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LOS ANGELES — You’ve got to experience a Cage The Elephant concert to believe it! More than a few music critics have penned words to this effect after taking in a show by the Kentucky Grammy winners. Aside from the raw energy of the genre-bending music, there is also the unforgettable stage presence– one that defies easy description, pulling together colorful antics, some storytelling, and of course nonstop movement.
Keeping pace with the band, when they helped iHeartRadio kick of the 2026 ALTer EGO concert series at Kia Forum on January 17th was a bold, fast-moving and vividly colored lightshow by Robert Fuller that used a 4Wall Entertainment rig that featuring 75 CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
Deftly arranging these fixtures stage left and stage right in addition to running them along the downstage deck, Fuller was able to immerse the band in light even as they moved dramatically across the stage.
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“I wanted to create a cinematic experience that evokes a feeling of constant motion to match the rhythm of the songs and the energy of the band,” explained Fuller. “The band is high-energy and they move around a lot on stage, so I wanted to account for that. Adding footlights to the show has really helped with keeping the band covered while maintaining a more theatrical feel to our show.”
At the heart of Fuller’s show were 45 STRIKE V dual layer pixel effects. Used as strobes, blinders and washes throughout the concert, these fixtures were positioned on six rolling towers, three SL and an equal number SR. Located as they were on either side of the stage, the Color STRIKE V units left ample center room for the musicians to move around in. At the same time, they worked with the four COLORado PXL 16 units (two on each side of every tower) to provide dynamic side lighting, while bathing the stage in color.
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A collection of 21 additional STRIKE V fixtures were positioned along a 30-foot floor-based upstage truss. From this position they were used to create an immersive field of color across the stage. Their motorized 180° tilting function and variable electronic frost plate helped Fuller call up a variety of different looks to better reflect the various dimensions of Cage The Elephant’s show.
“The Strike V was great for accent and fill lighting in this show,” said Fuller. “I wanted a
fixture to offset the PXL 16s while also delivering the same color saturation. The band itself had a lot to do with the color choices. We leaned towards monochromatic palettes because we felt they complemented the overall mood of the music.”
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Joining the STRIKE V units upstage were six Color STRIKE M motorized strobe washes that served as dynamic footlights. “They added some great eye candy, and of course some bold strobing,” Fuller said of the fixture. “I have been using the CHAUVET Professional PXL 16 and Color STRIKE M in my shows since they came out.”
Harnessing the performance features of these fixtures as well as his entire rig, Fuller and his colleagues (Chris Fillery, CTE PM, Pedro Pradenas, CTE lighting crew chief, Andrew Rivas, CTE pyro/lasers, and Drew Mercadante, CTE video) created a show that was bursting with beautifully timed strobing, stunning chase sequences and so many other captivating effects.
All of this visual wizardry was needed to reflect the pure magic of a one-of-a-kind stage show by a one-of-a-kind band that… well…. let’s just say, you just have to see to believe!
STRIKE V
COLORado PXL Bar 16
