International News

LEOMINSTER, MA – Wavelengths Pro Audio chose Community Professional Loudspeakers' R-Series all-weather loudspeakers for Doyle Field, the city's sporting complex, which recently hosted the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Leominster High School and neighboring Fitchburg High.

MADRID – The 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), hosted by Eva Longoria, was broadcast live from Caja Magica and Plaza de la Independcia in Madrid's historic Puerta de Alcalá on Nov. 7, supported by Sennheiser UK's team of Mark Saunders, Andy Lillywhite and new addition Tim Sherratt.

LONDON – With a full television crew recording his every move and "meet and greet" packages at every show, singer/songwriter/showman Peter André's big arena tour in December was not about to make life easy for the production company.

BERGAMO, Italy – Sound Services by Angelo Pelliccioli provided D.A.S. gear to upgrade the sound reinforcement at the 24,726-seat Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, home stadium for the Atalanta and Albinoleffe soccer teams. The stadium, which opened to the public in 1928, encompasses a field that is 120 meters long and 70 meters wide with grandstand seating that is only partially covered.

OSLO – After a 28-year career, Norwegian trio A-ha have decided to split. For their farewell tour, Capital Sound provided two DiGiCo consoles and a full complement of Sennheiser microphones and in-ear monitoring systems.

HAMBURG, Germany – PRG Germany is supporting a touring replica of Abba's 1979 performance at London's Wembley Arena called ABBA – The Concert performed by AbbAgain. The tour features more than a dozen musicians and 150 minutes of Abba songs, and to distribute audio at the various tour locations, the show is using a RockNet digital audio network from Riedel Communications.

DENVER and VERONA, Italy – Dowlen Sound Inc. and Britannia Row Productions put the new Outline GTO large format line array through its paces, respectively, at the Mile High Music Festival and with the final leg of Peter Gabriel's New Blood tour in Europe.

LONDON – For Paul Weller's recent tour across the U.K. and Ireland, Andrew Jones, Weller's FOH engineer, and tech support Mike Savage used a Midas XL8 FOH supplied by Canegreen/SSE.

LONDON – Danish rockers Volbeat are currently in the midst of a European tour to promote their album Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. With inspiration ranging from Elvis Presley to Metallica, the band's unique sound features two DiGiCo consoles on the live shows.

BARCELONA, Spain – The BAM (Barcelona Acciò Musical) Festival, which runs concurrently with the Spanish city's traditional La Mercè celebrations, has attracted 120,000 music fans with mostly free, mostly open-air concerts throughout the downtown area.

OSLO, Norway – The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place at the Oslo Spektrum in December, with the live show and broadcast once again handled by a network of Midas digital consoles.