ANAHEIM, CA – Audio engineer Tim Koch has been working with California-based Reggae group Common Kings for about four years, as an A2, monitor engineer and FOH engineer. A while back, the band took charge of a three-day takeover event at The House of Blues in Anahiem, CA with three separate shows in three different rooms each day. Allen & Heath’s dLive consoles were used for all the performances.
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WORLD – Michael Tomas Regina, FOH engineer for pop group TV Girl and alt-pop duo Magdalena Bay, has been mixing their shows in the U.S. and beyond using his Allen & Heath Avantis Solo. His current setup also includes two DX168 96kHz stageboxes and a gigaACE card.
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CHICAGO – Allied Productions provided an L-Acoustics L Series system for Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, concert promoter Jam Productions’ flagship venue. The 2,500-capacity venue now features L2/L2D hangs with A15/KS21 side-fills, A10 Focus front fills, A15i/A10i Wide delay fills and KS28 subs for the low end.
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SHIGA, Japan – Biwako Hall, an 1,848-seat venue near Kyoto, is the first in Japan to feature a SPAT Revolution Wave Field Synthesis immersive audio system powered by Harman’s FLUX:: technology.
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NEW YORK – To honor the legacy of the Allman Brothers Band, the musical supergroup known as The Brothers performed two shows at Madison Square Garden in April. Featuring former ABB guitarist Warren Haynes and drummer Jaimoe, the production relied heavily on DiGiCo Quantum consoles.
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VIENNA – After first taming some acoustic challenges at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, tonzauber’s Georg Burdicek used a Lawo mc²36 MkII console as Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” was being performed. While marking 200- and 50-year milestones for the Strauss composition and the European Space Agency (ESA), the music was also sent into outer space via ESA’s DSA 2 ground station in Cebreros, Spain.
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LAS VEGAS – The 51st edition of the American Music Awards ceremony was broadcast and streamed live on ABC and Paramount+ from the BleauLive Theater at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26. A variety of Shure technologies played key roles, including Shure’s Axient Digital Wireless System and the custom ADX2FD and AD2s with KSM8 capsule used by host and performer Jennifer Lopez.
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FRISCO, TX – Texas Tour Gear provided RCF’s TT+ Audio GTX system for the ACM “Country Kickoff at The Star” festivities on May 6 and 7, 2025. The free, two-day festival ran outdoors from 5 to 11 p.m. each day in the runup to the 60th annual ACM Awards ceremony on May 8 within the Ford Center at The Star.
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VATICAN CITY – In a landmark collaboration uniting art, architecture, and audio technology, Meyer Sound has provided the technical foundation for “Silent Echoes of a Great Sound Sculpture,” a site-specific installation by internationally renowned sound artist Bill Fontana.
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ORLANDO – The 2025 InfoComm show floor opens this week from June 11-13. And hidden beyond the endless rows of display contraptions, you’ll find the all-important audio section, with scores of booths dedicated to sound technologies, along with demo rooms where you can listen to how everything sounds. Here’s some cool audio gear to check out.
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NEW YORK – The 78th Annual Tony Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall June 8, 2025. The production was broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. Jonathan Deans won the Tony for Best Sound Design of a Musical (“Buena Vista Social Club”) and Paul Arditti won for Best Sound Design of a Play (“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”).
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MIAMI, FL – Prior to the 2024/2025 basketball season, Solotech Systems Integration provided an L-Acoustics K2 sound system for Kaseya Center, home to the NBA Miami Heat. The system includes eight arrays of 10 K2 each that are flown around the central display along with KS28 subs and A15i Focus and Wide enclosures for delays.
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