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Andrea Bocelli Tours with DiGiCo Quantum 7 Consoles

WORLD – Andrea Bocelli has been touring in support of his most recent albums, Si (2018) and Believe (2020), with a control setup that includes a pair of DiGiCo Quantum 7 consoles. For the artist’s recent tour in the UK, supported by Britannia Row, FOH engineers Andrea Taglia and Francesco La Camera using the two desks to handle a total of 116 channels on the input list.

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Outline’s Newton Among First Purchases for 22Live in UK

UK – 22live, a new pro-audio service provider founded in the UK’s Midlands region by a group of established industry professionals, has invested in three Outline Newton units as part of their initial rental inventory. The company has already supplied touring systems for The Australian Pink Floyd Show and Sigur Rós as well as completing a run of O2 Arena shows with UK rapper D-Block Europe.

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Shure Captures the Sound of Music Icons at the 65th Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES – The 65th Grammy Awards was broadcast live from Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 5, 2023. Along with Shure Axient Digital wireless technology for host Trevor Noah, the show’s audio production team relied on 59 channels of Shure wireless including 28 channels of Shure PSM 1000 IEM systems and 160 Shure P10R bodypacks for most of the performers. The list of artists including Lizzo (pictured here with Shure’s KSM11 microphone capsule), Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes and more.

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One Systems Global Production designed and deployed a powerful L-Acoustics K Series system for 10,000 in massive exhibition hall. Photo: Together Festival

L-Acoustics K Series Wows EDM Music Fans in Bangkok

BANGKOK – Last September, 10,000 of Thailand’s electronic dance music fans got reacquainted with the boundless energy of a live show as Bangkok’s Together Festival returned after a two-edition hiatus to deliver a program filled with the genre’s A-listers. Headliners like Blasterjaxx, W&W, Will Sparks and AXMO were featured alongside local talents Roxy June, Riviere and Ayrton.

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Audio Engineering Society Receives Technical Grammy Award

LOS ANGELES – The Audio Engineering Society (AES) was presented with a prestigious Technical Grammy Award during Grammy Week 2023. AES President Bruce Olson and AES President-Elect Leslie Gaston-Bird accepted the Special Merit Award on behalf of the Society during a ceremony held by the Recording Academy on Feb. 4 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Video of the Week: Highlights of the February 2023 FRONT of HOUSE

Video of the Week: Highlights of the February 2023 FRONT of HOUSE

Editor George Petersen reviews the new issue, which includes an inside look at The Mavericks 2023 Tour; a chat with sound designer Brian Ronan about the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot; profiles on reader choices for North America’s Top Regional Sound Companies; an Installation Focus on new church sound systems; a Buyers Guide to mid-sized line array speakers (dual-8” and dual-10”); and Road Test reviews of the Neumann MCM (Miniature Clip Mic) instrument microphone, Austrian Audio’s HI-X60 reference headphones, and Gator Frameworks ID Series Speaker Stands.

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CMA Touring Awards Celebrate Excellence

NASHVILLE – After a two-year hiatus, the Country Music Association (CMA) Touring Awards took place Jan. 30, 2023 at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works.
The winners included Robert Scovill, FOH Engineer of the Year for his work with Kenny Chesney and Michael Zuehsow, Monitor Engineer of the Year for his work with Luke Combs.

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Sam Berkow Takes Vic’s Jazz Club to the Next Level

LAS VEGAS – Vic’s Las Vegas, an 8,560 square-foot venue for live jazz performances, is set to open this week near Las Vegas’ Smith Center for the Performing Arts. It features an acoustical design by Sam Berkow of SIA Acoustics, the recipient of the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award on June 3, 2022.

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