SHAED Tour (2019)
Stage Design
Lighting Programming
Package Rental
Early Inspiration
2019 was a break-out year for SHAED, who recently landed an Apple MacBook Air commercial spot for their new single Trampoline.
With their first headlining US tour on the horizon, the team wanted to create a visual experience for their fans to enjoy that their existing touring crew could set up themselves.
Duck Lights came in and designed a lighting package that was inspired by some early 2019 artwork.
Design Explorations
One iteration was to have the portals to look like this. The band then highlighted that this looked like coffins. Whoops! Back to the drawing board.
Further refinement brought us to a simpler representation that was also easy for the crew to set up themselves.
The Final Design
Shortly after this, SHAED got an opportunity to perform with Coldplay and Billie Eilish to a sold-out crowd at the Forum in Los Angeles. With a show already created for SHAED on a simple club rig, how could we take that show and build on it for a much larger arena show? Well, thankfully they had Duck Lights on their back...
With several programming tweaks made, we scaled up the show to accommodate the much larger arena-level lighting rig so that way their show in front of a large and brand-new audience will leave a lasting impression.
Check out some phone footage of the final show below!