CORK, Ireland — Il Divo and The City of Cork Symphony Orchestra teamed up to bring the music of Broadway to a capacity crowd of 18,000 gathered at Musgrave Park here in late June. Dublin-based EQ Events supported the five-hour show with a dozen GTO C-12 enclosures per side as the main PA, with small clusters of Butterfly modules used for outhangs and delays.
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BEAVERTON, OR — The University of Oregon’s (UO) new Hatfield-Dowlin Football Complex is a $68 million, 145,000-square foot sports facility providing training space for the UO Ducks. Audio integrator CompView turned to Biamp’s AudiaFLEX and Nexia CS for digital signal processing.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA — Foreigner has been performing a series of intimate, acoustic meet-and-greet sets before its big concerts for a select group of fans. These three-song sets are performed for groups ranging from about 35 to 150 in size. The crew has been relying upon Bose L1 Model II systems with B2 bass modules and T1 ToneMatch components for the intimate performances.
Read More »EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Masque Sound recently presented a charitable contribution to Road Recovery, a non-profit organization devoted to helping today’s youth overcome addiction and other adversities.
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SPRINGFIELD, PA — For the outdoor stadium at Cardinal O’Hara, a Catholic high school here, a recent upgrade included Community R-Series Loudspeakers. Tony Albano of Naamans Creek AV in Avondale, PA handled the design and installation.
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SYDNEY — Rockdale Town Hall, a regional arts and cultural hub used for a variety of events including concerts, variety shows and business functions, recently underwent a major upgrade that included JBL’s VRX line array system and Soundcraft’s Si Expression Console provided by The P.A. People.
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NASHVILLE — For “Take Me Downtown,” Lady Antebellum’s third headlining tour, Sound Image provided a K1 line array system from L-Acoustics. Along with K1 elements, the typical setup included K1-SB, KARA, KUDO and SB28 elements. Pictured here is Lady Antebellum performing at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Live at Edinburgh Castle, a 2.5-hour multi-act concert that was televised live on the BBC, preceded this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Britannia Row Productions provided two SSL Live consoles for the multi-faceted Live at Edinburgh Castle event.
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REDMOND, WA – The American Idols LIVE! Tour 2014, set to wrap up at Marymoor Park here Aug. 23, included Sennheiser’s Digital 9000 wireless system. Clair Global’s audio team used 16 channels to support the needs of the live production.
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LAS VEGAS — The outrageous performer and talented front man for The Tubes, Fee Waybill, will be the host for the 14th annual Parnelli Awards Nov. 22 in Las Vegas. “I’m really looking forward to this,” says Waybill. “I was actually a roadie myself before The Tubes. I’ve always had a tremendous amount of respect for the people who make our shows happen.”
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Empire PRO will be hosting an in-depth “Low-Volt System Design” training day by QSC on August 27. Two sessions (11-1pm & 2-4pm) and lunch (1-2pm) will be provided. The training is open to AV Professionals and their end-user clients.
Read More »OXFORD, U.K. –Solid State Logic (SSL) is offering its Live Console Operator Training Days at company headquarters here Sept. 17-18, Oct. 1-2 and Nov. 5-6. The one-day courses are designed to serve as an introduction to the SSL Live console and will include hands-on experience for all participants. While offered at no cost, the free events do require advance registration.
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