NEW YORK — Madonna, U2 and AC/DC are among the finalists for Billboard’s 2009 Billboard Touring Awards, which will be awarded Nov. 5. The awards are based on box office results globally from Oct. 1, 2008, through Sept. 30, 2009.
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VISTA, CA — The new sound system provided for city-owned Moonlight Amphitheatre by Acoustics Dimensions includes 34 Powersoft amplifiers. The 900-seat venue, with a 1,200-capacity lawn area, stages Broadway musicals and uses separate vocal and music systems.
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NEW YORK — Blue Microphones launched the Encore series of live microphones with a press event at Esquire Magazine’s new Signature Space at the Soho Mews featuring U2 opening act Bell X1 and singer-songwriter Zee Avi. The artists performed with the new Encore 100 and 200 microphones.
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PHILADELPHIA — Metropolitan Acoustics incorporated AKG wireless microphones for the University of the Arts’ Ellen and Ronald Caplan Center for the Performing Arts at Terra Hall. The system is for two side-by-side theaters.
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BERGAMO, Italy — The Trescore music festival, one Italy’s largest, drew tens of thousands to hear Afterhours, J-Ax, Calibro 35, Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti and Ministri. Airone S.r.l. provided RCF TT+ Series as the main PA system, which included TTL33-A line arrays, TTS28-A subwoofers and TT25-SMA stage monitors.
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MORRISON, CO — Production rental company Slamhammer Audio provided sound and staging for a recent performance for the Hip Hop group Atmosphere at Red Rocks, the natural arena 15 miles west of Denver framed by two monolithic rocks. Gear from Martin Audio played a significant role.
Read More »KIEV, Ukraine —Anastacia’s four-month tour of theatres and arenas in the U.K. and Europe wrapped up in Ukraine with DiGiCo D5s at both Front of House and monitor positions, as they had been throughout the tour, operated, respectively, by Tony Blanc and Becky Pell.
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FAYETTE, OH — Fayette Local Schools, a public K-12 school, has installed two pairs of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally steerable line arrays to make the most of two key spaces in its new multi-purpose building — the cafétorium and gymatorium — which are separate spaces that can be combined as needed.
Read More »HELSINGBORG, Sweden and MADISON, WI — Milab Microphones announced that FDW-Worldwide is now the exclusive distributor for Milab Microphones in North America.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Sprawled out across the space of 20 city blocks inside San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the second annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival recently drew thousands of concertgoers with nearly 100 bands and DJs over its three-day run.
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems has added the NEXO PS R2 to its NEXO PS Series of high-output, compact speakers. The PS R2 features a higher SPL, extended bandwidth and re-designed cabinetry and grilles.
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Lectrosonics has added SMV and SMQV transmitters to its Super Miniature product line. The units feature Lectrosonics’ Digital Hybrid Wireless technology from their 400 Series product group.
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