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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (ELO)
The Big Night/Out of The Blue (1978)
ELO’s 1978 tour design was inspired by the jukebox-style flying saucer used on the cover of the band’s Out of the Blue album—vinyl, naturally. The tour featured an enormous mockup of a spaceship housing the lighting rig that started the show sitting on stage and raised—took off—to a position suspended above..
TALKING HEADS
Speaking in Tongues (1984)
Conceived for the stage by Talking Heads front-man David Byrne and lighting designer Beverly Emmons, Speaking In Tongues became one of the most-beloved concert films ever, Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense (with a live album release of the same name).
GENESIS
Mama (1983-84)
Genesis' tour really harnessed the moving light in new ways, blowing the doors off all expectations for the visual content of a tour..
DAVID BOWIE
Glass Spider (1987)
Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour was all spectacle, including using scaffolding for multiple levels for the band and dancers and, of course, the 40'-diameter spider dominating the stage...
ROLLING STONES
Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle (1989-90)
Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and set designer Mark Fisher have long collaborated on tours for The Rolling Stones, and this particular tour took the cake ...Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, The Rolling Stones had been, well, on a roll, churning out a new album every year or two. By the time the ‘80s had, well, rolled around, more years passed between albums, and by 1989, the band hadn’t toured in seven years. So what better way to stay relevant than to hit the road with a mega-rig, monstrous stage, and the most financially successful tour for its time? Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and set designer Mark Fisher have long collaborated on tours for The Rolling Stones, and this particular tour took the cake (or rather, “took the biscuit,” if you’re Woodroffe, Fisher, and The Stones). The stage was designed by Fisher with the participation of Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger, and the tour grabbed one of Pollstar’s first awards for Most Creative Stage Production.
PINK FLOYD
Division Bell (1994)
Thanks to the massive lighting rig and Hollywood Bowl-inspired stage designed by Marc Brickman and architecturally realized by Mark Fisher, this tour was the largest ever at the time...
MADONNA
Drowned World (2001)
Drowned World was designed as four distinct mini-operas, each with its own set pieces and costumes...
DAFT PUNK
Alive (2006-07)
This tour wasn’t breaking any records, winning any awards, playing to tens of thousands in stadiums mega-tour fashion, but visually, you can’t fight the slick style of Martin Phillips’ set and lighting design...
NINE INCH NAILS
Lights In The Sky (2008)
Leroy Bennett has designed lots of shows through the years that have pushed the art of stage design, but Lights In The Sky finds itself on this list for many reasons, not the least of which was the imaginative use of varying resolution screens...
U2
360° Tour (2009-10)
No amount of print pages could have contained all that needed to be catalogued about this tour, in the same way that only certain venues can actually accommodate the immense production...
From [livedesignonline.com] but why no Bigger Bang stage???
gimme 1969 anytime
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Wait. You're right. I just got the name wrong is all.
Still, my daughter and I cooked our hot dogs and popcorn on those flames from 30 rows.
Haha..it do look like that. It;s a major drag when I see this elaborate wild stage, that is real alive and fiery, but the band members are incredibly dull. Dull looking, dull playing.
we didn't get a pic of the Voodoo stage design from 94.
Well not dull playing!!
Maybe looking....but playing?
I protest too mucheth
I amend my statement - while it is not my cup of tea I can't call Alex Lifeson or Neil Peart's playing dull.
Bravo
And well put
I was thinking the same! Wasn't that one of the first theatrical Rock stages?
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The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
steel driving hammer
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:08
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (ELO)
The Big Night/Out of The Blue (1978)
ELO’s 1978 tour design was inspired by the jukebox-style flying saucer used on the cover of the band’s Out of the Blue album—vinyl, naturally. The tour featured an enormous mockup of a spaceship housing the lighting rig that started the show sitting on stage and raised—took off—to a position suspended above..
TALKING HEADS
Speaking in Tongues (1984)
Conceived for the stage by Talking Heads front-man David Byrne and lighting designer Beverly Emmons, Speaking In Tongues became one of the most-beloved concert films ever, Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense (with a live album release of the same name).
GENESIS
Mama (1983-84)
Genesis' tour really harnessed the moving light in new ways, blowing the doors off all expectations for the visual content of a tour..
