XL Video's audiovisual solutions accompanied Colplay in the promotion of its latest album, 'Ghost Stories'

The tour made by Colplay to promote their latest work, 'Ghost Stories', has been accompanied by the audiovisual solutions provided by XL Video, which made use of Panasonic projectors to achieve an immersive 360º show.

In order to promote their latest work 'Ghost Stories', Coldplay has toured Cologne, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo, culminating with two shows held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

XL Video has accompanied this British rock band providing them with an audiovisual solution that has allowed them to provide an intimate and original atmosphere to the concerts. The visual concept for these shows has been jointly developed by Ben Miles, Paul Normandale, Misty Buckley and Phil Harvey.

The worldwide release of the album 'Ghost Stories' took place on 19 but the group held a preview in one of the theaters of the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. About eight hundred were the lucky ones who were able to enjoy this work by Coldplay in the three performances organized before its release.

For this occasion, XL of the Video created a panoramic projection of 360 with 46 Projectors Panasonic PT-DZ21K, controlled by eight AI I8 media servers (four used live and the rest were kept as backups). This is the largest number of projectors XL Video has used in a single show.

The room integrated a small central stage and most of the projectors were placed around, on the ground, creating an immersive and intimate visual spectacle.

For the rest of the concerts performed during the promotional tour, XL Video provided a solution that varied according to the scenario but had as a common element a high-quality LED display. 6 placed on the front and above it hung an IMAG screen made by Hangman to soften the look of the LED.

A Catalyst media server was responsible for providing the content, Supported by Switch Roland V1600. Three Cam-ball robotic cameras were also used 2 of Bradley and three other Gnat HD mini-cameras to capture close-ups and some more unusual angles of the instruments and, even, of the screen itself. As they are small chambers, flexible and powerful images allow images to be captured with a high degree of detail.

Bradley equipment was used for the guitarists' reverse takes, during playback of keyboards and synthesizers, and then in other positions pick up the band's performance on the IMAG screen.

The Gnats were placed on various instruments, including a self-playing piano, and also on the backlit screen to give the audience a visual view of how the synthesized sounds were produced.

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