Backstreet's Back with an Epic Amount of Lasers and SFX

With the biggest arena tour in 18 years, Backstreet Boys are back with their DNA World Tour and they're partnered with ER Productions to deliver an exciting visual experience for the fans.

Backstreet Boys formed in 1993, and after their sell-out, 26-date residency in Las Vegas, at Planet Hollywood's AXIS Theatre, they announced the long-awaited world tour at the end of 2018. ER Productions played an integral part in creating an astonishing show for the Boys' Vegas run and are ramping it up a notch to take the world tour shows to a whole new level.

As the official supplier of Lasers and SFX, ER Productions are creating an incredible show. The set includes huge LED screens, platform stages, an abundance of lights, and the laser lighting plays an important role in spellbinding the fans.

The laser fixtures include 20 BB4's, (small compact lasers with audience diffraction optics), six Storms, (high-powered scanning laser), and six Unique Hazers, for building the right level of atmospherics. Four Storms are integrated into the rear lighting pods behind the screen, which two additional units placed far DSL and DSR. The BB4 units are spread over three automated trusses. The carefully timed laser choreography happens during tracks "Everybody," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "It's Gotta Be You," and "Larger than Life."

The special effects include custom made 2mm heart-shaped confetti, handled by Nine MagicFX Swirl Fan XLs, mounted on a truss, flown just past the DSE. These are triggered remotely from a HighEnd HedgeHog 4 to vary the outputs, dependent on the venue. Four Stadium Shot II, shoot a combination of white and blue 20m x 5cm streamers, firing from the DSE in the pit to cover the whole audience. Pyrotechnics consist of Gerbs, Multishot mines and mines with tails, all fired from the Galaxis wireless pyro control system.

General manager of the Vegas office, Lawrence Wright, says, "It's fantastic to be working with the Backstreet Boys for their tour after a hugely successful residency with such a fantastic production team pushing design ideas and boundaries to achieve an exciting and fresh design for a huge comeback tour. I would like to thank the team, Dan Pecora (Lead SFX), Matt McCoy (Laser Lead) and Stu Wickens (Pyro) for their valuable input."

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