DAVID BOWIE
Glass Spider (1987)
Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour was all spectacle, including using scaffolding for multiple levels for the band and dancers and, of course, the 40'-diameter spider dominating the stage...
ROLLING STONES
Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle (1989-90)
Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and set designer Mark Fisher have long collaborated on tours for The Rolling Stones, and this particular tour took the cake ...Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, The Rolling Stones had been, well, on a roll, churning out a new album every year or two. By the time the ‘80s had, well, rolled around, more years passed between albums, and by 1989, the band hadn’t toured in seven years. So what better way to stay relevant than to hit the road with a mega-rig, monstrous stage, and the most financially successful tour for its time? Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and set designer Mark Fisher have long collaborated on tours for The Rolling Stones, and this particular tour took the cake (or rather, “took the biscuit,” if you’re Woodroffe, Fisher, and The Stones). The stage was designed by Fisher with the participation of Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger, and the tour grabbed one of Pollstar’s first awards for Most Creative Stage Production.
PINK FLOYD
Division Bell (1994)
Thanks to the massive lighting rig and Hollywood Bowl-inspired stage designed by Marc Brickman and architecturally realized by Mark Fisher, this tour was the largest ever at the time...
MADONNA
Drowned World (2001)
Drowned World was designed as four distinct mini-operas, each with its own set pieces and costumes...
DAFT PUNK
Alive (2006-07)
This tour wasn’t breaking any records, winning any awards, playing to tens of thousands in stadiums mega-tour fashion, but visually, you can’t fight the slick style of Martin Phillips’ set and lighting design...
NINE INCH NAILS
Lights In The Sky (2008)
Leroy Bennett has designed lots of shows through the years that have pushed the art of stage design, but Lights In The Sky finds itself on this list for many reasons, not the least of which was the imaginative use of varying resolution screens...
U2
360° Tour (2009-10)
No amount of print pages could have contained all that needed to be catalogued about this tour, in the same way that only certain venues can actually accommodate the immense production...
From [livedesignonline.com] but why no Bigger Bang stage???
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
stonesdan60
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:14
Sticking strictly to the Stones I'd have to say the coolest looking stage sets were Steels Wheels followed by A Bigger Bang.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:16
Quote
stonesdan60
Sticking strictly to the Stones I'd have to say the coolest looking stage sets were Steels Wheels followed by A Bigger Bang.
gimme 1969 anytime
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Erik_Snow
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Date: January 23, 2012 20:27
It's hard to make an oil rig a cool thing, nomatter how much lightening you do
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
SoulPlunderer
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:46
Surprised that the lotus stage of 1975 wasn't mentioned considering that they are going back to the 1970s with the list. Would it be true to say that it was one of the first really big/creative/complex stage designs?
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
flacnvinyl
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:48
I still have a soft spot for Bridges 97/98 design. Wicked awesome towers, screen dead center with the explosion at the start. Solid.
And the b-stage...
But honestly, the best stage ever built has to be A Bigger Bang...
And the b-stage...
But honestly, the best stage ever built has to be A Bigger Bang...
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:56
rule #1 when considering stage designs: the more elaborate the stage design, the more suspect the music
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
1963luca0
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Date: January 23, 2012 20:58
May I have the 1975 lotus back, please? Unsurpassed, to me.
Bye, Luca
Bye, Luca
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Dan
()
Date: January 23, 2012 20:59
KISS Hot In The Shade 1990
Also liked what I saw of the Revenge tour but by the time it hit Southern California it got bumped into a small venue that couldn't fit most of it.
Also I would say NIN The Downward Spiral 1994-1995 one of the best of all time. Absolutely mindblowing when I first saw it.
Any Rammstein tour. Iron Maiden World Slavery.
Also liked what I saw of the Revenge tour but by the time it hit Southern California it got bumped into a small venue that couldn't fit most of it.
Also I would say NIN The Downward Spiral 1994-1995 one of the best of all time. Absolutely mindblowing when I first saw it.
Any Rammstein tour. Iron Maiden World Slavery.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
GumbootCloggeroo
()
Date: January 23, 2012 21:28
We all know this is #1
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
steel driving hammer
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Date: January 23, 2012 22:53
This might be better than Bridges,
And it was 4 years earlier...
