Sweden - Lady Gaga is taking the globe by storm in her current world tour, Born This Way Ball. The show clocks in at two and a half hours with 23 songs split into five acts. The stage is modelled on a medieval Gothic castle featuring viewing towers, intricate carvings and a large catwalk allowing audience interaction.

When the tour arrived in Stockholm, Sweden at the Ericsson Globe Arena, Wireless Solution was asked for equipment immediately for the show. Within hours, W-DMX BlackBox MK2 equipment was sent from Uddevalla in a special urgent delivery with directional antennas directly to the Globe in time for Lady Gaga's performance. The equipment has continued on the rest of the world tour under the supervision of promoter Live Nation.

The lighting design is by Patrick Woodroffe with Mac Mosier as lighting director. The rig is a self-contained Upstaging production that includes about 270 moving lights and multiple LED fixtures - all controlled by a grandMA2 full-size. Adam Bassett is the associate lighting designer. The stage design was created by Mark Fisher with Ric Lipson.

(Jim Evans)


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