16 CONCERTS AND TOURING L ana Del Rey has been churning music finding its audience both at home and abroad. out hits for over a decade, with her melancholic, Americana After releasing her latest studio album – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Del Rey brought her distinctive sound across the Atlantic, marking her debut as a UK and Ireland stadium headliner and making her the region’s biggest-selling touring solo artist of 2025. The singer-songwriter, best known for tunes like Summertime Sadness , Video Games and Young and Beautiful , bases her brand on a retro, American aesthetic. Her lyrics linger on themes like money, drugs and desire, while her music videos take on a vintage, filmic style akin to old Hollywood – and often incorporate religious imagery, too. Her live performances extend this look even further, with her latest tour featuring a major set-build: a Southern gothic-style, slightly weathered house, complete with a porch swing and an Eden-esque garden where the band was stationed. An evolution of her previous stage design that debuted at Stagecoach Festival earlier in the year, the set played nicely with her more recent music, which has strong roots in country and folk. Del Rey’s husband comes from Louisiana, so it’s likely she’s been spending more time – and finding greater influence – in the American South. BLUE BANISTERS Tour manager Emily Holt asked Stufish’s Ric Lipson to lead the stage design and creative direction, collaborating with lighting designer Darien Koop and video designer James Lockey in order to develop a cohesive visual experience. Creative Technology supplied the LED screens, projections and holograms; while Nlitedesign Ltd, Green Hippo and Motion Impossible contributed to the tour’s final output too. “We were involved early on this year, when the show design was being dreamed up,” begins Tesni Kerens, project manager at Creative Technology. “The main part of the brief that applied to us was the on-stage screens, which made up the backdrop and surrounded the house with custom visuals and content. We also thought about the projection elements, as there was a desire for the house to be brought to life using projection, as well as some hologram sequences.” In the end, they opted for LED and IMAG screens, built using Roe Visual 5Q6.2 panels, with CB3 screens delivering the holographic video. At various points throughout her set, Del Rey would briefly leave the stage for an outfit change and a hologram would replace her in the upstairs window, performing Bluebird , Howl , Arcadia and/or Norman F*cking Rockwell – depending on the date. Holographic technology has an increasing presence in live music, bringing both living and deceased musicians back on stage.
An evolution from the stage design at Stagecoach Festival, the set suited the country and folk influences in her music
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