And it was 4 years earlier...
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Redhotcarpet
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Date: January 23, 2012 22:57
There can only be one:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-01-23 22:58 by Redhotcarpet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-01-23 22:58 by Redhotcarpet.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
More Hot Rocks
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Date: January 23, 2012 23:21
Great thread!!!
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Munichhilton
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Date: January 23, 2012 23:25
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Erik_Snow
()
Date: January 23, 2012 23:27
Quote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Munichhilton
()
Date: January 23, 2012 23:32
Quote
Erik_SnowQuote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Wait. You're right. I just got the name wrong is all.
Still, my daughter and I cooked our hot dogs and popcorn on those flames from 30 rows.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Palace Revolution 2000
()
Date: January 24, 2012 00:05
Quote
Erik_SnowQuote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Haha..it do look like that. It;s a major drag when I see this elaborate wild stage, that is real alive and fiery, but the band members are incredibly dull. Dull looking, dull playing.
we didn't get a pic of the Voodoo stage design from 94.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Munichhilton
()
Date: January 24, 2012 01:10
Quote
Palace Revolution 2000Quote
Erik_SnowQuote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Haha..it do look like that. It;s a major drag when I see this elaborate wild stage, that is real alive and fiery, but the band members are incredibly dull. Dull looking, dull playing.
we didn't get a pic of the Voodoo stage design from 94.
Well not dull playing!!
Maybe looking....but playing?
I protest too mucheth
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Palace Revolution 2000
()
Date: January 24, 2012 01:39
Quote
MunichhiltonQuote
Palace Revolution 2000Quote
Erik_SnowQuote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Haha..it do look like that. It;s a major drag when I see this elaborate wild stage, that is real alive and fiery, but the band members are incredibly dull. Dull looking, dull playing.
we didn't get a pic of the Voodoo stage design from 94.
Well not dull playing!!
Maybe looking....but playing?
I protest too mucheth
I amend my statement - while it is not my cup of tea I can't call Alex Lifeson or Neil Peart's playing dull.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Stoneage
()
Date: January 24, 2012 01:53
I don't think Stones stage design has been very innovative despite huge budgets. The Still Life stage design at least stood out and had an artistic flair to it. From Steel Wheels on the stages have been bigger and bigger but not that spectacular.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
MadMax
()
Date: January 24, 2012 02:12
BE HERE NOW 1997! THAT WAS GREAT!
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Redhotcarpet
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:06
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Redhotcarpet
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:07
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
batcave
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:17
How about Parliament-Funkadelic and their Mothership?
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
whitem8
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:24
Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour stage should be on there. Very impressive city scape. Much better than the garish and tacky Glass Spider Stage.
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:28
This was a great show - and stage:
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
GOO
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:32
the rolling stones 1975 lotus stage
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Munichhilton
()
Date: January 24, 2012 03:52
Quote
Palace Revolution 2000Quote
MunichhiltonQuote
Palace Revolution 2000Quote
Erik_SnowQuote
Munichhilton
RUSH - TIME MACHINE TOUR 2010-11
This one shocked and awed me last year and the year before
This looks more like a Washing Machine Tour to me - or Kitchen On Fire Tour
Haha..it do look like that. It;s a major drag when I see this elaborate wild stage, that is real alive and fiery, but the band members are incredibly dull. Dull looking, dull playing.
we didn't get a pic of the Voodoo stage design from 94.
Well not dull playing!!
Maybe looking....but playing?
I protest too mucheth
I amend my statement - while it is not my cup of tea I can't call Alex Lifeson or Neil Peart's playing dull.
Bravo
And well put
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
Toru A
()
Date: January 24, 2012 04:02
effecting VARI*LITE
The Australian Pink Floyd
Roxette
Serious Moonlight
The Australian Pink Floyd
Roxette
Serious Moonlight
Re: The Top 10 Concert Tour Designs, of all time.
Posted by:
CousinC
()
Date: January 24, 2012 04:44
Quote
whitem8
Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour stage should be on there. Very impressive city scape. Much better than the garish and tacky Glass Spider Stage.
I was thinking the same! Wasn't that one of the first theatrical Rock stages?
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