HANOVER, Germany – Not all artists and touring support crews have to worry about how a vocalist sounds while hanging upside down on a trapeze. But that was the problem facing the audio crew supporting Pink's Funhouse tour.
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ST. PAUL, MN – The annual KDWB Jingle Ball, held at the Xcel Energy Center, helped ring in the holiday season with Jordin Sparks, Pitbull, Colbie Caillat, Boys Like Girls, 3oh!3, Justin Bieber, Jay Sean, Owl City and an Electro-Voice X-Line sound system deployed by local production company Eternal Systems, Inc.
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GLASGOW, U.K. – Ian Bond of IPB Audio, owner of one of the first Midas PRO6 live audio systems to roll off the production line, has been using it on a 10-week European tour with five-piece progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. Bond has a long association with the band, having been their FOH engineer for 10 years.
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LONDON – Florence and the Machine used a combined iLive FOH and monitor system on its European tour this fall, which included dates in the U.K., Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Austria.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Along with U.S. president Barack Obama and over 100 VIPs including heads of state and various ministers of different nations addressing climate change issues, a total of more than 30,000 people attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) at the 77,000-square-meter Bella Center in Copenhagen.
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OMAHA, NE – When the band Vertical Horizon went out on tour this year, they tapped industry veteran Jay Phebus as their FOH engineer and tour manager. The group is best known for "Everything You Want" from the 1999 album of the same name. This year, founding members Matt Scannell and Keith Kane decided to hit the road to promote the group's new album, Burning the Days.
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LOS ANGELES – Industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails recently completed a world tour throughout the United States, Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, playing venues ranging in capacity from 5,000 to 25,000.
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RIMINI, Italy – Eros Ramazzotti recently embarked on the first European leg of his "Ali e Radici" (Wings and Roots) world tour, a 10-truck production with stops at indoor arenas in 23 European countries before it travels for some South American dates, a series of European open-air summer shows, then off to the U.S. and Australia.
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LOS ANGELES – The American Music Awards included performances by Sennheiser artists Shakira, Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Eminem, 50 Cent and Nelly Furtado. ATK Audiotek provided audio for the show, broadcast on ABC from the Nokia Theater at L.A. Live.
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VIENNA, Austria – AKG recently updated its System Architect plug-in for the HUB 4000 Q to version 3.5 with the introduction of the Harman System Architect 2.1 release, fully integrating the digital wireless microphone system DMS 700 into System Architect.
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LONDON – Sound engineer Randy Meullier, who is using a Soundcraft Vi6 for the U.K. and European legs of Alice Cooper's Theater of Death tour, credited Pete Russell at SSE Audio Group for giving him access to his first-choice console.
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YOUNGSTOWN, OH – In mid-1981, the parishioners of Saint Brendan Church dedicated their sanctuary with pride. The building featured ornate architecture, color schemes and high ceilings.
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