COHASSET and HYANNIS, MA —The South Shore Music Circus and its sister venue, the Cape Cod Melody Tent, stand tall as the last two U.S. continuously operating in-the-round tent theatres. Meyer Sound M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers were recently installed at both historic venues.
ORLANDO, FL — The deadline to purchase tickets for the Parnelli Awards, held during LDI at The Peabody Orlando Hotel, is quickly approaching. The event… Read More »Last Chance to Purchase Tickets to the Parnelli Awards!
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GREENSBORO, NC — WorxAudio Technologies has introduced the M80i Install Line Array. A member of WorxAudio Technologies’ TrueLine Series, the new M80i is a two-way, high efficiency, ultra compact line array loudspeaker system designed for the most natural sounding reproduction of speech and music program material. This new loudspeaker system is designed for a wide variety of sound reinforcement applications, including corporate/industrial presentation venues, performance venues and clubs, houses of worship, theaters and AV production.
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GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY — Tour rental sound company Sirius Showequipment AG recently provided audio services for a sold-out concert featuring Germany’s most popular band Pur. With a supporting symphony orchestra on twin stages at the Veltins Arena, the event drew a crowd of approximately 65,000 people.
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TALLINN, ESTONIA —The three-day Estonian Youth Song and Dance Celebration has never been a small event, and its 10th anniversary was no exception. Held every five years, this year’s landmark event featured more than 35,000 participants, including 831 choirs, 127 dance groups, 47 orchestras, as well as a 15,000-member children’s choir and 200-piece brass band.
Read More »NEW DELHI, INDIA — Allen & Heath has appointed SunInfonet as its exclusive distributor in India. The company will manage the sales, distribution and service of the complete Allen & Heath product line from their HQ in Delhi.
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CHICAGO — The 300-seat auditorium in Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) hosts a diversity of musical and theatrical styles, from jazz to classical and from pop to avant-garde. Dennis O'Shea, MCA's manager of technical production, recently added a second eight-channel TRUE Systems Precision 8 preamp/DI to the auditorium's reinforcement and archival system so that all 16 recording channels could benefit from the Precision 8s' clean, warm sound.
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SWANSEA, UK — The Storys, a band from South Wales that recently released its first album on its own label, has now completed a second UK tour supporting none other than Sir Elton John. Playing to crowds of up to 30,000 at prominent arenas and sports grounds throughout the UK and Europe, the band and its Sound Engineer Dale Hanson have been traveling with their own front-of-house desk, a Soundcraft Vi6 digital live mixing console.
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TALLAHASSEE, FL — In what is becoming a fairly typical problem for many houses of worship, St. Paul's United Methodist Church needed an audio system for a modern style service with electric bands that wouldn’t be visible to the traditional parishioners who valued the sanctity of their sanctuary.
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The RSS Digital V-Mixing System incorporates the new RSS M-400 Live Digital Console, configurable digital snakes with remotely controlled mic preamps, for approximately $10,000.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL — Today is the last day for industry professionals to cast their vote for this year’s Parnelli Awards. Voting for the Parnelli Awards will close today (Wednesday) at 5:00 p.m. PST. Readers of FOH and PLSN can go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote.php and vote for the year’s best of the live production industry.
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OLD LYME, CT — British rock trio Muse, currently in the middle of their world tour of stadiums, arenas and major festivals, are taking the stage with Sennheiser and Neumann microphones and Sennheiser personal wireless monitors.
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