Paul Normandale Adds Extra Dimension to Kings of Leon Show with CHAUVET Professional PXL 8

Kings of Leon returned to Austin City Limits for the first time in years, their performance featuring a design by Paul Normandale. It used five 12'-by-12' automated pods from Kinesys, moving in a variety of configurations over the stage. Each pod packed 12 CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL 8 motorized battens as well as other flash fixtures, all supplied by Upstaging.

"The pods were an addition for our Austin City Limits headline performance," says Normandale, who worked with creative director Casey McGrath and lighting director Hunter Frith. "We have toured with an LED PAR-based system for this album cycle. This show was to be the finale, and, as such, we wanted to have something special in this design. We felt the pods would lend a vertical dynamic to the show. We added something extra."

Creating a choreography of light over the stage, the pods were raised and lowered, turned in different directions, and had their intensity levels changed throughout the show. At times, some of the pods went dark -- at others, they directed their light directly onto a performer, each move meant to better reflect the song's mood.

Kings of Leon will next tour Australia and New Zealand in February and March.