ORLANDO, FL – Jim Van Winkle, former director of regional services for the Masque Sound's corporate theater division, has rejoined the firm as general manager of its Orlando, Fla. based Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) division.
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EDMONTON, Canada – Axe Productions used its recently-acquired JBL Vertec line array system for the first time to support the second annual K-97 Classic Rock Riot. The production, which featured former Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers, was held in the Shaw Conference Center.
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TAMARAC, FL – The Palace Theatre for the Performing Arts is part of the Kings Point condominium complex, a community of some 8,000 over-55 residents just north of Fort Lauderdale. Its snowbird-friendly season runs from November to March, and the venue seats 1,000 people without a single stair.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Known as The Crowdies to its fans, the rock band Crowded House is touring Europe and the U.S. this year to support the band's forthcoming Intriguer, to be released in June. All 28 of the mics for the tour are from Earthworks.
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LONDON – Entec Sound and Light provided the PA system for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) 10th anniversary event, held recently at Royal Albert Hall with performance by Suede, Noel Gallagher, JLS, The Specials, Arctic Monkeys, The Who, and Them Crooked Vultures. Entec Sound and Light chose Shure to provide the event's PM systems.
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SALISBURY, U.K. – When the 133-year-old Father Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral was sent for repair during February and March of this year, the church's liturgical music program continued uninterrupted with digital pipe organ music, reinforced by 12 Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers.
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LONDON – Staged for the ninth year – and for the first time as a four-day event – City Showcase got underway recently at the British Music Experience and other venues within London's O2 Arena complex.
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ESCONDIDO, CA – Sound Image has joined the short list of North American L-Acoustics K1/KUDO Pilot Program companies and will be providing L-Acoustics gear to support the Mojo tour for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers this summer.
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Martin Audio's MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array uses optimization software and a new cellular array design to "take the guesswork out of daily system design," according to R&D director Jason Baird. "We are convinced that MLA is a game-changing product."
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BRESCIA, Italy – Outline recently inaugurated a factory that gets part of its power from solar panels on the roof. The energy division of the Marcegaglia group developed the system, which uses an amorphous silicon photovoltaic system to turn sunshine into electricity.
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BUENOS AIRES – Seventeen years after their last Argentinian concert, Guns N' Roses performed before a crowd of 45,000 as part of the band's Chinese Democracy World Tour 2010. Buenos Aires Live Show, which handled the technical staging of the event, using Proel Edge15CXPB coaxial monitors.
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WEDEMARK, Germany – Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG founder Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser passed away May 17, only a few days after his 98th birthday. He founded the company in mid-1945.
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