THE AC/DC SHOW LIVE/WIRE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2019

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Cannons Live/Wire use four cannons at the end of the show. These are controlled from the side of the stage and “fire” simple smoke charges only, two/three/four shots per cannon. They do NOT fire projectiles of any type! See "Pyro Pack"

document for Risk Assesment and Certificates. A locked firing box is used. Scaff Towers

These are light weight aluminium clip-together towers which take approx 10 minutes to put up/take down, and are used to support the cannons behind the Marshall cabs/ amps.

Drum Riser A straight forward 8ft x 8ft drum riser is required, if available in house.

Marshall Stacks 3 full size stacks (2 on restricted stage size) will be positioned each side of the drum riser, in-front of the scaff towers.

Please keep the stage as clear as possible. IF you must have anything going across stage (and we would rather you didn't), gaffer tape is your friend.

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We require the venue to provide a professional quality, stereo 3 or 4-way PA including subs to deliver 110dBa of distortion free audio evenly distributed throughout the venue. Where required please use infills, outfills and delays to cover all areas of the audience. Please make sure any processors or crossovers are accessible to our sound engineer.

The FOH position must be central, at audience level and not in a control booth.

For all shows we are touring a FOH audio engineer and NO control package. Where possible please provide a separate FOH and monitor console. If a monitor console is provided, will use your in house monitor engineer.

FOH console preference: Yamaha CL/QL, Midas Pro series, Allen & Heath dLive. If an analogue console is provided please ensure it has at least 32 channels + 4 stereo (FX returns) and is fully working. 4 band parametric EQ on each channel please. 6 gates and 6 comps please. Please provide 2 stereo FX (SPX990/2000 or similar) and a tap delay (TC D-TWO).

Please provide at least 4 wedge monitors (15” & 2” biamped style) plus a 15" or 18" sub for Drum fill on 4 mixes (not including listen wedge) as per our stage plan.

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Input List as of May 2019

Channel Instrument Mic Gate/Comp Stand Notes 1 Kick In Beta91 Gate - - 2 Kick Out Beta 57 Gate LP Claw* - 3 Snare Top e604 - - - 4 Snare Bottom Beta 57 - Gooseneck* - 5 Hats SL C451 B - Gooseneck* - 6 Hats SR C451 B - Gooseneck* - 7 Rack Tom

e604 Gate - -

8 Flr Tom 1 e604 Gate - - 9 Flr Tom 2 e604 Gate - -

10 O/H L NT5 - Tall Boom - 11 O/H R NT5 - Tall Boom - 12 Bass XLR Comp - XLR from Head 13 Gtr L DI Red Box - - - 14 Gtr L Mic SM57 - Desk Stand* - 15 Gtr R DI Red Box - - - 16 Gtr R Mic SM57 - Desk Stand* - 17 BV L SM58 Comp Tall Boom - 18 BV R SM58 Comp Tall Boom - 19 C Vox (wired) e945 Comp Tall Boom Long XLR 20 C Vox (RF) Radio Mic Comp - Long XLR 21 Spare SM58 Comp - - 22 Ambient C451 B - Tall Boom - 23 Tablet L - - - FOH Intro/Walk up 24 Tablet R - - - FOH Music

We have all our own mics and some stands(* we supply).

We will require from venue/PA company 6 Tall stands and XLR cables.

We do not carry a FOH desk.

We have an IEM Rack containing an X32 Rack, which will be placed on stage as near to inhouse stage box as possible. Channels 1 to 22 will be connected to IEM rack via our own stage boxes, then split out from Rack to Inhouse Multi via our own 24 way loom. IEMs will be ran independently. 4 standard monitor

mixes and wedges are required and run by FOH or Monitor engineer.

F.O.H Engineer: Jon Hinks

Mobile: +44(0)7707932024

Email: jonlivewire@outlook.com

Stage Manager/Tech : Tim Parsons

Mobile: +44(0)7800795270

Email: tim@giantexpression.com

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2019 MONITORS GUIDE:

Mix 1 – STAGE RIGHT (House Left) - Front Wedges - Own vocal, Own Guitar.

Mix 2 – STAGE CENTRE - Front Wedges – Nothing. Both Centre Vocalists use IEMs and Centre Wedges act as a backup.

