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The set designer for Kanye West, Beyonce, and Miley Cyrus built these concert stage marvels

The set designer for Kanye West, Beyonce, and Miley Cyrus built these concert stage marvels

The imagery on Kanye West's Yeezus tour -- like two faux mountains that split in half and transformed into a volcano -- was topped off with a circular video screen that projected storm clouds and shed a light down on Yeezus himself.

The set designer for Kanye West, Beyonce, and Miley Cyrus built these concert stage marvels

Lady Gaga, the queen of bizarre stage outfits, played a fiery piano and danced around a subway car and under flashing neon lights during her Monster Ball tour. It took 28 trucks to haul Gaga's set across the country. That's twice as many vehicles than a typical tour requires.

Lady Gaga, the queen of bizarre stage outfits, played a fiery piano and danced around a subway car and under flashing neon lights during her Monster Ball tour. It took 28 trucks to haul Gaga

For the 2016 Brit Awards, Lorde performed David Bowie's "Life on Mars" as a touching tribute. Multiple Bowies took the stage behind her on enormous screens.

For the 2016 Brit Awards, Lorde performed David Bowie

For her Bangerz tour, Miley entered the stage on a slide that resembled her tongue, then danced along with live-motion avatars that mimicked her movements on the screen behind her. 3D scanning technology produced visuals like explosions on Sunset Boulevard and cats floating through space.

For her Bangerz tour, Miley entered the stage on a slide that resembled her tongue, then danced along with live-motion avatars that mimicked her movements on the screen behind her. 3D scanning technology produced visuals like explosions on Sunset Boulevard and cats floating through space.

Beyonce and her back-up dancers strutted down a treadmill-style runway, then danced in a 2,000-gallon pool that filled in 10 minutes flat on a secondary stage. As if that wasn't enough, 70-foot tall LED screens were employed to project images behind Queen Bey during The Formation World Tour.

Beyonce and her back-up dancers strutted down a treadmill-style runway, then danced in a 2,000-gallon pool that filled in 10 minutes flat on a secondary stage. As if that wasn

Adele's iconic eyes were projected on a 74-foot wide screen for her 2016 self-named world tour. A total of 12 projectors and four massive roll-drop screens created stunning visuals throughout each performance.

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