The arena tour, with lighting design by Ben Dalgleish, began in February 2019 with multiple dates in Europe, South America and Australia, followed by US festival dates in June, before returning to Europe and the UK in August. The ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’ album earned a number-one slot on the US Billboard 200 last year and broke several streaming records upon its release.
Notch effects are used throughout the show as well as pre-produced video content from Creative Director Lewis James and Travis Brothers. This was layered over the IMAG for the performances of ‘Rock Star’ and ‘Blame it on Me.’ Along with the live flashing effects, Notch was used for complex and dynamic mappings during ‘Paranoid’ to create a multitude of mini screens with built-in video delays creating visual feedback loops.
Asad, who has worked as a system engineer in the IT world, came to touring as a musical artist himself designing his own tours and running others. “I first saw disguise being used on the ‘Game of Thrones’ orchestral tour in 2017 when I worked as a network engineer. I fell in love with it and took all the disguise classes; it was easy for me to transition with my background,” he says. “I did my first tour with disguise for Kendrick Lamar. I love the ease of use of disguise, and I’ve utilised all the tips and tricks I’ve learned.”
He likes the ability of the disguise software being able to trigger cues with OSC messages so he can adjust to any changes live. “I’m able to control the parameters of the disguise timeline live to create the looks we want to achieve,” he says. “It’s almost like doing a final grading of the cameras.”
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