MORGAN HILL, CA — The 30th annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras continued to grow, like, well, you know, with an estimated 70,000 attendees overall, and upwards of 3,000 of them gathering at the Morgan Hill amphitheater to feel the beat from an ISP Technologies Tripower Reference concert series speaker system provided by 4 dB Sound.
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HERTFORDSHIRE, U.K. — Sound engineer Walter Jaquiss recently joined forces with Adlib Audio and Lighting for the latest John Barrowman tour, and two Soundcraft Vi6 digital consoles were used for the production.
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PARIS — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. marked the 30th anniversary of NEXO loudspeaker systems. This year is also the first full year of NEXO’s transition to becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation Japan.
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GLASTONBURY, U.K. — Audio rental company RG Jones Sound Engineering marked its third year overseeing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury by supplying a Synco package including Synco by Martin Audio W8L Longbow main PA line arrays and Martin Audio delays, a Synco cardioid sub-bass array and a Synco stage monitoring and drum fill system.
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AMSTERDAM — The Levenstroom (Livingstream) church’s large congregation recently moved to a new building equipped with extensive in-house AV and media production gear and an audio system that includes a pair of DiGiCo CSD5 consoles, one at front of house and the other in its studio facilities.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Herbst Theatre, a 919-seat recital hall in San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building, has a new sound system to go with the beaux-arts murals and décor that reflects its history. The venue first opened in 1932.
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PIPERSVILLE, PA — International Audio Group Ltd. (IAG), the parent company of Wharfdale, Quad, Mission and several other professional lighting and audio brands, recently welcomed SurgeX to its roster.
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KWANGJU, South Korea —Systems integrator Sovico AV recently installed a new JBL VerTec powered full-size line array system at the new Kwangju CD nightclub, the largest dance music and DJ venue in South Korea.
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INVERNESS, Scotland — Okay, so maybe sightings of Martin Audio W8L Longbow line array enclosures aren’t as rare as those for the legendary monster of the lake.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — The Historic Church of St. Patrick has seen plenty of change since it was built in 1892 to serve the workers building the Erie Canal, and its sound system benefited from a recent upgrade that included Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array technology.
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JOHANNESBURG — Rob “Cubby” Colby relied upon the DiGiCo D5 supplied by Gearhouse South Africa for R. Kelly’s first tour in Africa. Kelly performed at the inaugural ARISE Africa Fashion Week June 20th and in other cities throughout South Africa and Nigeria, then flew to London for a performance at Wembley Arena July 8.
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WOODINVILLE, WA — Marking 20 years since the introduction of its CR-1604, Mackie staged a 20 Years Running contest, and recently announced a winner: Badger Koon, whose YouTube video documents his return from vacation to find his Mackie SRM450 Active speakers almost completely submerged from a mudslide that inundated his house.
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