Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour Travels to Canada with Shure

EDMONTON, ALBERTA —This year’s Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour showcased three prominent J-Rock bands in more than 40 cities. Stopping near the end of its North American run here on the Canadian prairie within the cavernous depths of the Northlands AgriCom, the traveling show brought Japanese rockers MUCC (pronounced "mukku"), D'espairsRay and The Underneath to its stage. Shure Inc. provided ULX wireless guitar systems, PSM700 in-ear monitoring, and a wide range of microphones including a contingent of SM58s.

ELKHART, IND – Sound Image of Escondido, Calif., recently passed the 5,000,000-watt mark in Crown I-Tech inventory.  In recognition of this achievement, David Shadoan, president of Sound Image, will be presented with a specially crafted award on the opening day of InfoComm 2008. 

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Since opening in 1955, the Beverly Hilton has been a classic Southern California landmark, combining the glamour and excitement of Hollywood’s entertainment industry with the opulence of Beverly Hills. The hotel’s renowned International Ballroom has an impressive pedigree of its own right, including hosting such notable events as the annual Golden Globe Awards, Oscar Nominee Luncheon, and the Milken Institute’s Global Conference. As part of a spectacular three-year, $80 million renovation, the International Ballroom received an audio makeover complete with a compact, yet powerful, Meyer Sound system designed and installed by db Integrated Systems (dbIS) of Chicago, Ill.

NEW ORLEANS – More than three decades have passed since Stevie Wonder made a spontaneous appearance at the venerated New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. This year, he returned as a headliner at the rejuvenated post-Katrina fest on May 2. Dual DiGiCo D5 monitor consoles, under the direction of veteran engineers William Barnett and Dwayne Jones, managed Wonder’s extra-long input list — comprised of personal monitor mixes for three musicians, background vocalists, Stevie and floor monitor mixes.

LOS ANGELES – ABC Television’s Dancing with the Stars returned in mid-March for its sixth season with some of the highest profile celebrities to yet appear on the competition. Also taking a new starring role this season is Sennheiser, with Burbank-based wireless experts Soundtronics supplying the show’s audio mixer, Evan Adelman, with SKM 5200 RF handheld microphones outfitted with ME 5002 and MD 5235 capsules, MKE Platinum lavalier mics and SK 5012 and SK 5212 transmitters, plus a slew of instrument mics and HD 25 headphones for the orchestra members.

HENDERSON, NV – Despite its relatively intimate size, the new Ovation Lounge music club at Green Valley Ranch Resort in the greater Las Vegas area has been steadily hosting a wide variety of popular artists – including Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, Blues Traveler, Collective Soul, Flynnville Train, Grand Funk Railroad, Kool & The Gang, Rick Springfield and Stanley Clarke ⎯ all of whom have been wowed by the venue's impressive L-ACOUSTICS KUDO loudspeaker system.

MIAMI – The 10th Ultra Music Festival in Miami was a Who's Who of world re-nowned DJs and electronic music artists with an expanded schedule of two days to accommodate all of the artists. Covenant Music and Managing Director Alex Vincero employed Powersoft’s 18 K Series K10, K8 and K6 digital amps at the festival.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Brewer Entertainment recently purchased a Monarc MLA3 line array system for their production work in Bricktown’s Historic Coca Cola Center. This Oklahoma City landmark event center is host to many concert events for the city, and Brewer Entertainment, who has an ownership stake in the venue, was intent on raising the bar for audiences and promoters alike.