[Denmark] Formed in 2009, and known for their high-energy replications of Queen’s music, Queen Machine tours extensively across Denmark and Europe, selling out arenas and larger venues. They also regularly collaborate with symphonic ensembles like the Danish Chamber Orchestra, with some tours also dedicated to a specific Queen album concept.
Lighting designer Theis Wermuth has been working with them regularly since 2012 and designed the lighting for their 28-date 2026 summer Greatest Hits tour. This lighting rig included – for the first time – Robe iEsprite LTLs.
12 iEsprite LTLs were positioned in a line upstage behind the band risers, which had no fronts, allowing the fixtures to blast through or upwards, creating powerful effects and impact from the rear.
The iEsprite LTLs are built onto special wheeled trussing dollies for the tour, fabricated by lighting rental supplier Profox, with two fixtures per piece of truss for quick deployment during changeovers. They are positioned together with an upstage ‘wall-of-death’ – also on dollies – comprising specially modified PAR 64 cans, fitted with an LED light source.
Four large 6 x 5 banks of PARs are flown on the rig, two on the upstage truss, and two at the sides, based on Queen’s authentic 1980s lighting aesthetic – which Theis has studied extensively during his time working with the band.
The iEsprite LTLs were used for the first time on this tour design as high-impact, low-level back lighting effects and for fanning out and blasting through the risers, for which they contrasted well with the ‘PARs’.
The iEsprite LTLs were part of a batch of 52 new iEsprites recently acquired by Aalborg-based rental and production firm Profox, together with other IP-rated Robe fixtures to service their busy ongoing schedule.
The Queen Machine tour additionally uses a Robe RoboSpot system, comprising 2 x iForte LTX remote controlled follow spots, together with one BaseStation.
Queen Machine will be playing two large arena shows – Copenhagen and Herning – in the autumn to commemorate Queen’s 1986 concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium.