Shawn Mendes’ ‘Illuminate’ World Tour
Canadian pop music is a hot commodity these days, and it hasn’t taken long for Shawn Mendes to put his name alongside those of Drake, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara and Justin Bieber when it comes to international demand and acclaim. That point is made perfectly clear when one considers the routing of Mendes’ current Illuminate World Tour, supporting the album of the same name that ultimately cemented his status as a worldwide star.
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The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy: Legend of the Fall’ Tour
The Weeknd is on the Starboy: Legend of the Fall outing, playing festivals and sold-out arenas across the country in support of the artist’s third studio album, Starboy, which was released last fall. The Weeknd, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye, is performing in the round for most of the shows. And while he spends a lot of time on the catwalk, he works the sides of the house more than he does the front or back, says FOH engineer Derek Brener. “It’s almost as if the FOH perspective has been shifted to the sides.”
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Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
I might be showing my age, but I recall as a kid in 1963, hearing Nat King Cole’s “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” when it first came out. With its carefree, feel-good theme, it was perhaps the perfect summer song for the time. Of course, no one could have predicted that five months later, the country would be plunged into turmoil with the events of Nov. 22, 1963, when perhaps we all lost a bit of innocence.
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Liberty University Concert Hall Takes Variable Acoustics to the Next Level
The pride of Lynchburg, VA, Liberty University’s School of Music, set a new benchmark for acoustical flexibility as it debuts one of the world’s first performance venues to offer adjustable architectural acoustics working hand-in-hand with Meyer Sound’s Constellation active acoustic system. Students, faculty, guest ensembles and the surrounding community can now experience musical performances of any genre in acoustical surroundings precisely tailored for optimum benefit.
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Heavy Sound, Traveling Light
Rockers HammerFall find a portable monitoring solution
Heavy metal fans need no introduction to HammerFall. Founded in 1993 in Gothenburg, Sweden — the country’s second-largest city — this powerhouse has been delivering melodic metal ever since. Now, 10 albums later, the band shows no sign of slowing down.
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AKG at 70
This month, AKG celebrates its 70th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in post-war Austria, the company has blossomed to become a world leader in audio technology, distributing its products in more than 140 countries. Given this accomplishment, we thought we would look back at the company’s history and examine a few of the significant products that arose along the way.
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Chance the Rapper’s ‘Be Encouraged’ Tour
Genre-bending juggernaut Chance the Rapper is proving worthy of the arena-sized tour he’s now on, selling out his great-sounding pyro-filled show wherever he goes. On May 14, he made it a special Mother’s Day edition at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Chance brought his mother down from Chicago for the show and surprised her by bringing out one of her favorites, neo soul artist Maxwell. He announced that 18,300 people showed up to see him that evening, which seemed to surprise even him.
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L-Acoustics Syva Segment Source Loudspeaker System
Founded in 1984 by Dr. Christian Heil, L-Acoustics was never about creating “me-too” products. Even from the company’s earliest days, L-Acoustics designs took a breakthrough approach, incorporating solid science and real-world physics into speakers, from its first coaxial system (1989’s MTD115/LLC) to the Wavefront Sculpture Technology three years later and 1994’s landmark V-DOSC system. The latter introduced the concept of the modern line array and forever changed the face of concert sound systems, even to this day.
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