LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is using Riedel gear within its new Liverpool Screen School building to enable flexible, high-quality communications across its studios and offices. The installation includes Riedel’s Artist 5000 matrix intercom system and Performer digital partyline intercom system.
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MUNICH, Germany — Behringer’s X32 digital mixers will take the stage with F.R.E.I. when they hit the festival circuit in support of their new album, Grenzenlos [Limitless]. The five-month tour will showcase the band at 18 of Germany and Austria’s largest music festivals, including Munich’s Tollwood Summer Festival and the Berlin IFA Summer Garden with touring partners, Unheilig and Pur.
Read More »WEDEMARK, Germany — Sennheiser released its balance sheet for its 2012 business year on June 25, 2013. The company reported overall sales gains of 10 per cent compared to the previous year, from 531.4 million euros to 584.4 million euros. The company also reported a 10 percent gain in its professional products division, to 205.1 million euros, noting success with the company’s XS wireless microphone system and other products in the Americas.
Read More »BEIJING, China — The 2013 Palm Expo, held June 7-10, drew more than 50,000 to the New China International Exhibition Center here, a modest increase over the exhibition’s attendance in 2012. Music Group was among the 1,700 companies exhibiting at the show. Along with an ample assortment of Behringer Eurocom installed products and X32 Digital Mixers, Behringer experts were on hand providing support to dealers and integrators across China that included seminar presentations and listening demos.
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LONDON – Italian singer Mario Biondi, accompanied by UK-based jazz-funk band Incognito and other guest musicians, held a concert at Royal Albert Hall here for the premiere of his new album, SUN. SSE Audio Group provided a pair of Soundcraft Vi6 consoles for FOH and monitor mixing for the event. Pictured here is Robin Leggett, monitor engineer for Incognito.
Read More »MILAN, Italy — A 34-year-old worker was killed after a load-out accident that happened about 2:40 am June 19, hours after a June 18 KISS… Read More »Worker Killed in Accident After KISS Concert in Italy
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NEW YORK, NY – For Motown: The Musical, which made its Broadway debut at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in April, sound designer Peter Hylenski specified a variety of Meyer Sound components. The system within the 1,505-capacity venue includes M’elodie, UPJ-1P VariO, UP-4Xp, UPM-1P, and UPA-1p loudspeakers and a combination of 700-HP and 500-HP subwoofers.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – An Allen & Heath GLD mixer has been installed in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium in Brazil. The venue, which had been closed for a three-year renovation prior to this year’s reopening in preparation for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup soccer competition, now features a GLD-80 mixer at the heart of its new audio system. The system includes Electro-Voice gear distributed via a Dante network. Pictured here is Carlos Eduardo Melo Ramires (Kadu) from A&H’s Brazilian distributor, AudioPremier, with the GLD-80 mixer in Maracana stadium.
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MOSCOW — Scheduled in close proximity to NAMM/Musikmesse Russia in mid-May, Behringer presented a seminar detailing features of its Eurocom audio products for installation projects. The event drew integrators, consultants and others from across the vast country.
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MEDINA, Saudi Arabia — Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, a.k.a. The Prophet’s Mosque, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world, with a piazza that measures 2,760,000 square feet. SBG hired Istanbul-based Ahmad Tekin Topuzdag for an audio system upgrade that included JBL gear —more than 200 CBT Series column loudspeakers, 140 CBT 70K-1 loudspeakers, 85 CBT 70-JE1 extension columns and 32 Crown CDi 6000 amplifiers.
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INSTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish vocalist and actress Ajda Pekkan performed at a benefit concert staged at the Rahmi M. Koc Museum here earlier this year to raise money for a children’s welfare foundation. Park Technical Production supported the event with a setup that included K-array’s KR200S components.
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LONDON – The Capital FM Summertime Ball, which drew 80,000 to Wembley Stadium here June 9, was hosted by Justin Timberlake and featured headliners including Will.I.Am, PSY, Olly Murs, Taylor Swift, and many others. Adlib provided a comprehensive package of gear that included an L-Acoustics K1 PA system and a DiGiCo SD10 console along with two Avid Profiles and a Soundcraft Si Compact for the one-day mini-festival.
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