Show Coverage

Media Opportunity

(update: June 12, 2006)

THE ROLLING STONES

“A Bigger Bang” European tour

 

PHOTO: stadium

 

Show coverage of the Rolling Stones tour has been specifically designed to give photographers the opportunity to take the best pictures possible; lighting, shooting position, staging, etc, were all taken into consideration during tour development. 

Shooting time:              2 songs

        • Song #1, #2
        • Approximately 9 minutes

Shooting locations:             Song #1: directly in front of stage

·      inside barricade

·      on stage sub-deck

·      RS 2-35 feet away (dependent on their stage movements)

·      Sub-deck is 4 feet above ground level, stage is 3 feet above sub-deck level

Song #2: in venue at stage center

·      inside barricade

·      on the ground, in a line going back, along the b-stage track

·      60 feet from front of the stage

Lighting                        Principals

·      Stage lights: bright white

·      Spot lights: bright white

·      Meter readings are the same all across the front of the stage

Audience

·      Lit brightly after first song and during song choruses

Equipment:                   Suggested

·      80-200 leans                      close up + ¾

·      300/400 2.8 lens           full length + band shots

·      14/17mm lens                       wide shot of stage

 

Legal release form:    Will be distributed for signature at venue during check-in

Must be signed before entering venue

Any special circumstances must be discussed/agreed prior to check-in

Electronic Filing:   Not available 

Darkroom access: Not available

Special parking:            Any requests must be submitted to local promoter 

Equipment storage:           Photographers with tickets to the show must arrange to store equipment outside the venue

Tour cannot facilitate equipment storage

Please Do Not:            Flash/Smoke/Use a mobile phone while shooting                         

Bring assistants or other persons                                                      

Bring ladders or boxes to stand on