The torch-lit backdrop of the historic building provides the ambience in evenings, and a cafe serves mulled wine and hot chocolate.
Phoenix's lead singer Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai, played a selection of old and new songs against the star-lit backdrop of the festival, held in the desert in Indio, California.
The cast of the TV series Pileggi has conceived and co-written, Vegas, are out on location when I visit, so he is pretty much alone here, among the lovingly recreated props and vintage neon-lit backdrops of his own make-believe.
Then she took chick lit's backdrop of lighthearted consumerism and put it front and center.
What you see is a vast, fluorescent-lit and air-conditioned backdrop of extravagant new office towers, apartment blocks, hotels and galleries, with – increasingly – these various functions housed in single "multi-use" buildings designed to grab the attention like giant posters of pouting fashion models.
Joined by Grammy-winning co-vocalist Siedah Garrett, the pair of them hovering magically over what I presume is meant to be a brightly-lit and resplendent LA backdrop.
Once inside the Grand Palais on the day of the show, guests found themselves transported from the leaden skies and frenetic streets of Paris to a blissed-out, spa-like stage set, with a painted blue sky lit by floodlights and a backdrop of trees in full leaf.
Brightly lit Earth serves as a backdrop for the moon, which is itself illuminated thanks to the sunlight hitting it.
There will be seasonal themes in each section, including a fire garden, fibre-optic lawn displays and a fairy-lit arbour – all with a backdrop of ancient woodland and the palace's baroque architecture.