Mix 3 – STAGE LEFT (House Right) - Front Wedges Own vocal,Both Centre Vocals, Rhythm Guitar and Bass Guitar.

Mix 4 – UP-STAGE CENTER (House Centre at the back) - Rear Drum Fill Kick, Snare, Toms, SL Guitar, Both Centre Vocals

MIX 5 & 6- LEAD GUITAR Angus IEM (Stereo)- Both Kicks,Snare Top, Both hats(lots),Toms, Overheads, Both Gtrs(each panned slightly Left & right), Both BVs(Panned L & R), Both Centre Vox, Ambient.

MIX 7 & 8 - LEAD VOCALS Brian IEM (Stereo) - Both Kicks,Snare Top, Both hats,Toms, Overheads, Bass, Both Gtrs, Both BVs, Radio Mic(lots), Ambient.

Monitor requirements will vary depending on the venue, but hopefully this will be some help getting the basics setup.

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MIX 9 & 10 - LEAD VOCALS Bon IEM (Stereo) - Snare top Hats, Lead Guitar,Own Vocal Lots , Ambient.

Folowing Mixes info in the event we are unable to use our self contained IEM Rack

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2019 LIGHTING NOTES:

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Please note that the band carry a few of their own lights. These include 6 par cans that are used to illuminate the drum kit and cannons as well as 2 custom built blinders that are operated by the drummer using a foot pedal. 13 Amp power that is separate from any audio will be required to run these

In House Lighting RequirementsWe require a series of washes from flown lights that illuminate the entire stage. Colours should include reds, blues and whites. Lights such as moving heads, crowd blinders, gobo’s and strobes are great but please use them sparingly and see the notes for specific songs below. Haze is a welcome addition to any lighting show but again please be sparing with it and keep in mind that our ‘Angus Young’ charges all over the stage and needs to see the edge and other floor obstacles at all times.A brief blackout after every song would be great but please do NOT strobe over the endings of songs as the band use Angus’ movements as a cue to stop songs dead. Please do NOT place any lights on or around the drum riser. The bass and rhythm guitar player stand either side of the riser for most of the set and use the corners for set lists, water bottles etc. Angus also stands on the corners for feature bits of the show. Any other floor package lighting should be discussed with the stage manager ahead of the show and will not be considered if they interfere with the stage plot in anyway. The backline set up is based on that used by AC/DC and in the interest of authenticity nothing can be moved to a different position to accommodate lights or otherwise. If in doubt – leave it out!

Suggested Lighting Ideas for Feature Parts of the Show

Intro (Oh Fortuna from Carmine Burina) Start with black out into moving head based search lights and crowd blinders on bass drops. Bring lights into a light colured wash as band walk on

Any Song With ‘Hell’ in the TitleRed wash

ThunderstruckLightening effect to accompany the claps of Thunder intro track

Let There Be RockCrowd blinders or house lights during the Angus walkabout in the audience

For Those About to RockKeep it simple and let the pyrotechnics do the work. Kill any haze as the song starts and no flashes from the first cannon to the four simultaneous blasts – then go nuts!!!

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EXTRAS:

Dressing Room:

A clean, dry, warm (or cool, weather dependant!) dressing room is nice (with sea view, if available).

Tea: It would be really nice to have a fully functional kettle, Tea bags (box standard Tetley/PG Tips), Coffee (Nescafe), Sugar (white/lots!), Fresh Milk, Spoons & at least 8 Mugs in the dressing room. The band like their Tea (yes, we know, very “Rock 'n Roll”) and it will save them bothering you for lots of water and generally make them very happy bunnies. They will also not turn down beer, cider, spirits or any other acholic beverage you care to ply them with, as long as there is Tea available too! A few biscuits wouldn't go a miss either.

Food:

If cooked food is available, please note there is one veggie in the band, so he'll require a salad or something. Stage:

Cold bottled water is always handy – The boys need something to chuck around to look sweaty.

SECURITY:

The Live/Wire show is a high energy show, especially towards the end of the set. Some audience members may get carried away and attempt to get onto the stage. Not only does this unsettle the band but it also ruins that part of the show for 99.9% of the audience who behave themselves.Where possible please post a door man or member of the venue staff (preferably one who is over 6ft tall and weighs at least 20 stones with a penchant for martial arts) in front of or by the stage for the duration of the show.

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