Alcons Equips Disney Screening Room
MUNICH – Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany GmbH in Munich chose an Alcons pro-ribbon cinema sound system for its in-house screening room.
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K-array Kobra Series Installed at Cafe Zoe
MUMBAI – K-array’s Kobra series were recently installed by Seven Point One at Café Zoe in Mumbai.
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Capital Sound Supplies Martin Audio MLA for U.K.’s New Wild Life Festival
SHOREHAM-BY-THE-SEA, U.K. – Capital Sound provided close to 200 Martin Audio MLA elements for the inaugural Wild Life festival at Brighton City Airport. A pair of British electronic music duos, Disclosure and Rudimental, served as co-curators of the two-night (June 6-7), four-stage event, featuring sets by dozens of hand-picked acts along with Disclosure and Rudimental themselves.
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Mungo’s Hi Fi Invests in Powersoft
FLORENCE, Italy – Reggae and bass music specialists, Mungo’s Hi Fi, have become the latest company to invest in Powersoft’s K Series and X Series technology.
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GLD Chrome Multi-Tasks at Slam Dunk and Download Festivals
LEEDS, UK — Reel Recording Studio in Leeds recently employed its new Allen & Heath GLD Chrome digital mixer to record the main stage at the Slam Dunk festival in Leeds, and manage FOH for Download festival’s “secret band”, Young Guns, at Donington.
Read More »Velma Rogers Graham Theatre Installs Avid EverywhereTM
TORONTO, Canada – Avid has announced that the Velma Rogers Graham Theatre in Toronto, Canada, has adopted Avid EverywhereTM, investing in an integrated workflow powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform, with live sound and recording solutions from the Avid Artist Suite. The new workflow enables each audio team member to work more efficiently, while improving sound quality and eliminating potential points of failure.
Read More »Foo Fighters’ European Tour Leg Canceled After Dave Grohl Breaks Leg in Fall from Stage
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl was able to tough it out after falling from the stage and breaking his leg on June 12. But if Grohl managed to return to the stage and perform later in the show despite what would turn out to be a fracture, the band was forced to immediately cancel its next two shows, and by June 16, the band announced that the rest of their tour through Europe would have to be canceled as well, including big gigs at Wembley Stadium in London (June 19-20) and Glastonbury (June 26).
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Tondiraba Ice Arena Receives Audio Upgrade with RCF
TALLINN, Estonia – Tondiraba Ice Arena calls on Event Center to install a complete audio array featuring RCF speakers, subwoofers and amplifiers.
Read More »Download Festival’s Cashless System Receiving Less-than-Rave Reviews
LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. — The Download Festival noted earlier this year on its website that the 2015 festival would be “absolutely cashless” with food and other essentials available for purchase through a new “Dog Tag” RFID payment system.
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Band Member Injured in Pyro Accident
LONDON — Michael Clifford, guitarist with 5 Seconds of Summer, sustained burns from a pyro effect to his hair and face while performing at London’s SSE (Wembley) Arena June 13. Clifford came into accidental contact with the flame effect toward the end of the second of three concerts slated for the venue.
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Masque Sound Audio Package Selected for The Lion King in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Custom Masque Sound audio equipment package installed for The Lion King, Mexico’s largest theatrical production to-date.
Read More »Crew and Campers Jolted by Separate Lighting Strikes at Rock am Ring Festival
MENDIG, Germany — Separate lighting strikes injured crew and campers attending the Rock am Ring festival in early June. The first strike affected eight production crew members working backstage at around 1 a.m. on June 6. Less than three hours later, another 25 campers were injured by a second strike.
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