CHELMSFORD, UK — Event Sound & Light (ESL) fielded one of the larger assemblages of RCF gear in the U.K. to support an Olympic Torch Relay event in the run-up to the London Olympics at Hylands Park, a restored town-owned mansion.
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IBIZA — Space Club in Ibiza recently held its summer season opening night, installing three of Allen & Heath’s industry standard Xone:92 mixers in the main room to fulfill the rider request of a majority of the performing DJs.
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GENOA, Italy — The 3,780-passenger Costa Fascinosa, launched in May by Costa Cruises, features an onboard audio system that includes Powersoft gear. The amplifier gear list includes M14D (two channels, driving 700W on 4 ohms), M50Q HDSP+ETH (four channels, each generating 1,250W on 4 ohms), and Duecanali 3904 and Ottocanali 1204 (eight channels, 150W on 4 ohms or 125W on 70V using BatFormers, the optional plug-in output transformers).
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Norwest Productions is supporting the latest — and perhaps final — tour of Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Sir Les Patterson, a.k.a. Dame Edna, a.k.a. Sandy Stone, with gear from L-Acoustics, Martin Audio, Lab.gruppen and DPA. Humphries’ farewell tour, Eat, Pray, Laugh, is an all-singing, all-dancing spectacular. Norwest Productions is providing the audio, and the FOH operator for the show is one of their longtime employees, Aaron Mason.
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LONDON — Samantha Graham, a freelance audio engineer working with Merlin PA, which provided audio support for the concerts associated with the F1 Grand Prix racing in the U.K., penned a testimonial crediting Kaltman Creations’ IWxLive RF Command Center for keeping the production going smoothly.
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WEST BROMWICH, UK — AV integrators Stage Electrics worked with main contractors Interserve Project Services to equip the 153-seat theatre at Sandwell College’s new campus here with two loudspeaker hangs, each containing four TTL31-A elements, with two TTL12-AS subs at the base.
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MESSEN, Switzerland — Pro Sound Beschallungstechnik recently upgraded the AV system at the historic Reformierte Pfarrkirche, a church built centuries ago. The project includes the use of a Symetrix Solus 8 processor for total system integration.
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OSLO — For a permanent installation within the Sofiemyr church here, Benum A/S provided an unconventional solution: a pair of inverted IC Live arrays, flown from the ceiling alongside matching subwoofers above the church’s small performance stage.
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ANKARA, Turkey – Music fans in Turkey have been able to watch and listen to a series of online “unplugged” concerts during the first half of 2012, with performances by five up-and-coming bands promoted by Hafifmuzik. The sessions, each watched by 8,000 to 10,000 people, were mixed by engineer Cagan Tunali on a DiGiCo SD8.
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ROSARIO, Argentina — Roger Hodgson, the voice of Supertramp, performed here recently as part of the Breakfast in America Tour 2012. Marti Audio supported the gig with an assist from D.A.S. Aero Series 2 audio gear.
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BENGALURU, India — V&P Sound of India supported Lamb of God’s second appearance in the country with lighting and also a sound system centered on JBL VerTec line arrays from Harman. The heavy metal band performed at Clarks Exotica Resort, and the event, part of the Nokia Alive series promoted by Overture India, drew a crowd of more than 7,000 fans.
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ARENDAL, Norway — To support the audio needs for the main stage at the annual Hove Festival, which takes place every summer on an island near here, Frontlite supplied JBL VTX line arrays. The gear supported performers ranging from Snoop Dogg, Skrillex and Lostprophets to Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sandé and Ed Sheeran.
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