volume 2 issue 8 2009 - Mobile Production Pro

sJonas Brothers
JOE JONAS - Vocals/ Artist
KEVIN JONAS - Guitar & Vocals/ Artist
NICK JONAS - Guitar & Vocals/ Artist
sJonas Family
Dad / Manager - Kevin Jonas Sr.
Mother/ C.B.O - Denise Jonas
Brother / Bonus Jonas - Frankie Jonas
The recently
completed first leg of the Jonas
Brothers 2009 World Tour finished up
at the end of August with only one complaint,
which was that it didn’t stay out longer.
This show delivered as much entertainment
value as anything on the road today.
It was gag central, and where sometimes a
gag heavy show can be designed to hide a
lack of talent, such was not the case with
Jonas Brothers.
Tour Director Rob Brenner explained, “The guys know that
gags cost a lot of money to pull off, and that money comes out
of their pockets. But they made the decision early on to bring
the best possible performance at the expense of making less
money than they could have.”
Keeping reality intact, it must be said that the tour wasn’t done
at a loss or anywhere close to it. However, there is a solid awareness
in the Jonas camp that times are hard and entertainment
funds in the average household are a bit more scarce than they
might have been last year or the year before.
The brothers truly delivered the goods. The show played more in the
long than in the round. There was a circular main stage in the center
of the room with circular B stages on either end of the main stage. The
fact that the whole presentation ran lengthwise in the room posed a bit
of a challenge as it all had to be built at the same time. And while the
main part of the lighting and video systems were flown over the center
of the floor, there was still a substantial amount of lighting, laser and
audio gear as well as a killer water feature that flew over the entire
space of the room.
The weight of the system was only about 120,000 lbs, which is by
no means the heaviest rig to ever fly. The rub was that it all flew
off of a mother grid at the center of the room. The greater rub
was that there were several arenas that weren’t all that keen
on the idea of losing their scoreboards for the show. Because
the tour wasn’t out during the winter it was blessed with not
having to take snow weight into account. Nevertheless, the
need to redistribute the weight from the center was still
paramount.
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