LONDON – A new 600-capacity live music venue, Under the Bridge, has taken over the site of the former Purple nightclub, situated at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge ground. The design team included Jim Cafarelli (House of Blues), Ian Woodall (XL Video) and Andrew Frengley (Matrix Nine). Seeking, as Woodall put it, "a KF730 on steroids," EAW's Kenton Forsythe got busy.
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JERUSALEM, Israel – Harel Tabibi, the audio consultant who designed the new sound system for Gerard Bechar Center, chose Meyer Sound UltraSeries gear to support the audio needs of events ranging from community meetings and dance recitals to live theatre and rock concerts.
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DUBLIN – Thin Lizzy – comprised of Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Darren Wharton, Marco Mendoza, former Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick and Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell – are planning to be back in a number of towns on both sides of the Atlantic this year, with DiGiCo gear for the monitor mix.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – John Cossette, the longtime executive producer of the Grammy Awards, died April 26 at age 54. The son of Pierre Cossette, the founding producer for the Grammy telecast who died in 2009 at age 85, John Cossette had led the Grammy Awards broadcasts for 18 years. This year's show, broadcast live on CBS Feb. 13, 2011, was the 53rd annual production.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – FOH Magazine and ProAudioSpace.com are giving away a seat at Smaart training following this year's fourth annual Sound Forums Network Expo on May 16-17. The 2011 SFN Expo promises to be the best yet, with new and innovative talks plus more manufacturer participation than ever before. Held at the Wachusett Village Inn in northern Massachusetts, the free two-day event features technical presentations on everything from lighting to digital microphones. Exhibitors include Soundcraft, Shure, Lectrosonics, EAW, Lab.gruppen, Midas, Sennheiser, DiGiCo and many more.
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TUSCALOOSA, AL – Located in the heart of downtown, the nearly 200-year-old First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa – which cancelled some functions in the wake of last month's severe weather so members could serve the community, but was otherwise unaffected by the disaster – chose Music Alley, Birmingham, AL, to upgrade its sound system. Music Alley founder and CEO Steve Garrett, in turn, chose gear from Turbosound and Allen & Heath to fulfill the design and build objectives.
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KOLHAPUR, Maharashtra, India – Sound and Light Professionals provided sound reinforcement for a massive concert that was part of AbhangaNaad: The Voice of Devotion, held at Shivaji University in February. The event featuring some 2,500 Warkari (devotees of Lord Vithoba) singing in unison and accompanied by 1,350 Dhols (traditional Indian dhangar drums), and was attended by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, also known as guruji.
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MONTREAL – Les Grands Ballets Canadien recently purchased an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system following a trial run on a three week production of Leonce et Lena. The Company selected a system that includes an iDR-32 MixRack and iLive-R72 Control Surface, which can be used for touring as well as for installation in the ballet company's home base at Theatre Maisonneuve at the Place des Arts.
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DUBAI, UAE – Meyer Sound has announced the incorporation of Meyer Sound Middle East, based in Dubai Media City. Serving the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and North Africa, the new office will put customers in closer reach to Meyer Sound’s offerings that include technical support, design services, and education, in addition to its high-performance loudspeakers, active acoustic technology, and system integration tools.
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JONESBORO, AR – After 79 years of ministry, Central Baptist Church, with a permanent location here that seats about 2,500 church members, is branching out. Journey Campus is the name of a portable church serving Arkansas State University (ASU), and EliteMultimedia included an Aviom Pro64 in the portable church's system design.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Lee Minich, president of Lab X Technologies, will present a seminar at the annual LLB Expo on May 18 covering the emergence of 802.1 IEEE Audio Video Bridging (AVB) as a new standard in networking. The seminar will take place from 2-4 p.m. at Stockholm International Fairs during the expo, which covers audio, lighting, video and media technology.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OH – Eighth Day Sound recently added 20 of the new DiGiCo SD racks with 192, 96 or 48KHz sampling rates to its touring inventory. The new gear is supporting Lil Wayne's I Am Music II tour.
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