1/4/2024 0 Comments Parklife 2016 festivalThe Rotunda Stage was an elegant new bespoke outdoor structure designed especially for Parklife by NoNonsense, comprising three enormous trussing arches bringing a real sculptural feel to the space. Moving lights on the house rig were all Clay Paky’s with 16 Mythos, 18 x Sharpies and 20 x a.leda K10s fitted with B-EYE lenses, joined by 20 x Martin Atomic strobes, 18 x 2-lite Moles and four ARRI 2Ks … all looked after by Edd Croft using an Avolites Arena for control with a TitanNet Processor at stage. The Chemical Brothers crew rigged during the day on Saturday behind a temporary black, while the stage was fully operational, adding another challenge for the crews.Ī total of 58 motors were part of the dbnAudile production supply for this stage – including 24 dedicated solely to The Chemical Brothers’ production – and some creative rigging that was required to accommodate everything! A banner truss and a video truss downstage of The Chemical Brothers’ kit was flown for Ice Cube’s show on the Saturday, which was then moved to the back and used as Major Lazer’s main screen as they closed the event on Sunday. The second is an LED video surface … and the third contains moving lights and three pairs of colour changing strobes positioned on each of three levels – top, mid and bottom – of the tower.ĭbnAudile installed a full blacks truss at the back, and a series of blacks were used to mask the trusses for The Chemical Brothers. The first facade is a scenic speaker cabinet design trimmed with LED tape and with LED blinders hiding in the cones. Major Lazer also had a substantial LED screen that was flown at the back, while downstage their impressive 3-sided Periactoi-style towers – about 13ft high by 7ft wide made a huge visual impact. The Chemical Brothers’ production featured a large LED screen, moving robots, lasers and a mega-mix of lighting instruments on floor mounted structures. This entailed the three ‘house’ overhead trusses being sub-hung as high as possible in the Serious Stages Supernova roof. travel pass) and Sunday Day tickets are still available.DbnAudile’s Stephen Page designed a house lighting rig for the main stage performance space that allowed for the two headliners – The Chemical Brothers and Major Lazer – to bring their own touring rigs in underneath. Standard Weekend and Saturday day tickets have sold out, but Weekend Bundles (incl. Among the DJ talent on show during the day will be Armand Van Helden, Four Tet, Jamie XX, DJ EZ, Jackmaster, Danny Howard and Tiga.Īnd if all that wasn’t enough, there are official afterparties happening throughout Manchester on both Saturday and Sunday nights.įull line ups, festival details and ticket links can be found on Parklife.uk.com. For the hip hop fans in attendance, Busta Rhymes and De La Soul will be throwing down on The Temple stage. Sunday will see Major Lazer finishing things off on the main stage after performances from UK stars Skepta, Jess Glynne, Katy B and Ady Suleiman. Bastille head up the Big Top stage along with Wolf Alice and Fat White Family while across the other stages you can find acts like Chase & Status, Craig David’s TS5, Todd Terje, Pusha T, Groove Armada and Circa Waves. Also appearing on the main stage throughout the day will be west coast rap pioneer Ice Cube, Years & Years, drum n’ bass duo Sigma and UK new soul outfit Soul II Soul. The Chemical Brothers will headline Saturday night on the main stage with their spectacular audio visual extravaganza. With 8 stages and 150+ confirmed acts playing, there is something on offer for everyone. But with 140,000 revellers expected across the two days, everyone has a chance to get in on the action. Indeed, when 10,000 early bird tickets went on sale at the start of this year, they were all snapped up in under two hours. Since moving from Platt Fields Park to its new home in Heaton Park in 2012, Parklife has grown into one of the UK’s hottest tickets on the summer festival circuit. Summer time raises the same question for music fans all over the country which festivals are we going to? Luckily, residents of Manchester have one of the biggest and best festivals right on their doorstep in the shape of Parklife Festival.
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