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Lighting designer Ian Turner and his company, Southampton-based GLS supplied 24 Robe ColorSpot 1200 AT fixtures for Irish folk punksters The Pogues’ recent UK arena tour.

Turner has designed lighting for the band since their reformation in 2001. The hugely popular 2005 Christmas shows saw a re-release of their massive hit, “Fairytale of New York”, with all royalties split between homeless charities and the Justice For Kirsty Campaign.

He chose the Robe fixtures for this tour – the first time he’s used them on a full tour – as his main moving lights initially because of their “incredible brightness”. He needed a moving light that would hold its own amidst the 200 PAR cans and 24 Molefeys on the rig, which was designed as a contemporary take on that classic rock ‘n’ roll pub-band-on-a-big-stage look.

The 24 fixtures were distributed all across the three truss rig, on drop bars off the rear truss and on the floor.

Turner utilised the Spot 1200’s full effects potential by also utilising the 1200s as wash lights at times, along with traditional gobo break-ups and big beamy effects. To achieve the wash look, he opened the ColorSpots up fully and added the frost filter. “

It’s extremely handy to have this up your sleeve if you don’t have the budget for wash lights as well as profiles!

He also found them extremely reliable. “

I’d heard good reports and had some experience of this already” he says, “But it’s the first time I’ve appreciated the benefits of Robe robustness and tourability first hand

Previous to the Pogues tour he specified Robe ColorSpot 1200s for the main stage at the 2005 Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle in Hertfordshire and for a couple of other shows. After being rigorously put through their paces at the Big Chill, he seized the first opportunity he could to get them out on tour.

He also likes the fact that the ColorSpot produces an excellent rich, saturated red colour - that’s often hard to achieve with moving lights. There are a couple of key moments in the Pogues’ set requiring graphic red treatment to emphasise the drama. One is the "Turkish Song of The Damned" and the other, "The Boys From County Hell" which features a red swirling haze of beams and movement. “

For the first time I got the exactly the effect the band asked for

It’s the only moving fixture that’s been able to do it so far!

From a rental company standpoint – as GLS is a busy south coast lighting rental operation – Turner thinks that Robe’s value-for-money helps enable more creative lighting for less budget, in an age where this is a constant issue.

For more press information on ROBE please contact marketing department on e-mail: marketing@robe.cz.

GLS Tours with Robe on The Pogues

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