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Boy Band One Direction Sings Atop Giant Pinball Machine

The band One Direction performed on XL's giant pinball machine.
The band One Direction performed on XL's giant pinball machine.
Photo: David Morrell

Held at London's O2 Arena on February 20, the Brit Awards honored of-the-moment musicians such as Mumford & Sons and Lana Del Rey. The show also included high-octane performances from the likes of Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake and a playful set from One Direction.

For the boy band's show, XL Video UK supplied two LED screens to create a massive pinball machine. The "scoreboard" was made of a five-square-meter section of black-surface-mounted LED tile, while the game board was made from a 3- by 6-meter screen of lightweight, semitransparent LED. As for how the band stayed steady on the heavily tilted surface? We're guessing good balance and shoes with some pretty good grip.