Adlib Shines on Ringo Starr Tour Liverpool based Adlib supplied additional touring production and crew for the UK section of Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band's recent tour, with Morpheus and Audio Analysts as the worldwide suppliers. It was the first time that Adlib has worked with Starr. Account handler Phil Kielty comments, "It was a great honor to be asked to work with one of Liverpool's best known musicians and one of the remaining Beatles, his Liverpool show in particular was amazing." Adlib came highly recommended to Starr's production, and also was chosen because it could deliver the L-Acoustics PA specified by Starr's front-of-house engineer John Cooper. Adlib supplied a selection of options to facilitate both V-DOSC and Kara main speaker hangs, which could be configured according to what was most suitable for each venue -- The V-DOSC for the larger spaces and the Kara for the smaller. L-Acoustics ARCS and dv-DOSC's were used for in and out-fills, SB28 and SB18 subs completed the sonic picture from Adlib. "We were basically prepared for all eventualities" explains system tech George Puttock, who coordinated everything on the road and liaised with Cooper. The largest example of the system set up was at Bournemouth BIC, consisting of eight V-DOSC cabinets per side, with three d-V downs, three SB28s per side for subs, together with Kara and ARCS infills. The entire system was powered by LA8 amplifiers and processed via Lake LM26's for EQ and time alignment, which is a standard Adlib combination. Starr's production brought its own consoles and complete monitor rig from the US. Lighting-wise, Adlib provided a rig to compliment Starr's lively show. LD Susan Rose was supported by Adlib's Neil Holloway and Charlie Rushton as the touring technicians. Jeff Ravitz (Intensity Advisors LLC) was the tour designer and Todd Ticci was the US lighting crew chief. Adlib supplied an array of moving lights and generics to Rose's specification including a drape truss onto which was hung a custom backdrop, along with inflatable star surrounded by highlighting LED strips which were brought in by Rose. A back truss consisted of 24 Martin Professional MAC 700 washes and four MAC 2000 Profile IIs, two six-way PAR bars and three bars of ACLs. The final fixture on the back truss was a top mounted Lycian MZ follow-spot. The front truss had ten MAC 2000 profiles (six brought in by Rose complete with custom gobos), with 4 six-way PAR bars and 16 ETC Source Four Profiles with 19-degree lenses. On the floor, Adlib supplied two MAC 700 washes with 18 individual floor cans for up-lighting the touring backdrop. 
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