Question about Drowned World Tour Lights

[RUADJAI 14,942]

Random question; something that stands out to me in my memory of The Drowned World Tour, specifically Drowned World/Substitute for Love, is actual people controlling the spotlights that hung over the crowd. They were like sitting in a chair attached to the light and were randomly directing them at the audience. Do you guys remember that? Do you know why she had people controlling the lights instead of computers? and did they stay up there for the whole show or was it just the first song? or did I make this up? 

[theREALmgo 560]

29 minutes ago, RUADJAI said:

Random question; something that stands out to me in my memory of The Drowned World Tour, specifically Drowned World/Substitute for Love, is actual people controlling the spotlights that hung over the crowd. They were like sitting in a chair attached to the light and were randomly directing them at the audience. Do you guys remember that? Do you know why she had people controlling the lights instead of computers? and did they stay up there for the whole show or was it just the first song? or did I make this up? 

I actually work in stage production, so I can tell you that it is very common to have 3-4 spotlights that are hand controlled in a show. This is so that the light will be on her no matter what, so that she can move around through the audience or on the stage and always be lit up.

[Enrico 15,795]

I saw people controlling the lights sitting up in the towers also in the other Madonna tours.

[Enrico 15,795]

@RUADJAII can tell you because I used to think this was a sign for the show to begin. But I was wrong. She mercilessly left them waiting upstairs in the towers 

I am pretty sure it was for MDNA and RHT, but maybe others, too.

[RUADJAI 14,942]

So I guess they were spotlight operators... but during Drowned World/Substitute for Love they were definitely pointing them into the crowd like search lights. A stylistic choice no doubt. 

[Semtex1 845]

I remember the  thunder and lightening effects lighting up the entire crowd and arena during the Frozen / japanese segment. 

[valinecode 291]

...and Sticky and Sweet too