22/05/2026
When a massive production like Florence and the Machine’s ‘Everybody Scream’ Tour pushes the limits of live performance, the rigging infrastructure has to be flawless. That’s why the tour’s rigging team deployed a complete EXE Technology.
The tour’s ambitious rigging design featured 131 rigging points and 127 chain hoists supplied by Neg Earth Lights ranging from 500Kg to 2000Kg EXE Technology D8+ Rise chain hoists with 30 EXE Flexa Wireless Load Cells deployed at crucial rigging points, monitoring a total show weight of 67 tons. The dynamic overhead structure supporting automated lighting arrays, scenic elements, and an impressive video infrastructure made precise real-time load monitoring a critical requirement for the production team.
A show of this scale and complexity requires rigging data to monitor from the initial build through to the show going live. The EXE Flexa wireless load cell system provides continuous, real-time visibility into the load weights across the rigs, capturing key data information that verifies weight distribution, monitors dynamic movement, and maintains safety throughout every performance. The rigging team deployed EXE Flexa Load Cells on two key video elements: the video header at 11 tons and the upstage screen at 3 tons, whilst monitoring the mother grid at 8 tons and the upstage stacked lighting trusses, which weighed 5 tons.
Yose Lawson said: “On shows like this, moving between venues, loads cells are essential for our rigging team. The EXE Flexa units are compact, easy to work with and running on a low-congestion RF band means we can rely on them day in, day out.”
