How to put on a mega-gig: the lighting and show designer

Getting roasted by Goldfrapp after a stage disaster ... and other potential perils of creating a pop tour’s visualsThere’s a saying in showbiz: never work with children or animals. I have a new rule: never work with inflatables. I had something go badly wrong on tour with Goldfrapp in 2010. Alison and Will had made an album called Head First, and the concept was that the band would wear silver and be beamed through this portal from another planet. It was all very ironic. We built this inflat