TRIESTE, Italy — DPA’s Italian distributor M. Casale Bauer has supplied the 34 cast members in the Italian touring production of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — The Musical with DPA 4066 Omnidirectional Headset Microphones and 4060 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones. The musical was presented at the Politeama Rossetti theatre in Trieste.
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SYDNEY — The P.A. People have been using a Clear-Com Tempest Wireless Intercom System on gigs including the New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Sydney and How To Train Your Dragon shows staged in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
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LONDON — Darren Connor, live sound engineer for Emeli Sandé, specified a Turbosound Flashline speaker system for the BRIT Award-winning artist’s seven-date U.K. tour, which concluded with a performance at the Hammersmith Apollo here. Britannia Row Productions provided the gear, sourced via Entertainment Sound Specialists (ESS).
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KAGA CITY, Japan — K-array’s Japanese distributor Livegear supported the Kaga Music Festival here last September with a K-array setup that included KH4, KS4, KO70 and KR402 speakers. The gear held up and performed well despite less-than-ideal weather conditions.
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SYDNEY, Australia — For Pink’s current world tour, in support of her sixth studio album, The Truth About Love, which was released last September, FOH engineer Chris Madden specified an L-Acoustics K1 system. JPJ Audio is providing the gear for the tour.
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WARSAW, Poland — Pro audio specialist Dysten specified an Innovason Eclipse GT to run a fully networked Fohhn Audio PA system within the Iluzjon cinema here. The venue, which showcases silent along with soundtrack-enhanced films, will occasionally provide live music to accompany the on-screen imagery.
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AMSTERDAM — On April 30, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, 46, became King of The Netherlands as his mother, Queen Beatrix, stepped down from the throne at age 75 after a 33-year reign. The festivities marking the occasion included a 35-minute outdoor concert pairing the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren. Peak Audio relied upon d&b audiotechnik gear for the televised event.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi Baptist Church recently upgraded their existing analog mixer to an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, supplied by Kenya-based Sound Creations.
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STUTTGART, Germany — Staatstheater Stuttgart, Germany’s largest theater, recently upgraded its intercom systems with two Clear-Com Eclipse HX-Omega Digital Matrix Systems.
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BEIJING and SHANGHAI — Each year since 2000, the German Chamber of Commerce in China has hosted the German Ball in Beijing and in Shanghai. For the most recent events, held last November, Sennheiser partners QMedia (Beijing) and Real Live (Shanghai) provided K-array gear.
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RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil — The evangelical Nova Igreja da Barra church here is noted for services featuring rock bands and prayer through music. The church’s sound engineer, Wagner Pedretti, got acquainted with K-array gear at AES Brasil in 2012 and has since adopted the gear for use at the church.
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LONDON — Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, a wooden replica incorporating elements of the first two Globe Theatres (1599-1613 and 1614-1642), opened in 1997. To mark the Bard’s 449th birthday in late April (the exact date is unknown), the theatre presented The Magic Numbers. ARC Sound, equipping the main theatre with a comprehensive sound reinforcement system for the first time, provided Harman components including a JBL VerTec speakers and Soundcraft Vi consoles.
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