Martina McBride Timeless Country Classics

Martina McBride’s new album, Timeless, features a selection of classic country songs that were originally recorded 30 or 40 years ago. Naturally, when she started touring in support of the album, she wanted the look of the show to reflect the simple but eloquent nature of the traditional country sounds. Tom McPhillips of Atomic Design was an integral part of creating a set with those production values.
http://www.plsn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=358&Itemid=40

Martina McBride Waking Up Laughing

On Wednesday, April 12, Martina McBride kicked off her Waking Up Laughing tour in Kansas City, MO. This is the third time that McBride called upon Atomic Design, Inc. to design her touring concert set. Atomic Design’s Tom McPhillips is the production designer for the tour. He says, “It has been a great experience working with Martina and John McBride over the years. For each tour, we have taken a completely direction. On the Timeless tour in 2006, the set had a nostalgic and theatrical feel. The design this year is a complete departure using video, projection, LED displays, and lighting rather than scenery to produce a spectacle that’s right on the cutting edge of current show technology.”
http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/atomic_designs_waking_up_laughing_tour_050707/index.html

An Unlikely Haven for Rock ’n’ Roll Entrepreneurs

LITITZ, Pa. — This small town in Pennsylvania Dutch country, in the midst of cornfields and dairy farms, would seem an unlikely home for a warehouse filled with the detritus of rock concerts past and future — a large section of the stage for the next Black Eyed Peas tour, the sets for an Elton John concert and gigantic lips from the Rolling Stones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/business/smallbusiness/28sbiz.html