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Top 10 Tours of 2015 – 1: Taylor Swift “1989” Tour

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Eighth Day Sound

 

Crew

Production Manager: Arthur Kemish

FOH Engineer: David Payne

Monitor Engineers: Jordan Kolenc (artist/guests), Scott Wasilk (band)

Systems Engineer: Edgardo “Verta” Vertanessian

Crew Chief: Jordan Kolenc

RF Coordinator: Bill Flugan

Stage Tech: Casey “Ribs” Stewart

P.A. Techs: Andy Dudash, Turner Pollari, Bill Fegley, Simon Farrell, Octavio “Guto” Santos

Gear

FOH System

Console: DiGiCo SD7

Main/Side P.A.: Four hangs of (24) d&b Audiotechnik J8/J12; (2) hangs with (14) J-SUBs

270 P.A.: Two hangs of (12) d&b Audiotechnik V8/V12

Front Fills: (12) d&b Audiotechnik V8/V12

Ground Sub: d&b Audiotechnik J-SUB (12), J-INFRA (8) mixed sub array per side

Delays: Four hangs (12) d&b Audiotechnik V8/V12

Amps: d&b D80 with Array Processing

Processing/Outboard: (8) Lake LM44, Neve Designs Portico II, Neve Designs MBP, TC Electronic 3000, Lexicon PCM92, Bricasti M7, SPL TD4, (2) Hairball Audio Lola mic pres, Eventide Eclipse, (2) Waves Soundgrid v9.

MON System

Console: (2) DiGiCo SD7

IEM’s: (22 channels) Shure PSM 1000, Sensaphonics 2-Max, 3-Max, UE4, UE7, UE11.

RF: (8 channels) Sennheiser 9000, (6 channels) Sennheiser EM 3732, (14 channels) Shure UR4

Processing: Neve Designs Portico II, (2) dbx 160a, (3) SPL TD4, (2) Empirical Labs Fatso Jr., TC Electronic M-One, Lexicon PCM92, (2) Eventide Eclipse, (4) Waves Soundgrid Extreme Server v9.

Mics: Sennheiser MD 9235, 5235, e935; DPA D:vote 4099; Shure Beta 91, 52, 56; AKG 414 ULS, A-T 450

TOUR NOTES

The 1989 World Tour ran from May through Dec 2015 with legs in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia, including 31 stadiums, 52 arenas, 55 cities and10 countries on four continents. Eighth Day Sound Systems provided full spec P.A. and audio control systems as well as tech support globally via its facilities in Cleveland, London and Sydney.

*Top 10 Tour rankings from Billboard magazine based on gross ticket sales from Nov. 2014 to Nov. 2015