LONDON — Lars Brogaard, FOH engineer for Lionel Richie’s Just Go tour, is using a newly-purchased DiGiCo SD7 console — but not for the first time. Brogaard helped beta-test the SD7 and was the first engineer to take a D5 console on tour.
Read More »BOSTON — After six years, six albums and hundreds of tour dates, Il Divo has helped expand an appreciation for the opera among mainstream listeners with releases backed up by performances with Barbra Streisand, Céline Dion and Toni Braxton. Now the quartet is back for another world tour, backed by a Meyer Sound system provided by U.K.-based Capital Sound.
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ROME — Mister X, the Italian production company handling Sabina Guzzanti’s satiric Vilipendio tour across Italy, is using a sound reinforcement system including a Proel Axiom Compact and AX1115SP subwoofers for the front and side stage. They are powered by Powersoft K-series amplifiers and Proel digital processors. EDGEC65P speakers reinforce sound for the first rows of the audience.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — The Wills Memorial Building may have been built with centuries-old design features into its exterior, but it has been recently updated with a 21st-century audio system featuring Martin Audio’s OmniLine micro line arrays.
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Grupo Zonico supplied an audio system using JBL Vertec line arrays for a tour date here on the KISS 35 Alive World Tour. The show was staged outdoors at the 10,000-seat Estacionamiento de la Rinconada.
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OLD LYME, CT —The third generation of Sennheiser’s evolution wireless (ew) system products in the U.S., including the 100, 300 and 500 G3 series rack-mount wireless products, are now shipping. The ew 300 IEM G3 wireless monitoring system is expected to ship in July.
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CHICAGO — Sensaphonics named veteran monitor engineer Mike Adams director of touring sales, North America. Adams, whose recent tours include AC/DC, John Mayer and The Rolling Stones, will focus on meeting the IEM needs of tours in the U.S. and Canada.
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BRANSON, MO —Celebrating 20 years, the Mickey Gilley Theatre gave itself a Yamaha M7CL digital audio console, replacing the five analog consoles and outboard gear used previously. The console, pictured here with FOH engineer Matt Miles, is now being prepped for Gilley’s upcoming road dates.
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TEWKSBURY, MA — Avid’s new Digidesign Venue SC48 features an all-in-one design, with all I/O, digital signal processing and tactile control into a console compact enough for small to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, corporate AV companies and touring customers.
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LAS VEGAS — The Dolce Group added some thump to the mix at its Rare 120° steak house at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a Symetrix ZoneMix 760 DSP. Richard Rutherford with Rutherford Design, an occasional contributor to FOH, designed and installed the multi-input, triple-zone, 70-volt system.
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PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay —In the last few years. D.A.S. Audio has seen a significant growth for concert festivals in Uruguay, and its sound systems have been featured in some of the country's largest events. Two recent examples are the Punta Rock and Pilsen Rock music festivals.
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TEL AVIV — Britannia Row Productions acquired a third Midas XL8 Live Performance System so that it would have two on hand to support Depeche Mode’s Tour of the Universe, which is about to get underway in Israel. The first Midas XL8 continues to support the world tour for Oasis.
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