Willie Williams stage and light design, U2 Vertigo Tour, 2005.

William Gregory Williams (born 1959) is an award-winning stage and lighting designer for concerts, theatre, and multimedia projects, most known for his groundbreaking work with the rock band U2. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 807 KB) Summary U2 concert, stage and light design, Philadelphia, 22 May 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 807 KB) Summary U2 concert, stage and light design, Philadelphia, 22 May 2005. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scenic design also known as Stage design is the creation of theatrical scenery. ... Lighting at the 2005 Classical Spectacular Concert The role of the lighting designer (or LD) within theatre is to work with the director, set designer, and costume designer to create an overall look for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ...

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and raised in Sheffield, England, Williams excelled at mathematics and science in school and planned to study physics at University College, London. The advent of punk rock caused him enter the music scene instead, and he began doing lights for various bands such as Writz, Deaf School and Stiff Little Fingers. Hearing U2's album Boy and determined to work with them, he contacted U2's manager Paul McGuinness and got the job. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Physics (from the Greek, (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... The Front Quad University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Deaf School was a late 1970s band from Liverpool, UK. Their style was somewhere in between pub rock, punk and art rock. ... Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977. ... Boy is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, released in 1980. ... Paul McGuinness is the main shareholder and founder of Principle Management Limited, one of the worlds leading artiste management companies who have managed U2 from the start of their successful career His career has been spent working in the entertainment industry and he is well known throughout the world in...

Willie Williams has been responsible for the design of all of U2's tours from 1982 onward, most famously the extravagant, bewildering Zoo TV Tour (1992-93), but also the far more minimalist War Tour (1982-83) and Unforgettable Fire Tour (1984-85), as well as the Joshua Tree Tour (1987), Lovetown Tour (1989-90), Popmart Tour (1997-98), Elevation Tour (2001), and Vertigo Tour (2005-06). He has also worked with musical artists such as R.E.M., David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Darren Hayes and George Michael. This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged, multimedia concert tour by Irish rock band U2 supporting their album Achtung Baby, in arenas and stadiums over 1992 and 1993. ... The War Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place in 1982 and 1983 in support of groups album War. ... The Unforgettable Fire Tour was a concert tour by Irish rock band U2, which took place in 1984 and 1985 in support of groups album The Unforgettable Fire. ... The rock band U2s Joshua Tree Tour took place during 1987, in support of their album The Joshua Tree. ... The rock band U2s Lovetown Tour took place in late 1989 and early 1990. ... The Popmart Tour (often referred to as just Popmart) was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place from 1997 to 1998, in support of the groups 1997 album, Pop. ... The rock band U2s Elevation Tour took place in 2001 in support of their album All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... The Vertigo Tour is a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which began in 2005 in support of the groups 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is a singer-songwriter. ... George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963) is an English [1] singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo WHAM!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. ...

Public works include the creation of lighting installations at London's South Bank Centre and within Canterbury Cathedral; "SkyChurch", a multimedia performance space at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington, and a permanent exhibit at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. The South Bank Centre is a complex of arts buildings located on the south bank of the River Thames beside the Hungerford Bridge. ... Canterbury Cathedral from the southwest. ... Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869  - Mayor Greg Nickels Area    - City 369. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ...

In the world of performance art, Williams has designed for the legendary Montréal-based dance company La La La Human Steps and has collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on Sun Rings, a joint effort with NASA that combines the string quartet's music with video and audio material collected by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... La La La Human Steps is a leading Québécois contemporary dance group known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact. ... Kronos Quartet in 2006. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... Trajectory The Voyager 1 spacecraft is an 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and is currently operational, making it NASAs longest-lasting mission. ... Trajectory Voyager 2 is an unmanned interplanetary spacecraft. ...

Theatre shows Williams has worked on include We Will Rock You, Little Britain Live, Barbarella and Pam Ann. This article is about the musical. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Barbarella was originally a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest, who originated the character for serialisation in the French magazine V-Magazine in 1962. ... Pam Ann is the alter ego of British comedienne Caroline Reid. ...

External links

• Personal website
• Time Magazine Feature: Innovators - Forging The Future
• Profile by Live Design Magazine
• Eddy Award, New York, 2001
• Interview by @U2
• Interview by Lighting Dimensions, 1997
• Interview recalling early days and work with mentor Steve Fairnie