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BRITANNIA ROW SUPPLIES UK’S LARGEST INDOOR PA RIG FOR JAY CHOU Taiwanese singer and film star, Jay Chou, recently entrusted Britannia Row Productions to deliver an impressive audio solution for his performance at London’s O2 Arena.
For the final three concerts of Chou’s 120-date The Invincible 2 World Tour, The Asian King of Pop, as he’s known to the Western media, played two nights in London before deploying the Britannia Row rig for a final show at Paris’ Accor Arena. These three shows were promoted by Europe’s leading Asian concert promoter, Magic-Sound Entertainment. Britannia Row Crew Chief, Scott Maxwell, said: “Jay is a huge star. We’re essentially working with a stadium-sized PA in an arena-sized production. Everything else in the design had to shrink down to fit inside the venue, but the PA remained the same.” The entire production weighed in at 107 tonnes and used 208 overhead motors, 44 automation points, 274 rigging points, 14 under-stage lifts and
featured a four-minute 180kg confetti hit, meaning the audio delivery had to have ample impact. Britannia Row’s Josh Lloyd designed an L-Acoustics system for the European dates, which featured main hangs of K1, flown K1 SBs, K2 delays and K2 under hangs below the main K1 hangs. The system was powered by 72 LA8 amplifiers and used Lake processing. Maxwell continued: “One of our biggest challenges in the audio team was working between multiple departments who were all using aerial equipment. There are so many design elements going on, it’s unlike any other show I’ve worked on. It’s been such a lovely environment to be a part of. Everyone has worked so well together, despite any language differences.” The show itself – led by Production Manager JC Chen - is three hours 16
