The Fray at Villanova University

April 26, 2010

On Friday, April 23rd, Eventions provided sound, lighting and staging for the spring concert at Villanova University with headliner, The Fray. The concert was attended by close to 3000 students and featured Steel Train as the opening act.

The Fray’s most famous song is “How To Save A life” which is the theme song from the hit TV show, Grays Anatomy.

The concert featured a 40X40 Stage, a 26 speaker line array sound system, 100 feet of lighting truss with 126 stage lights. Complementing the conventional lights were 16 Martin moving head intelligent lights and a host of special effect lights.

While we have worked with many nationally touring artists, it is always fun to see the requests the bands make as well as the logistics that nationally touring acts have to deal with. The Fray traveled with two 52’ tractor trailers loaded with their equipment, merchandise for sale and supplies. They actually had a Yamaha baby grand piano that they lug around with them. I thought it was amusing that at least 6 different crew members asked me what state they were in!

The band travels in the lap of luxury in three tour buses with High Definition satellite TV, full kitchens and luxurious sleeping accommodations rivaling most hotels. But life on the road is tough. The Fray was in Boston the night before and was traveling overnight back into upstate New York. When they woke up, they had a 1.5 hour yoga session right in the back of the gym and then went on a quick tour of Philadelphia seeking out vintage record shops to satisfy one of the members obsession with rare vintage LPs

Special thanks to our friend Kevin York for some of these great images.