REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — The town of Reggio Emilia is getting ready for the big party on Saturday 19th September, when fans from the whole Italy will gather in the Capovolo concert area for Luciano Ligabue. The event is meant to be the longest concert he has ever made, and a spectacular celebration for his 25 years of career, driven by a massive 2-million-watt RCF system.
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LANCASHIRE, U.K. — Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2015, the Beat-Herder Festival showcases an extraordinarily eclectic mix of music and performance art spread across 17 separate venues within a working farm near Clitheroe in Lancashire. Staged on the weekend of July 17th-19th, this year’s event was completely sold out and featured literally hundreds of acts – as if to prove the diversity, headliners included Basement Jaxx, Erol Alkan, Leftfield, The Levellers and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas.
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MONTEREY, CA — When Italian automobile enthusiasts from around the world ascended on Black Horse Golf Course in Monterey, California for the 30th anniversary of Concorso Italiano, VUE Audiotechnik had pulled up to the event as well. The company’s al-4 Subcompact Line Array System could be heard delivering crystal clear sound to the expansive grounds.
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MUNICH, Germany — Global opera star, Erwin Schrott, is touring with a dual GLD mixing system to manage FOH and monitors. Purchased by the singer’s head of sound, Martin Laumann, the system comprises a GLD-112 at FOH and the new Chrome GLD-80 on monitors, connected via Dante, with an additional AR2412 and two AR0804 remote IO racks. There is also the option of live recording using Pro Tools via the Dante network. The photo shows Schrott performing with Jose Feliciano and Cuba Amiga at the Munich State Opera.
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LONDON –– The South West Four Festival (SW4) on Clapham Common’s south side is the latest in a long line of events that has called on the expertise of Capital Sound and the advanced controllability of its flagship Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array. This time it was needed to contain the high-octane energy delivered by a host of world famous DJs and dance music specialists, on a site closely surrounded by residential buildings.
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LOS ANGELES — VER, a leading global provider of production equipment and engineering support, announced that it completed its acquisition of Aurora Lighting Hire Ltd (“Aurora”), UK lighting rental specialist for the TV, broadcast and entertainment media production industries. The acquisition represents the latest step in VER’s strategic plan to expand its industry-leading lighting capabilities and equipment inventory throughout the UK and Europe.
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LAS VEGAS — The 2015 Parnelli Awards gala, hosted by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and honoring Chris Lamb, David Cunningham and Pat Quilter, is once again trending toward a complete sellout. As of Sept. 14, just one week after the Parnelli Awards ballot was finalized and made available online, the voting has been fast and furious, with reservations for the Oct. 24 event continuing apace. Voting from readers of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines will continue until Sept. 30, 2015.
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BOULDER, CO — eTown, the non-profit organization that hosts the eTown Radio show and operates the eTown Hall venue in Boulder, CO, announces that noted acoustician/designer Sam Berkow has accepted an advisory position on the organization’s board of directors. Berkow, also known as the inventor of SMAART software, adds this to his regular slate of duties at SIA Acoustics.
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Waves noted that its eMo D5 Dynamics Plugin, which gives users access to five dynamics processors, including Gate, Leveler, DeEsser, Compressor and Limiter, all in one interface, is now available.
Read More »AMSTERDAM — Audinate, creator of media networking solution Dante, noted that more than 500 Dante-enabled products are now available from licensed manufacturers worldwide. The number of Dante-enabled products now available represents a 60 percent increase from the number of Dante-enabled products that were available just 12 months ago, the company added.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — For an international celebration of creativity, the arts and technology called The Creators Project, AVI provided a variety of K-array components.
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