Barco LED Walls Selected for Aerosmith Tour
Kennesaw, GA – December 10, 2001 - Nocturne Productions & Vidicon are providing Barco high performance display technology for the current Aerosmith tour. The North-American Tour kicked off on June 6, 2001 in Hartford, CT, and will visit 77 cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Toronto, Montreal, Washington and Los Angeles. The tour features special musical guest The Cult. The North American tour ends on December 17, 2001 in the Gund Arena of Cleveland, OH. Nocturne Productions and Vidicon, world renowned industry leaders in providing live event production, are providing a 16’ x 35’ Barco DLite 7 LED screen on stage behind the band. The screen is used to display spectacular video images during the event and live image magnification of the performances.
Vidicon, Nocturne’s LED specialists, owns the world’s largest inventory of Barco DLite 7 equipment. High-profile entertainers in the music industry consistently rely on Nocturne for superior live event production including: Paul McCartney, U2, Madonna, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, KISS, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Barenaked Ladies, and many others.
“We are thrilled with the performance of our fleet of Barco Dlite 7 LED. Watching Aerosmith’s performance, the resolution is so good it looks like film,” said Bob Brigham, Partner, Nocturne Productions, “ What has really made this tour so special, in addition to working with one of the best live bands in the world, is the spectacular job being done by our crew, lead by Director Chris Hilson. Nocturne’s business is 24/7 everyday of the year, all over the world. We deal with challenges all the time, but we don’t waste a second of energy worrying about the performance of our Dlite 7 LED!
Curt Petty, Barco Market Business Manager, Events, stated, “The Barco DLite 7 video walls will provide outstanding close-ups and high-resolution video during Aerosmith’s tour. The fans will be blown away with the true-to-life images they see on this state-of-the-art technology, no matter where they are standing in the arena.”
Barco Media & Events
Barco Media & Events specializes in developing and producing large area visualization solutions such as DLP, DMD and LCD projectors and peripheral equipment, as well as daylight display systems targeted at the specific needs of the media and events markets. Barco Media & Events is recognized for its dedication to product research and development and continually strives to provide clients with unparalleled product and system integrity, delivering tailor-made solutions that answer the specific needs of its markets. Barco Media & Events has become the preferred solution provider for several high-profile installations, including Hollywood & Highland, Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland, the Millennium Dome in the UK, the International Car Show in Detroit, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Cannes, the concert tours of Bon Jovi, Madonna, Bryan Adams, U2, Tim McGraw, in addition to several other bands. Barco Media & Events continues to drive today’s technological advances in the daylight display market with the development of the ILite range. One of its most promising products to date, the I6, won “Pick of the Show” at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas and was also voted one of the top 50 “Hot Products” at INFOCOMM USA 2001.
BARCO Background
BARCO, with headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium, has three key activities which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization. BarcoView develops and manufactures display systems for life critical applications, while BarcoVision is in systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a revenue of Euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Bourse since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
