Electric Light Orchestra brought their symphonic rock and laser lighting (nothing on this scale had been seen in Australia before) to Australia in February 1978.

Commenting on the Randwick Racecourse show violinist Mik Kaminski said: “But the best thing of all was the concert we did at Sydney Outdoor Stadium, where we played to 26,000 people.”

The speaker system for this tour included 18 of Jands (newly developed) Concords along with conventional 4 way cabinets. Jands also supplied the stage roof.

The lighting system was made up of Par64s and Strand profiles for specials. At the end of the Australian tour ELO airfreighted Jands lighting system and crew to Japan for concerts in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The 20ft trusses, in use at the time, were a special problem for Qantas.

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