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Cosmo Wilson (born Charles Wilson on February 18, 1961) is a concert Lighting Designer and director for rock & roll bands, and has been since 1986.He has worked with over 40 acts including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foreigner, INXS, Iron Maiden, Meat Loaf, Mötley Crüe, The Rolling Stones, Ronnie James Dio, David Lee Roth, Scorpions and Rod Stewart.He was a touring road crew member from 1986 and toured with The Cure, Genesis, Barbara Mandrell, INXS, Crowded House and various other acts before becoming a Director and Designer.He worked on the Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" 1989 tour as Lighting Crew Chief before moving up to Lighting Director in February 1990, where he spent the next 7 months touring Japan and Europe with both "Urban Jungle" and "Steel Wheels" shows.He has worked with AC/DC since 1990, directing over 600 shows since then, including 1991's "Monsters of Rock" stadium tour, which finished in Moscow on September 28, 1991 at Tushino airfield, where it was estimated that there were over 1.6 million fans in attendance, and was described as the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history.