Dan Hadley

Bio:

Dan Hadley has been a touring LD since the 1900’s. After catching the bug while working at Six Flags Magic Mountain, he moved to Salt Lake City and cut his teeth at Oasis Stage Werks. He then started touring with Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting and has failed upward ever since, climbing the ladder with clients such as Weezer, Tenacious D, Sonic Youth, Queens Of The Stone Age, and landing in the Foo Fighters camp in 2010, where he has been the designer and operator since.

Starting the journey for the newest campaign at the end of 2025, he enlisted Arlo to help him manage the challenges of the show’s size and the band’s schedule, and to lean on Arlo’s creative genius for help in fleshing out the concept, getting out of creative ruts, and shaking off engrained habits.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and partner in LXFC Design, Tess Falcone, where they grow avocados, play pickup soccer, and foster cats from the local rescue when not on tour.