BAKU, Azerbaijan — For the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest, with semi-finals staged May 22 and 24 and the finals on May 26 at the 23,000-capacity Baku Crystal Hall, Cape Cross Studio + Filmlicht GmbH worked with Cologne, Germany-based Toneheads for the live broadcast’s audio support. Among the many companies contributing to the success of the event was Sommer Cable, also based in Germany.
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CAUX, Switzerland — High ceilings, ornate plasterwork and adjacent wings and corridors all posed acoustic challenges within the “Cinderella’s castle” used for CAUX-Initiatives of Change summer conferences. Terry Nelson of Studio Equipment relied upon Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx gear to provide highly-intelligible audio support.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Sound and lighting company Fokum provided the sound system at Club Astoria, a Grupo Costa Este nightclub that operates in the space previously occupied by Barcelona’s Opium Cinema and, before that, Cine Astoria, from which Club Astoria gets its name. The system includes self-powered line array systems from D.A.S. Audio’s Aero Series 2.
Read More »BLACKPOOL, U.K. — Worsening weather forced an early end to an Elton John concert at the Blackpool Tower Headland outdoor arena on June 17. Some 11,000 were attending the performance at the new outdoor venue, which was able to proceed for close to two hours before being cut short by about half an hour.
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LONDON — Harman’s AKG, in conjunction with UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd., has partnered with Cato Music, a leading tour production specialist, to showcase AKG’s range of high-end live sound microphones to artists and live sound professionals at its London facilities.
Read More »LONDON — Delta Sound relied upon Clear-Com’s Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom and V-Series key-panels for the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the English throne, which took place in early June.
Read More »LONDON — A wide range of events marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne took place June 2-5. Britannia Row Productions, which provided audio support at several key events, included Outline gear in its sound-reinforcement arsenal.
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LONDON — Peavey joined the world in celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee by providing a full line of Classic Series guitar amplifiers for the Diamond Jubilee Concert, which featured performances from musicians such as Sir Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Sir Cliff Richard outside Buckingham Palace in London.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Turbosound featured its Flashline large-scale line array with an all-day demo June 2 that drew soundco owners and engineers from Thailand and neighboring Asian nations.
Read More »NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK — The owners of Fat Buddha, a new pan-Asian restaurant here, hired Blaydon Communications to install a sound system. Blaydon turned to RCF gear for the project.
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LONDON — Leftfield performed at Brixton Academy recently in a benefit for the U.K.-based charity, War Child. Britannia Row provided Turbosound’s new Flashline gear for the event, which was promoted by Ed de Vroome of Good and Proper in association with Cato Music.
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HAMBURG, Germany — Soundart GmbH & Co. KG supported a recent concert at Hamburg’s O2 World Arena featuring Iranian singer and actress Googoosh with D.A.S. Audio Aero 50 Line Arrays.
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