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Halestorm and In This Moment are on tour (with New Years Day) for a true triple threat of rock 'n' roll with three powerful female voices leading their bands - Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Maria Brink of In This Moment and Ashley Costello of New Years Day - on a tour bringing back more of that true rock flavor we need more of today. We spoke with the lighting designer/programmer/directors Craig Richter (Halestorm) and Justin Robichaud (In This Moment) about the tour and its visual designs.
CRAIG RICHTER
Lighting Designer, Programmer & Director
Craig Richter started working with Halestorm in the summer of 2017 when he got the call from tour/production manager Mike Mahar to do a summer festival run with the band. He had met the band a few times over the years at festivals and other gigs while out with other bands, and knew their reputation for putting on a killer show.
"I said, 'Heck, yeah,' and threw a little tower floor package together and put a show in the desk in about four days. After that tour, the band was stoked - they told me they finally felt like the lights were doing what they had envisioned in their heads, and as a LD, that's all you can ask for. They asked if I would stay on with them for the upcoming album cycle. I agreed as long as we could put some money into production, as I'm over doing truss towers at this point. They held up their end of the deal, and we upped our fixture count by over a hundred fixtures and invested in custom set carts. Then the next thing I know, it's September 2018, and we are starting a sold-out tour through the U.K. and then on to the rest of Europe."
When Richter set out for this new design, he wanted to give the band a level of production that they have never toured with before as they were moving into larger venues and playing headline slots. This tour was going to be for the new Vicious album cycle, however the album was not out yet when the tour was going to start. "So the hard part was telling them I am going to spend more...