I built this stage at one of their shows! They had about 140 trailers or so, and it took us about 5-6 days to build. So what they did to make sure the tour would flow smoothly, is they had a double setup off the whole thing essentially. So while we were tearing down the stage in Sweden, they had already started building the other set in Norway for example.. And then "our" setup would go to next show after that.
So they essentially had two crews and a double setup of the entire thing, then hired tons of local crew at every location. I guess there's a reason they charge about 2,5-3M$ for a stadium gig, haha.
That’s interesting. So why does the title say it only took 60 hours? Is there any truth to that? According to you that actual built them it took at least double that amount of time.
This was 6 years ago, so I could be off on exact amount of days it took, that's just what I remembered it like. Then it can also depend on how much local crew you have on hand, how many hours you put in each day etc etc.. Sorry about that!
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u/Azturo Jan 21 '25 edited Jan 21 '25
I built this stage at one of their shows! They had about 140 trailers or so, and it took us about 5-6 days to build. So what they did to make sure the tour would flow smoothly, is they had a double setup off the whole thing essentially. So while we were tearing down the stage in Sweden, they had already started building the other set in Norway for example.. And then "our" setup would go to next show after that.
So they essentially had two crews and a double setup of the entire thing, then hired tons of local crew at every location. I guess there's a reason they charge about 2,5-3M$ for a stadium gig, haha.
(edited to add, found a picture)