Thompson Square Uses PixelFLEX LED Curtain to Eliminate Timing Constraints for Small Tour Crew

Out on the road serving as an opening act for the Luke Bryan tour, Thompson Square is using PixelFLEX's unique, flexible, and lightweight LED curtains to enhance and simplify their live musical performances. The husband and wife duo was searching for an efficient way to add video components to their show and PixelFLEX was able to bring the band's vision to life with its industry-leading video curtain walls.

As the middle act on the tour, Thompson Square has a relatively quick window to set up and take down their entire set -- 13 minutes to be exact. Still, the tour and production manager, Christian Easterling, was determined to figure out how the band could deliver the type of show desired in the amount of time allotted. Easterling soon came across PixelFLEX LED curtains, which allowed for high-quality visuals without the worry of time constraints.

"We tour with four crew people," said Easterling. "Everything is done in such a quick manner; there is no way we could have performed the show with any other screen out there. It's just amazing to see how the entire set moves away in a matter of minutes and is completely gone."

For the Luke Bryan tour, Thompson Square is using 16 20mm curtains flown off trusses for use as a backdrop to further enhance the audience's live experience. The screens are used to deliver static images, color changes, and video footage to add some depth and dimension to the live shows, according to Easterling.

Easy to operate and set up -- videos and images can be sent to the screen using any computer with a DVI-D connection -- PixelFLEX LED curtains are available from low resolution to high resolution, allowing users to demonstrate simple effects or elaborate videos. Flexible in all directions, PixelFLEX LED curtains are able to bend and shape around structures for a more creative display.

"The benefits (of the PixelFLEX LED curtains) are that you can manipulate it and move it around to different areas if you need to," said Easterling. "Sometimes, we have been in venues where our trim height is not that great, so we can take the screen and move it to a different location, put in front of risers and it's very flexible. It has a tremendous impact on the show and that is just such a cool thing."

Easterling has been on tour with Thompson Square for almost two years and this is the first tour in which they have used the PixelFLEX solution. The additional support, thus far, has been well received.

"I hear on a regular basis that the walls truly enhance the performance; the feeling is that it looks like a headliner's set," Easterling remarked. "It's been easy in, easy up, which is extremely important out on tour. Just as important, the product delivers exceptional results at an affordable cost."