-metre-long curved runway connected each side of this to a B stage in the centre of the auditorium, allowing Adele to get close to her fans. The screen and the vast overall dimensions of the performance space meant he needed bright and powerful fixtures … so Robe’s iFORTE LTX was already in his head, and he soon decided to use these fixtures for key lighting Adele as she moved around the space.
112 of the iFORTES used for key lighting were positioned on 11 x FOH towers in batches of 8 or 12 fixtures per tower, which varied in throw distance (to the stage) from between 50 and 400 feet (approx. 130 metres) depending on the stage positions they were targeting.
Twenty-five of these iFORTE LTXs were running on a tag-and-anchor tracking system with another two running on two Robe FPV RoboSpot systems for full flexibility, with up to 18 iFORTE LTXs at a time deployed to combat direct sunlight during parts of some performances.
The 13 x iBOLTS were a late addition to the lighting plot, but Cory was super- excited to be using this new 500W white phosphor laser source from Robe. Five iBOLTS were rigged on the two ‘scroll towers’ on either end of the screen, with three upstage centre, used for truly spectacular back light effects.
The 36 standard FORTES were positioned around the structures for band key lighting.
Photo © STUFISH
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