WUXI, China — A $200 million Buddhist temple that opened here in May was the culmination of a multi-year construction and interior design effort in cooperation with the Chinese Association for Buddhism.
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LAS VEGAS — Aerosmith is touring again this summer, and to ensure onstage mobility, both lead guitarist Joe Perry and rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford are performing with six Lectrosonics IS400 Wireless Beltpack Instrument Systems.
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HILLSIDE, NJ — AV racks serve as an organizational tool and a means to showcase the high-end audio and video gear installed, yet the name of the company that spec’d and installed all the gear is rarely in sight.
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NASHVILLE — Some 35 years ago, Bob Heil built one of his now-famous talk boxes and gave it to Peter Frampton as a Christmas present. Frampton had left Humble Pie and was embarking on a solo career. As history would show, that Talkbox played a key role. Frampton Comes Alive!, released in 1976, went on to become the best-selling album that year, and still ranks as one of the best-selling live albums.
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LAS VEGAS — Cirque du Soleil opened its new training center based at the company’s Resident Show Division (RSD) in Las Vegas earlier this year. There, technical staff can advance their skills in the use of the lighting, audio, rigging, and automation equipment behind Cirque’s theatrical spectacles.
Read More »FAIRFAX, VA — InfoComm International’s foundation, the International Communications Industries Foundation (ICIF), has dedicated a new education fund to the memory of Michael Vergauwen, the COO of AVI Systems and officer of InfoComm International, who died in an accident on June 28.
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JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse South Africa supplied sound and crew for R Kelly’s first visit to South Africa. After five days of production rehearsals at Sun City Superbowl, there was one show there and another at Cape Town’s Grand West Casino.
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LONDON— With bands ranging from Oasis, Kasabian, Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol to Newton Faulkner and Bat for Lashes, sound engineers Dave Roden at FOH (here deployed as system tech) and Will King used digital mixing environments where incoming engineers could hit the ground running.
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JACKSON, MS — The Auditorium is a new performance hall and restaurant that opened in the restored Fondren neighborhood of Jackson after a two-year renovation process. It features a pro-audio system from Peavey that lets this casual-dining destination double as a live performance hall.
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NILES, IL — Shure Inc. named Audio Biz Michigan as the company’s Representative of the Year for fiscal year 2008/2009. Audio Biz Michigan president Randy Stenson, vice president Rick Brown and Steve Meyers, sales representative, received the award at InfoComm in Orlando, Fla.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Sennheiser’s K-array self-powered live performance speakers made their U.S. debut at Milwaukee’s 11-day Summerfest. The event’s principal production provider, Clearwing Productions, put the K-array systems to use at JoJo’s Martini Lounge, one of 11 stages at the lakefront festival park.
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NORMANDY, France — France Galop, a company that owns several horse racing tracks in France, selected an Allen & Heath iLive digital system to manage audio distribution in its Deauville Touques venue. The company’s other racetracks are in Longchamp, Auteuil, Chantilly, Deauville, Maisons-Laffitte and Saint-Cloud.
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