Lighting designer Conner Ostrowski @thatlightingguy94 of @wide.open.productions was excited to join the Counting Crows creative team, bringing fresh ideas and energy to the stage aesthetics as the legendary Bay Area rockers hit the road with their Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets album and world tour.
Conner chose to work with @robelighting iFORTE LTX, Spiider, and iPointe65 luminaires at the core of an eye-catching lighting design, delighting the band and their diverse fan base as they kicked off a lengthy US tour with lighting equipment supplied by @upstaging_inc .
With no video elements onstage, all the visual emphasis was on lighting to support the band’s latest musical venture.
He and his two programmers, Mike Gionfriddo @gio_ld_tpd and Scott Huggins @zerokoul2 along with the other creative team members, evolved a very special show that was “as much fun as it was a challenge.” It really illustrated their imaginative talents as much as it did the flexibility and scope of the fixtures, allowing them to keep it contemporary and clean.
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(📸 Nicolas LeTellier & Demian Becerra)
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These EU/UK club shows have been rad, but very much looking forward to our last full production show of 2025 at Wembly Arena this coming Saturday. Even more stoked to have our laser show back for it! 🤓🤘
It’s always incredible to see a design go from CAD to reality and we couldn’t be more stoked to see this design we put together for @countingcrows and their The Complete Sweets! Tour come to life!
⬇️ DREAM TEAM ⬇️
Lighting Designer/Director and Lasers: Conner Ostrowski (@thatlightingguy94 )
Pre-Vis Programmer: Mike Gionfriddo (@gio_ld_tpd )
Rehearsal Programmer: Scott Huggins (@zerokoul2 )
Previs Suite & Servers: Pulse Lighting (@pulse_lighting )
Laser Vendor: iWantLasers (@iwantlasers )
Lighting Vendor: Upstaging, INC (@upstaging_inc )
Lighting Crew Chief: Paul Mundrick
Follow-Me/Lighting Technician: Hannah-Grace Harper
Lighting Technicians: Emil Vuorijärvi and Kendall Clark
📷: @nicklphoto x @aliveco x @thepinnaclenashville
Equipment:
Follow-Me (Remote follow spot system)
16x Robe iPointe
32x Robe Spiider
10x Robe iForte LTX
32x GLP FR-10 Bar
20x Elation Proteus Brutus
50x Chauvet Strike 1
20x Chauvet Color Strike-M
12x Chroma-Q Colorforce II 48
4x MDG The One
5x KVANT Spectrum 33 RYGB (Y/G OPSL) lasers
2x GrandMA3 Full (Mode 3)
#countingcrows #thecompletesweets #wideopenproductions #pulselighting #upstaging #grandma3 #therobeway #germanlightproducts #chauvetprofessional #elationprofessional #kvantlasers #pangolinlasersystems
I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for the ups and downs of our relationship. You taught me so much—not just about design and production, but about life. You opened doors I never even knew existed and believed in me, even when I was still just figuring things out.
You always had a hot meal ready for a hungry roadie, and you and your family took me in more times than I can count. When I couldn’t make it home for the holidays—because of money, my schedule, or just life—you made sure I was never alone.
Thank you for the mentorship, the friendship, the lessons, the opportunities, the generosity, and the love. You’ll always be a major part of how I got here, and where I’m headed.
Love you Mikey Cummings. You were so incredibly talented, creative, and innovative. You will be missed by many, but never forgotten.
Rest In Peace, Brother.
To Kim, Max, and Ella; My heart goes out to you. We love you and we’re going to get through this together.
Thank you for 9 years of unconditional love, cuddles, and friendship since our family adopted you - even when we may have not thought we needed or wanted it. I don’t think any of us took it for granted though.
You’re off duty now and have trained Maya and Comet well. Please give Aubrey, Gus, Sam and Mom Mom some kisses for us. We love you Sophia, fly high and catch all the squirrels! See ya when I see ya 💔
Road mode. Still waiting on an @underarmour entertainment line for musicians and crew. ☮️🖤💡
📷: @_brandonartis
#chromeo #chromenightstour #hotmess #lightingdirector #concertlighting #wideopenproductions #pulselighting #applewatchultra2 #garminfenix7 #underarmour
What an honor and a privilege to be in the kitchen cookin with @elclaudiopedro at rehearsals for @chromeo tour this past weekend. Stoked to be back at the helm for another Funky tour!🤘
Huge thanks to @pulse_lighting for not only providing the package and making some quick last minute additions/changes for us, but for prepping and firing the rig out the door to LA for rehearsals/tour ready to rock for us so we could get right to work day 1 of rehearsals. No tour supervision at prep, and still no whammies. Teamwork makes the dream work! 🙌💪
We have 3 shows in the bag and 30 to go! Today… a day off 😴🪫
☮️🖤💡🕺🏻🪩
#chromeo #chromenightstour #pierreclaude #jeanmaxence #wideopenproductions #pulselighting #teamwork
