In August, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra unveiled plans for one the most ambitious tours in the group’s 25-year history — 106 concerts across 64 major markets from two touring teams crisscrossing North America with truckloads of production gear including video walls, lifts carrying musicians over crowds, and tons of lighting gear. Each piece of equipment was designed for rapid loading and unloading from tightly packed semitrucks, sometimes multiple times per day, and to perform flawlessly during the show. The fast pace means that some shows must be created without a pre-rig — typically set up in advance by a smaller crew to install essential rigging like motors and trusses — meaning the entire show must be assembled and struck within a single day.

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