BUENA PARK, CA — The Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) group will hold its two-day Digital Sound Reinforcement (DSR) 101 class on August 11 and 12 in Covington, Ky.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ and MANCHESTER, TN — Eighth Day Sound faced back-to-back production responsibilities for two major events, the Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, using four DiGiCo SD8 consoles for the d&b audiotechnik PA system.
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GUANGZHOU, China — A video posted on the Web site, ChinaMusicRadar.com, showed Taiwanese singer Pan Yuwen performing onstage, adjacent to a multi-tiered scaffolding structure supporting lighting and audio gear. The video captures the sudden loss of power to stage elements, followed by chaos as the scaffolding adjacent to the stage falls over the crowd.
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LA LIMA, Honduras — Mega Audio recently supplied the audio reinforcement system, including a Soundcraft Si3 digital console, for a concert commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Evangelical Reformed Church of La Lima in Honduras.
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LONDON — In 1978, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds made its debut. This year, The War of the Worlds — Alive On Stage paid homage to Wayne’s Worlds in arenas around the UK and Europe. RG Jones, meanwhile, supplied a Synco by Martin Audio-based sound system for the touring spectacle.
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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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