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Opeth: Live at Wembley 2016 / Sorceress World Tour 2016/2017

As part of their European journey, Swedish band Opeth opted for a single show at Wembley Arena for their UK audience. Magnus Boyd has been lighting the band for the last eighteen months. The show at Wembley was a part of the Sorceress World Tour. The first portion started in the US with twenty odd shows and continued in Europe. “During the tour, we have done special extended sets (at Radio City and Belasco in LA) featuring songs from the Deliverance and Damnation albums before the third at Wembley. The final extended set will be at the Sydney Opera House in February. These are impressive spaces that really deserve a large production; the design didn’t change much, we just doubled what we would normally have in the rig.”

Boyd hooked up with High Wycombe based rental company Siyan Limited to deliver his touring and Wembley show lighting requirements, mainly Clay Paky, MA controls and Ayrton, all exclusively distributed in the UK by Ambersphere Solutions. “Magnus was looking for a supplier, who stocked Clay Paky fixtures and MA control systems,” opens Tom Grant, Project Manager. “He and I had some initial conversations by email about his requirements and ball parked some figures/specs and we went from there”. Boyd’s final spec comprised of K20 B-Eyes, Mythos, Sharpys, Alpha Wash 700s and Stormy CCs, along with an MA2 Lite and NPU control system.

“The current design is pretty much a complete break with previous tours,” explains Boyd, “I wanted to bring in hybrid fixtures that could give me more versatility; I have used Mythos, Stormy and B-Eyes extensively with other productions and they also fit the job for Opeth. The Stormy was selected for is xenon-esque look and reflector. I wanted the Atomic look without the power consumption. The colours also give a refreshing look in combination with the reflector."

"Then myself and Petter Nilssen had a brainstorm and decided to try out the Ayrton Dream Panel Twins. The Dream Panels were chosen to replace a relatively well used three-part video wall setup. Almost every song in the set included their use but as they are so versatile, we were able to change looks continuously, starting out with content relating to the songs and progressing into more abstract material that would include fixture movement. For the encore, all hell breaks loose with some beautiful abstract video, rotation and full use of the LED side of the fixture. Content was created from a mix of video designers – Sorceress artwork by Travis Smith animated by Scott Rudd, abstract artwork created by Pekka Stokke at LJOS AS and some content created by myself with footage from Jonas Åkerlund.”

For the Wembley show, Siyan also supplied the crew in addition to the extra lighting. Crew chief Matt Morris along with Dan Everitt and Mark Baruch. Boyd is full of praise, “Altogether a very enjoyable experience indeed. They do need a better coffee machine in their warehouse though….”

photos: Magnus Boyd


Setlist

Through Pain To Heaven (Intro)
Sorceress
Ghost Of Perdition
Demon Of The Fall
The Devil's Orchard
The Wilde Flowers
Face Of Melinda
In My Time Of Need
Cusp Of Eternity
The Drapery Falls
Hex Omega

Deliverance


Tour Dates (Europe)

05.11.2016 Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden
06.11.2016 Konserthus, Copenhagen, Denmark
07.11.2016 DR Konserthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
08.11.2016 Docks, Hamburg, Germany
10.11.2016 Arena, Wien, Austria
11.11.2016 LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
12.11.2016 Theaterfabrik, München, Germany
13.11.2016 Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
14.11.2016 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
16.11.2016 E-Werk, Köln, Germany
17.11.2017 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
18.11.2016 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
19.11.2016 SSE Arena, Wembley, UK
21.11.2016 Le Trianon, Paris, France
21.11.2016 Le Trianon, Paris, France
23.11.2016 Den Atelier, Luxemburg
24.11.2016 Astra, Berlin, Germany

 

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