International News

PARIS – A Midas PRO3 live audio system, supplied by French distributor EVI Audio, has been installed in the Gustave Eiffel room on the first floor the Eiffel Tower. The 300-capacity venue has a 360-degree view of the city and hosts a wide variety of events, from show cases to seminars and product presentations to business conferences.

VIENNA – Redline Enterprises has purchased an L-Acoustics K1/KUDO system consisting of 48 K1 and 36 KUDO WST line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB and 24 SB28 subwoofers and 18 LA-RAK with 54 LA8 amplified controllers. This is the first K1 system in the Austrian market.

GUANGZHOU, China and HANOI, Vietnam – D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 and Compact Series gear is gaining a foothold in the Far East, with recent installations in Guangzhou's Performance Theater, the school theater at the Hanoi College of Art, and for various live events.

LONDON – A new 600-capacity live music venue, Under the Bridge, has taken over the site of the former Purple nightclub, situated at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge ground. The design team included Jim Cafarelli (House of Blues), Ian Woodall (XL Video) and Andrew Frengley (Matrix Nine). Seeking, as Woodall put it, "a KF730 on steroids," EAW's Kenton Forsythe got busy.

JERUSALEM, Israel – Harel Tabibi, the audio consultant who designed the new sound system for Gerard Bechar Center, chose Meyer Sound UltraSeries gear to support the audio needs of events ranging from community meetings and dance recitals to live theatre and rock concerts.

DUBLIN – Thin Lizzy – comprised of Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Darren Wharton, Marco Mendoza, former Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick and Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell – are planning to be back in a number of towns on both sides of the Atlantic this year, with DiGiCo gear for the monitor mix.

KOLHAPUR, Maharashtra, India – Sound and Light Professionals provided sound reinforcement for a massive concert that was part of AbhangaNaad: The Voice of Devotion, held at Shivaji University in February. The event featuring some 2,500 Warkari (devotees of Lord Vithoba) singing in unison and accompanied by 1,350 Dhols (traditional Indian dhangar drums), and was attended by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, also known as guruji.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Lee Minich, president of Lab X Technologies, will present a seminar at the annual LLB Expo on May 18 covering the emergence of 802.1 IEEE Audio Video Bridging (AVB) as a new standard in networking. The seminar will take place from 2-4 p.m. at Stockholm International Fairs during the expo, which covers audio, lighting, video and media technology.

LONDON – Eliza Doolittle FOH engineer John Delf is using Midas' new analog console with FireWire interface, the so-called "digilog" VeniceF, to support the artist's current performances. The desk is one of the first off of the U.K. production line, and Delf, who had seen one during a PRO6 training day at Midas, snapped it up for his own use.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Allen & Heath's Brazilian distributor, Libor, helped André Zampieri, art and musical director for the nearly 30-year-old band Santa Maria, make the digital leap with an iLive-T112 Control Surface and iDR-48 MixRack at FOH.

LONDON – Entec Sound moved into London's Royal Albert Hall for the seven-day run of 2011 Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) shows, which kicked off with a comedy night on the Monday followed by a mix of music for the rest of the week including headliners Squeeze, Biffy Clyro, Roger Daltrey, Beady Eye, The Editors and Tiny Tempah.

MUMBAI, India – The 2011 Cricket World Cup final April 2 at Wankhede Stadium wasn't just between cricket players representing India and Sri Lanka. From the perspective of Mumbai-based E2 Tech, it was also between the 24 Turbosound Flex Array loudspeakers they provided and as many as 40,000 cheering, vuvuzela-ing fans.