From there it creates a network loop around the masts feeding the XD units and other video network services for the cameras. This then leaves the truck over four MPT24 core fibres and heads into the main performance area to the large masts supporting the show. He created a custom fibre system so all the Tessera processors can sit in the video truck, in one rack along with the servers and routing, which keeps our signal paths short and saves space when transporting the show. The fibre optic approach is key to everything on this tour, according to Mead: "A great friend of mine, Adam Wells designed the fibre system for this tour. "We liked the idea of using products made in Britain, especially from a company with such great values, profound industry knowledge and expertise," he said. Mead noted that the final stamp of approval was given to Brompton because of the company’s heritage and roots. Adam from Brompton came over to help us understand the key features of SX40 and oversee the integration." Then, halfway through the Divide tour, the Tessera SX40 came out followed by the XD Data Distribution Units, so we upgraded the whole tour and switched to SX40’s. "As the SX40s hadn’t been launched back then, we invested in M2s.
"We talked to Brompton at a trade show, and it was the roadmap and clear interest in technology innovation that we really liked," explained Mead. "Since then, that's all we have been using – ROE screens in partnership with Brompton LED processing!"Īfter researching the LED processors available at the time, Mead and the team decided to invest in Brompton’s Tessera LED processors thanks to their functionality and company’s industry-renowned 24/7 customer support and strong focus on R&D and product roadmapping. "The first time we rolled out Brompton’s Tessera LED processors and ROE panels was on Ed's last tour, the Divide Tour' 2017 – 2019, that went out in March 2017," said Mead. The tour's video director Phil Mead has been working with Ed Sheeran for 11 years and still remembers the first time CTT used ROE Visual technology with Brompton LED processing.
The giant LED set-up is powered by five active and one backup 4K Tessera SX40 LED processors, as well as 20 Tessera XD 10G data distribution units.
The stage is surrounded by six 30-metre-high masts, with 398m2 of ROE CB5 making up six plectrum-shaped, double sided IMAG screens dangling from the masts, and further 220m2 of ROE CB5 half panels completing the LED hoops around the outside of the masts. The spectacular 360-degree stage design incorporates a giant circular ‘halo’ video screen, comprising 462m2 ROE Vanish V8T high transparency outdoor LED panels, fixed over a 90m2 revolving LED stage built from ROE BM5 panels. Continuing its long-term relationship with the artist, Colonel Tom Touring (CTT) is once again proud to support the production, supplying over 1100 square metres of a variety of ROE Visual LED panels, all powered by Brompton Technology LED processing. Since then, the singer-songwriter has been playing stadiums across the UK and Ireland, with further dates planned across Central Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, Australia, Latin America and North America as part of his mammoth 2022 / 2023 world tour. Promising fans a production unlike anything they have seen before, British superstar Ed Sheeran kicked off his largest tour to date on April 23rd in Croke Park Stadium, Dublin.
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