MEGA-LITE at the Umphrey's McGee Denver Concerts

	The fixture helped create an immersive atmosphere that blended seamlessly with the bands sound. Photo: Courtney Scout

At the end of 2024, Umphrey's McGee, a rock band originally from South Bend, Indiana, known for their genre-expansive and improvisation-heavy sound, played four shows in Colorado to bring in the New Year. The shows featured classic original tunes such as "All In Time" and "1348", as well as covers of "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai and "Voyager" by Daft Punk. In signature Umphrey's style, the shows included long passages of improvisation and technicality.

The members of the band benefited from the use of multiple MEGA-LITE's M-Spheres, strategically placed where powerful beams got in touch and reflections illuminated the whole venue. The fixture helped create an immersive atmosphere that blended seamlessly with the bands sound.

Arranged across the midstage and upstage trusses, as well as interspersed throughout the floor package, the RGB halo featured in the M-Sphere was eye-catching throughout the night, providing the show with a futuristic look thanks to its vibrant colors and flashy patterns.

The tour lighting director, Ben Factor, shared via Instagram: "We brought in the brand new M-Sphere fixture from MEGA-LITE to make these shows feel big! Half disco ball and half flat mirror on a moving head, these fixtures opened up a lot of possibilities. Disco party to weird asymmetrical stuff to rotating UFOs; we had a lot of fun!!" he said. He was most impressed with the size of each mirror ball section; which reflected a thicker beam of light than a standard mirror ball.

MEGA-LITE thanks Sayreville, New Jersey-based Squeek Lights for providing Factor with the gear needed to bring his vision to life.